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The 5th International Prize “Arte Laguna”

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:24:31 +0200

September 3, 2010

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:41:54 +0200

American Gothic, Martha's Vineyard, 2009 — from the series American Stories Photo © Palmer Davis

Travel Photography Subjects: Food Preparation

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:07:21 +0200

Going hand in hand with the previous Travel Photography Subject: Food, is what goes on behind the scenes. Some will consider food and food preparation one and the same and photograph them as such. But I have often found the ceremony, skill, art and heart that goes into creating the meal deserves its own [...]

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Travel Photography Subjects: Food Preparation

Control Your Flash Settings With a TV Remote Control

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:13:55 +0200

Controlling your strobe from a distance has always been a priority for off camera flash photographers. If TTL works for you, you can extend your TTL cable quite a bit using a simple Cat5e hack.

But what if you could do this remotely. and I mean skipping the whole walking to the flash and adjusting it bit. (Or asking your assistant to do so, assuming you have an assistant). Up until now remote controlling your strobe like this was a benefit saved for Profoto Air Remote ($325 remote only) and profoto heads, or Radio Popper Jrx owners (Strobist review here).

Now this very exciting feature is available for the oh so cheap YN460 manual flash ($69 + about $10 in remote parts) - read the howto after the jump.

13 Fun Self Portrait Mirror Shots

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:31:51 +0200

It’s perhaps a little cliche – but we’ve all done it. A camera, a photographer in front of a mirror. Here’s 10 shots that caught our eye today with photographers, their cameras in front of mirrors (PS: this is the theme of the next weekly photography challenge – so get your thinking caps on and [...]

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13 Fun Self Portrait Mirror Shots

2010 Activist Photography Awards

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:42:18 +0200

September 2, 2010

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:32:31 +0200

Red Room, Czech Republic, 2010 — from the series In Silence Photo © Rob Ball

The Digital Female Nude [Book Review]

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:27:30 +0200

Female nude photography has always intrigued me, particularly how a sense of trust is created between photographer and model. What I find even more intriguing is how, as Australian photographer Peter Adams does in the majority of this book’s pictures, is how he convinces a model to pose outdoors in and on often forbidding — and [...]

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The Digital Female Nude [Book Review]

How to Become a Pro Photographer: Part 1

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:39:56 +0200

As lovers of photography – we can all admit to dreaming of chucking in the day job and setting up shop as a professional photographer, but for many of us it can remain just that – a dream. But for those with the talent, support system and drive, becoming a freelance photographer can be realised! [...]

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How to Become a Pro Photographer: Part 1

Nikon Photo Contest International 2010-2011

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:23:23 +0200

DIY FlashBender

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:42:08 +0200

In this post reader Bob Jordan walks us through a DIY one-piece, strobe modifier, which is kinda like a FlashBender. Which in turn kinda remind me of the Honl system (which also has a Honl DIY version).

I am a big fan of the Honl speed strap system and have been using it along with my DIY straps and other additions for a long time. The high control along with the very light weight serve as an excellent on the go modifier system. While I have never tried the Bender, it looks like a worthy alternative.

September 1, 2010

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:29:10 +0200

Mosman Gorge, Queensland, Australia, 2007 Photo © Stacy Arezou Mehrfar

Recovering lost or deleted files – Backing Up & Saving Your Images: Part 4

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:24:22 +0200

This post is the final part in our Backing Up and Saving Your Images series. See previous posts on Backing up and Saving Your Images – External Hard Drives – Online Storage Sites and Software Solutions. That crushing, sickening and agonising feeling of realising your memory card has corrupted or for whatever reason you’ve lost some [...]

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Recovering lost or deleted files – Backing Up & Saving Your Images: Part 4

10 Quick and Easy Tips to improve your Photography

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:11:12 +0200

It’s a new week and I’ve got a new set of tips to improve your photography. This week’s tips focus on planning and decision making while taking your shots…. Eventually it will feel like second nature and you won’t even be aware of the process, until then… keep these tips in mind. 1. Daydream Yes, that’s right [...]

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10 Quick and Easy Tips to improve your Photography

A DIY 9Shooter: Shooting Stills & Video Simultaneously & Audio Too!

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:06:51 +0200

The post below shows a simple way to capture video while taking still pictures. Sure, there is some added weight and yea, video will not get a dedicated person and will just "follow along", yet, this is a neat way to achieve video with just one person shooting, This is also a great instructional tool for yourself to see how you interact with your model, what things work and what makes them shrink.

There are two versions for this mod - a dueler which mounts a DSLR with a video camera and a 9Shooter that also has sound attached. From now on it is all Elliot McGucken.

August 31, 2010

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:14:37 +0200

Margaret's Rhubarb, Richmond, Virginia, 2010 — from the series Some Fox Trails in Virginia Photo © Susan Worsham

Nikon Coolpix P100 [Review]

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:17:52 +0200

I fondly remember earlier digicams like the Coolpix 5400 way back in 2003, complete with 5.1 million pixels, a 4x zoom lens and a vari-angle LCD viewfinder. Dirt cheap at AUD1599! In terms of the Coolpix 5400, the new Nikon Coolpix P100 is definitely retro style-wise, with a severe kick up the tech specs posterior! It’s [...]

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Nikon Coolpix P100 [Review]

A DIY Clip Gel Holder

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:16:27 +0200

We have featured some awsome gel holders on the site before. But never one with this simple approach. It is fast to mount, easy to use and leave no residue on the strobe.

It also fits any size flash and any size gel, how cool is that?

Thanks, Jerry R Hamby, for this awsome build.

An Interview With Professional Nature Photographer Jon Cornforth

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:24:52 +0200

I was blown away the first time I saw Jon Cornforth’s images. Even more so because many of the images were taken in my native Washington State. While we have many talented photographers in our fine state, I was also impressed with how personable Jon was on Twitter and when I subsequently emailed him [...]

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An Interview With Professional Nature Photographer Jon Cornforth

August 30, 2010

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:11:55 +0200

In Front of Yari's House, Las Tunas, Cuba 2010 — from the series Everything Arrives Photo © Rose Marie Cromwell

The Great Photo Content

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:07:17 +0200

Wedding Photography – How I take the ring shot

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:23:19 +0200

Aah the rings of marriage. As many’a groomsman speech has pointed them out: the engagement ring, the wedding ring and the suffering. Har har. Jewellery is pretty much the main detail of an engagement. As soon as the girlfriends take a breath after a long and high-pitched shriek, they want to see the ring. Then comes the [...]

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Wedding Photography – How I take the ring shot

Interview With Caleb Charland

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:45:48 +0200

Caleb Charland is a photographer that captures the everyday physical phenomena which we never think about in a unique and inspiring way.

DIYP was lucky enough to have Caleb for an interview.

DIYP: Can you tell us about yourself and your background?

CC: When I talk about my work I need to share the experiences that made me wonder. Those moments when I began to think about the world, to show from where the pieces fell.

I grew up in a do it yourself household and learned to appreciate the power that tools and materials hold.

5 Cheap and Easy Ways to Re-inspire Your Photographic Creativity

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:02:02 +0200

A Guest Post by Claire Woollam the Digital Iris. Every few months I feel a lack of motivation creeping in and I realise that my daily photographs in particular (I’m doing a 365 project this year) are starting to become a bit dull and lacking in inspiration. Happily I’ve managed so far to climb back out [...]

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5 Cheap and Easy Ways to Re-inspire Your Photographic Creativity

“DOGS, DOGS, DOGS” Juried Photography Exhibition

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:32:41 +0200

Packing your Bags for a Photo Shoot

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:23:11 +0200

You know I write everything from experience. No point in figuring things out and not passing on the info! So here is a list of simple things to remember (or in my case, forget) when packing up your bags for a photo shoot or wedding: Choose your bag. I have a girly camera bag (from [...]

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Packing your Bags for a Photo Shoot

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (22-28 Aug ‘10)

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:48:53 +0200

Weekly Assignment This week we got up close with some creepy crawlies in our Bugs or Insects assignment. I have to admit, sometimes it wasn’t too nice looking through the assignment, but there were some amazing details captured. And who realized that bugs were so colorful? Our winners this week were separated by only 1 point, [...]

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This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (22-28 Aug ‘10)

August 28, 2010

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:18:17 +0200

#3114-b, 2008-2010 — from the book A Road Divided Photo © Todd Hido

Your Favorite Subject: Weekend Photography Challenge

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:34:55 +0200

This week your photographic challenge is to photograph your ‘favorite subject’ and share the image with us. Most photographers that I talk to have a subject that they just keep coming back to – whether it be a person, a landscape location, pet or some other kind of subject matter (I have one friend who just [...]

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Your Favorite Subject: Weekend Photography Challenge

Backing Up & Saving Your Images: Part 3 Online Storage Sites & Software Solutions

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:21:45 +0200

Storing your images on a safe and sturdy external hard drive is one of the easiest and cheapest options available to photographers, however this shouldn’t be considered as the only option open to you. In recent years there has been a steady growth of online photo storage sites that specifically hold your images securely and [...]

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Backing Up & Saving Your Images: Part 3 Online Storage Sites & Software Solutions

2011 Tri M Graphics Calendar Contest

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:20:15 +0200

August 27, 2010

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:46:20 +0200

Scaleber Force, River Ribble, Yorkshire, 2009 Photo © Jason Bascombe

How Would You Approach Photographing a Model?

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:26:33 +0200

This question arrived in our inbox from a regular reader – Sammy – and I thought it might make an interesting community workshop where you, the readers of dPS, have a go at giving some good tips on how to approach the situation of working with a model for the first time. Dear dPS. I have [...]

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How Would You Approach Photographing a Model?

Ghetto Magic Arm From An Old Golf Club

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:53:56 +0200

Photographer David Martinez thought that $110 is a bit too much for a magic arm. He came up with his own version for half the price. It's all David from here.

Over the years I have found a few broken clubs laying near tee boxes on golf courses. Graphite shafts are usually very stiff and I always thought they might be repurposed. So I have collected a few of them. Well it just happened that I was in thinking about buying a Magic Arm recently. A friend had one and it was pretty sweet but the price was kinda crazy.

10 Tips for the Aspiring Street Photographer

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:16:32 +0200

Let’s face it, starting street photography is no easy task. For the average photographer, going from shooting flowers into shooting people in the streets is like stepping into a Ferrari after driving a Toyota Prius. It is intimidating at first, but quite exhilarating once you try it out. After shooting on the streets for about [...]

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10 Tips for the Aspiring Street Photographer

August 26, 2010

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:01:58 +0200

Etretat (Dawn), Normandy, 2009 — from the series What Lies Beneath the Surface Photo © Guy Sargent

“The Home” Photo Contest

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:40:47 +0200

Updates on Servers, Forums and 500,000 Subscribers!

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:13:50 +0200

Just a quick note to readers to inform you of a few important developments here at dPS over the last few days. Firstly – we’ve just moved servers. dPS has grown so quickly over the last couple of years that our old servers were increasingly struggling to keep up (and were getting quite expensive to run). [...]

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Updates on Servers, Forums and 500,000 Subscribers!

Sony A33 and A55 DSLRs [REVIEW]

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:39:40 +0200

It’s been a great year for the DSLR. Not only have we seen the top models capture stills of amazing quality, leading to many serious workers questioning the need for medium format digital capture … and then, to many an amazed onlooker, we’ve seen TV series and feature films shot with high end stills cameras. [...]

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Sony A33 and A55 DSLRs [REVIEW]

How to Photograph Bands in Bars, Part 3 – Shooting

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:08:32 +0200

A guest post by Music Photographer Rick Bennett. Bars are challenging shooting environments now matter how you slice it–crappy lighting, drunk crowds, cramped spaces. Add in musicians who like to move around a lot, speakers in photographically inconvenient locations, and microphone stands that tend to bisect heads, and you’ve got an ideal situation for a photographer [...]

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How to Photograph Bands in Bars, Part 3 – Shooting

“Be Inspired” Sport Photo Contest

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:14:58 +0200

Photek SoftLigher II - A Product Review

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:43:18 +0200

Lately I've been finding myself wanting more out of my all around umbrella. I've been using the Westcott double fold umbrella for a long time now as my main on location modifier. While I am generally happy with it as a softening device, I wanted to have some more options in my bag without giving up on portability.

The Softlighter II by Photek provides an interesting option for that sake. I've been using it for a few days and in general I am pretty happy.

The images on this review are from a recent shoot for Jim Ridolfo profile pic. Jim Ridolfo is an Assistant Professor of Composition and Rhetoric at The University of Cincinnati.

August 25, 2010

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:13:22 +0200

Untitled, 2010 — from the series Nature Fictions Photo © Kate Greene

Photographing Bands in Bars, Part 2 – Set Up

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:59:13 +0200

A guest post by Music Photographer Rick Bennett. Band photography in bars can be very challenging, but with a little bit of knowledge and planning you can make images that blow away the standard fan photo. In Part 1, I discussed equipment choices: cameras, lenses and flashes. In this article, I’ll describe how to set up [...]

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Photographing Bands in Bars, Part 2 – Set Up

15 Must Have Photography Accessories Under $25*

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:30:09 +0200

< p>A Guest post by Kat Landreth from Pare and Focus. *All prices and estimates in USD. Photography can be an expensive hobby. Cameras cost a bundle and lenses for DSLRs often cost a lot more than the camera body. Once you come to grips with the money you spent on the bare necessities it can [...]

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15 Must Have Photography Accessories Under $25*

Two New dSLR Cameras from Sony a33 & a55

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:24:28 +0200

Camera speed redefined: Sony introduces first Translucent Mirror Technology digital cameras Light, compact a55 and a33: up to 10fps shooting with high-speed AF tracking and Full HD movie **Here’s the Press Release!** The a (pronounced Alpha) family of interchangeable lens cameras from Sony grows with the compact, ultra-responsive new a55 and a33. Sony’s first-ever digital cameras to employ [...]

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Two New dSLR Cameras from Sony a33 & a55

DIY iPhone Teleprompter

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:28:39 +0200

DIYP don't often feature video or iPhone hack. It does, but not often. When I see a hack that is both video and iPhone, though, the little geek inside of me simply commands a post.

Reader Martin Taylor came up with a very cool teleprompter project. It requires nothing more than an iPhone, a Fresnel sheet magnifier and a sample piece of beam splitter glass. It is designed for 50mm lenses.

OK, a Teleprompter is the thing that news persons read from when they sit down. It's kinda like the scrolling opening of StarWars. (this is why it looks like newsman are watching ping-pong while broadcasting the news). The cool thing is that the camera sits right behind the teleprompter so it looks like the anchor is looking straight at the camera.

SyLights Goes Mobile And SLR Allows You To "Pre Check" Your Lighting

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:09:33 +0200

Looks like the storibst community is taking over the iPhone apps stores.

Two new members to that community - the new Studio Rig Locator and an iPhone port of SyLights.

SLR - Studio Rig Locator is an app that not only allows you to position lighting elements in the studio, but also allows a somewhat weird preview on the newly lit model. (this app is a paid app £3.49)

The other new iPhone App is a SyLights port to the iPhone. And really, I like the mobile version even more that I like the SyLights site (which is not that shabby at all). SyLights allows to create store and manipulate diagrams with loads and loads of studio equipment. Then those can be saved to your camera roll (iPhone's lingo for image directory). Best of all it is a free application.

both apps has intro videos after the jump.

“Alternatives - Where Process is Paramount” Competition

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:32:40 +0200

August 24, 2010

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:19:04 +0200

Victoria and her Dogs, Coldfoot, Alaska, 2008 Photo © Ben Huff

What Mistakes and Make most in your Photography?

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:36:29 +0200

Over at the dPS Facebook page (please do connect with us there) earlier today I asked the following question: What mistake do you most commonly make or what problem do you most commonly come up against in your photography? The responses have been great so I thought I’d open it up for discussion here on the blog. [...]

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What Mistakes and Make most in your Photography?

Introduction To Radio Controlled Plane Arial Photography

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:47:20 +0200

Some time ago we introduced R/C Helicopter Arial Photography, however Helicopters are not the only thing that flies, in fact R/C planes are cheaper to get in the air.

Although they provide less control they are still a good option to get your camera up high and they are lots of fun to take pictures with.

In this tutorial -manuel- will explain how to apply a similar concept for still and RC planes which are much cheaper.

How to Photograph Bands in Bars – Equipment

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:45:11 +0200

A guest post by Music Photographer Rick Bennett. Some of my favorite photography subjects are musicians while they are performing. They tend to be having fun, they like the attention, and they’re challenging to capture well because of their environments. Capturing musicians in the wild can be tough and very rewarding. Digital Photography School recently published 6 [...]

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How to Photograph Bands in Bars – Equipment

Fotox1000 Exhibition Call for Entries

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:53:25 +0200

August 23, 2010

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:39:24 +0200

Llama .45 (from the Lukewarm Luck series), 2009 Photo © Justin Walker

16-bit Vs. 32-bit Vs. 64-bit: What Does it All Mean?

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:40:17 +0200

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16-bit Vs. 32-bit Vs. 64-bit: What Does it All Mean?

2010 Pixable Summer Concert Photo Contest

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:36:35 +0200

Sony CyberShot DSC-HX5V [Review]

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:32:54 +0200

The Sony Cybershot DSC-HX5V is makes a perfect 10.Three times over! Ten megapixels (and a bit). Ten times optical zoom. Ten frames a second continuous shooting. Which, as I figure, could make this camera fairly rare. Get that? Ten full res 3648×2736 pixel images in one second. So you could make ten 25×23cm prints from one rapid [...]

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Sony CyberShot DSC-HX5V [Review]

Elemental – Step into the light!

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:51:39 +0200

I had the good fortune of chatting with a friend of mine who used to work for a large PR company, photographic gear mainly. Turns out that she has started her own company and one of her new clients are a bunch called Elemental A couple of emails back and forth and I was booked [...]

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Elemental – Step into the light!

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (15-21 Aug ‘10)

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:40:27 +0200

Weekly Assignment Well, it’s time to celebrate the winner of this week’s Celebrate assignment. The assignment we finished this week asked you to show us in photos how you celebrate. Whether it was losing 10 lbs, picking the first vegetable from the garden, or something more traditional like a wedding or birthday, we wanted to see [...]

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This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (15-21 Aug ‘10)

August 21, 2010

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:25:08 +0200

#6093, 2008-2010 — from the book A Road Divided Photo © Todd Hido

IMPERFECTION: Weekly Photography Challenge

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:56:01 +0200

This week your photographic challenge is to take and share a photo with the them of ‘Imperfection’. I is for.... (Image by Abe and Linna Novy) Feel free to interpret the topic in any way that you wish! Perhaps the photo itself with be imperfect, perhaps it’s a picture of something that isn’t quite perfect (or that [...]

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IMPERFECTION: Weekly Photography Challenge

The Classic Portrait: How to Build and Use Your Own Portable Portrait Studio

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:46:10 +0200

Ed Verosky is a professional photographer and author based in New York. In this article, Verosky explains how to create classic portraits with minimal lighting equipment. To learn more about achieving great lighting in any situation, check out Verosky’s popular eBook, “100% Reliable Flash Photography.“ In photography, there are few things as compelling as [...]

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The Classic Portrait: How to Build and Use Your Own Portable Portrait Studio

Wildlife Photography Contest

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:41:05 +0200

August 20, 2010

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:23:26 +0200

Greg and Billy, Long Beach, Long Island, 2009 — from the series Of Recklessness and Water Photo © Elizabeth Weinberg

Buy Less Gear: Travel and Experience More

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:07:30 +0200

Sure as the sun will shine tomorrow, there is some photographer sitting at home right now reading reviews and looking at photos online from that new lens or camera body they just must have. Forget one, there are thousands doing it. Maybe even you just took a break from shopping gear to read this article [...]

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Buy Less Gear: Travel and Experience More

Canon Powershot S95 Released

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:47:25 +0200

I’ve decided that, rather than post six press releases, as I know you LOVE press releases, to post the Canon PowerShot S95 press release below as I think it’s an amazing little compact, and to link you up to all the other should you like to read about the new batch of tech that Canon [...]

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Canon Powershot S95 Released

6 Tips for Budding Live Concert Photographers

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:02:26 +0200

A Guest Post by Viennese Concert Photographer Matthias Hombauer Being a concert photographer can be very exciting. Imagine yourself standing 6 feet away in front of your beloved idol and taking portraits of them. Not only do you have the ability to shoot one image but can take hundreds of pictures that you can carry home. [...]

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6 Tips for Budding Live Concert Photographers

Lens Culture International Exposure Awards

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:23:29 +0200

August 19, 2010

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:48:08 +0200

Industrial Park Cave Route, Kansas City, 2008 — from the series Hurry Up & Wait Photo © Tribble & Mancenido

How to Be a Curious Photographer

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:16:09 +0200

Photo by -bwr- A few months ago I wrote a post on how curiosity is a characteristic of great photographers. I was rereading this post earlier this week and began to ask myself a few questions: How do some people end up more curious than others? Is Curiosity a personality trait or can it be learned? How can I be [...]

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How to Be a Curious Photographer

Pose for Effortlessness

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:07:57 +0200

Posing is a subject that stumps quite a lot of photographers. Whether our first or thousandth time working with people, sometimes we just look at our subject and draw a complete blank. It’s a scary moment. There are a number of great articles on some of the basics of posing on dPS already, and I [...]

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Pose for Effortlessness

August 18, 2010

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:04:23 +0200

The BJP International Photography Award 2010

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:46:18 +0200

Exposure Triangle – Not just about more/less light

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:17:34 +0200

So we probably all know about the exposure triangle by now. Pretty basic stuff you learn when you’re first getting into manual. And if you’re just learning, you may be wondering what the point is in obsessing over your ISO, aperture and shutter speed. So indulge me as I explain the triangle sub-headings: {Aperture – Depth [...]

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Exposure Triangle – Not just about more/less light

13 Photography Lighting Video Tutorials

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:20:10 +0200

The following is a collection of thirteen video lighting tutorials. The main premise is that after watching those videos you'll know to light a little bit better, or at least pick up a trick or two.

Now watching those will not make you better pictures, you'll actually have to go out and shoot some. Hopefully those videos, some only using one light, will provide lots and lots of motivation to try new things.

External Hard Drives – Backing Up and Saving Your Images: Part 2

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:07:41 +0200

Save it, store it, back it up and back it up again – if you work by this, you may never have to experience that tummy churning sensation of remorse. In this section of our backing up series (read part 1 at Backing Up and Saving Your Images) we look at external hard drives, which [...]

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External Hard Drives – Backing Up and Saving Your Images: Part 2

The World of Signage Photo Contest

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:50:36 +0200

August 17, 2010

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:49:03 +0200

Snap Art 2 [Software Review]

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:57:16 +0200

Although I am a purist by heart, I cannot forget my early days with a digital camera and a copy of Photoshop. The filters got me … right where I live! Nowadays, I try to create compelling images right at the moment of exposure and not at the post editing stage. But then a piece of [...]

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Snap Art 2 [Software Review]

Backing Up and Saving Your Images: Part 1

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:43:07 +0200

There are few photographers who can claim they haven’t at one time or another accidentally deleted an image or lost an important file, yet so many of us negate the need to back up our libraries. It could be due to laziness, lack of time, lack of knowledge or sheer denial that anything bad will [...]

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Backing Up and Saving Your Images: Part 1

August 16, 2010

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:01:06 +0200

The Landscape 500 Competition

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:49:19 +0200

Travel Photography Subjects: Food

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:32:16 +0200

Ahhh, food. Wonderful, scrumptious, tasty food. Or, if you’re not familiar with the local cuisine, maybe it’s more like odd, greasy and down right horrid. No matter your experience, food will be another integral part of your travels and a strong hallmark of a given location. I am admittedly not a ‘foodie’, someone who lusts [...]

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Travel Photography Subjects: Food

6 Tips for Setting your Photography Prices

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:43:58 +0200

Do you feel completely in the dark about setting your prices? Do you have a formal price structure or are you just coming up with numbers? Do you constantly change your price list? Then you’re just like me. Well…me a few months ago anyway. It’s funny – you can be the best photographer, but knowing [...]

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6 Tips for Setting your Photography Prices

The 2010 Competition “Images of Research”

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:39:24 +0200

Heart Shaped Bokeh Appears in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:58:42 +0200

OK, so this is not a tutorial, more of a technique spotted. I love the shaped bokeh thing, and it appears that the makes of Scott Pilgrim Vs The World love it too. And they do once and for all prove that geeks + video + heart shaped bokeh is a match never to be broken.

Just check out the street lights in the background.

If you like it, you can learn how to make a filter that does this effect here, and here or buy a ready made kit. Thanks for the tip in the flickr threads, Andrew.

Olympus PEN E-PL1 [REVIEW]

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:08:21 +0200

Olympus keeps pushing the PEN, obviously feeding a market need. Now we see an entry level Micro Four Thirds model – the Olympus PEN E-PL1 – that should satisfy the less well-heeled and tech-challenged photographers out there. It’s hard to deny the physical attractions of the new PEN: the review camera was resplendent in a champagne-silver-gold [...]

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Olympus PEN E-PL1 [REVIEW]

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (8-14 Aug ‘10)

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:12:03 +0200

Weekly Assignment This week’s assignment was to capture Motion Blur with People or Animals. We wanted you to try to keep the background steady, but blur people or animals in your shot in order to show movement. Our winner this week was highwayman’s “Static in the Ebb”. This shot was taken at the Metropolitan Museum of [...]

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This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (8-14 Aug ‘10)

Terry O’Neill Photography Award 2010

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:06:54 +0200

August, 14, 2010

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Motion Blur: Weekly Photography Challenge

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:17:58 +0200

Image by Norma Desmond As a followup to our post this week on Motion Blur – I thought it might be a good this week for our challenge to be on that topic. As a result – your challenge is to take a picture that has motion blur in it. You might like to tackle one of [...]

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Motion Blur: Weekly Photography Challenge

Photographing the Perfect Landscape

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:12:07 +0200

Rolling hills and vales, enchanting areas of woodland, rugged shorelines and a dappled spring meadow can all become the most obvious of subjects for the landscape shooter, often yielding strongly emotive and awe-inspiring results. Image by Garry Schlatter The recipe for success however is less obvious and so here at Digital Photography School we aim to [...]

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Photographing the Perfect Landscape

TBM “The Portrait” Photography Contest

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:35:41 +0200

August 13, 2010

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:07:40 +0200

8 Tips On How to Photograph Sports

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:07:55 +0200

A Guest Post by Pamela Aurino. 1) Camera Settings – Burst mode, Focal Points & Aperture Priority When shooting any sports, make sure your camera is set to burst/continuous mode to keep up with movements of the players. This will save you having to press the button manually for every shot. Have your camera’s focus mode to [...]

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8 Tips On How to Photograph Sports

What Every Photographer Needs to Know about Social Media

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:05:12 +0200

An introduction to social media for photographers by Australian Freelance Photographer Gemma Carr. How critical is social media/marketing to your photography business? Photographers are busy people. So too are our clients. More so than ever before we have an abundance of information available to us at the click of a mouse. It’s always evolving; full of opportunity [...]

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What Every Photographer Needs to Know about Social Media

One Light Portrait Setup #1 - Butterfly Lighting (+ Optional Strobe)

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:21:33 +0200

Yuval needed a few pictures for her facebook, twitter and other social media services she consumes (or is being consumed by hehe).

As profile pics seem to be popular these days, I thought I'd put the setup and photographs here on DIYP. It is going to be a one light portrait (and optional second light for background).

A while back we had a clamshot post that showed how to use two collapsible Westcott umbrellas to create butterfly lighting. It is a great light for the ladies that really gives that glamorous look. This is why it is also called paramount lighting. We also had a ghetto studio setup post for making a "table" kinda thing for this shot using a single strobe. This one was for the PVC lovers.

In this post I am going to explain how to create the same effect with a single light. (and then show what can be done with a secont light).

The Magnum Expression Photography Award

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:58:16 +0200

August 12, 2010

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What is Your Post Production Workflow?

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:47:27 +0200

One of the questions I get asked a lot by readers is for a suggested workflow for the post processing of images in Photoshop/Lightroom/Aperture (insert your favourite post production software here). I thought it might make an interesting discussion to invite readers to describe their own workflow for processing images. For some I suspect it’ll be pretty [...]

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What is Your Post Production Workflow?