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Have You Ever Geotagged an Image? [POLL]

3 Years ago we ran a poll asking if readers had ever Geotagged an image. Back then it wasn’t that common a feature on cameras and it was often done in post processing or using a photo sharing s...

5 h ago

iPhone Artistry [Book Review]

To the surprise of many, not excepting the major camera makers, owners of smart phones have rapidly taken up photography and in many cases produced some startling images. Part of the reason the image...

9 h ago 2 people like this

8 Tips for Photographing Butterflies

In this post, Steve Berardi from PhotoNaturalist discusses eight tips for photographing butterflies. Photo by Steve Berardi Butterflies are pretty sensitive little creatures. Get too close, and they&...

1 day ago

The Most Important Single Tip for Selling Your Photography Over the Internet

Raise your hand if you are a photographer and you would not like to sell your photography over the web. I’m assuming that not many of you are raising your hands right now. A lot of photographers try ...

1 day ago 2 people like this

Work: Weekly Photography Challenge

This week your challenge is to take a photo and then share it on the theme of WORK. Work is something most of us do in one form or another – whether that be paid work, work raising a family, wo...

2 days ago

Photography in the Moonlight

A Guest Post by Phil Hart – author of the Shooting Stars eBook (use the code DPSTARS for a 20% discount). Even a casual play with your camera at night will reveal its remarkable ability to see ...

2 days ago

Travel Photography Inspiration Project: Cambodia

When I say Cambodia, what comes to mind? Angkor Wat? Monks? While we will be feature photos of that nature in this post, there is more to the country to be explored. The coast, the people the quiet m...

3 days ago

Fujifilm F770EXR Review

A whole niche seems to have appeared in digi compacts: Sony has one, as has Canon, Panasonic and others. I speak of compacts with a 20x zoom. These are indeed remarkably powerful beasts and word of m...

3 days ago

Advanced Portrait Retouch on a Male Subject in Lightroom 4 – Part 2 of 3

Introduction This tutorial has been transcribed from the SLR Lounge Lightroom 4 Workshop on DVD, a 14 hour Lightroom 4 A – Z guide with over 130 tutorials for mastering Lightroom from start to ...

4 days ago 2 people like this

10 Tips for Getting the Most out of Your Remote Expedition

A Guest Post by Piper Mackay from www.pipermackayphotography.com . 1. Do your Research Taking an international trip to an exotic location, especially if you are going solo, can be a large investment. ...

4 days ago 1 person likes this

Dust and Dance: Behind the Scenes of a Beautiful Image

Photographer Thomas David recently published a beautiful series of images on Flickr by the title of Dust and Dance where he shot a dancer in action – with the action enhanced with Dust spraying...

5 days ago 1 person likes this

Composing Dynamic Landscape Images

A Guest Post by Todd Sisson from www.sisson.co.nz. As a landscape photographer I am constantly seeking that next X-factor shot – an image that leaps from the screen or page and demands the view...

5 days ago 2 people like this

5 Great Mobile Apps for Photographers

Camera features on cell phones, tablet computers and even MP3 players have made it easy for everyone to capture their lives in a series of images. If you just need proof of the crazy things your frie...

6 days ago

Exploring Metering Modes

This is the third in a series of four articles about exposure by Andrew S Gibson – author of Understanding Exposure: Perfect Exposure on your EOS camera. You can read the first lesson, which ex...

6 days ago 1 person likes this

Turning Pro Part II: People Skills and Generosity

A few weeks ago I wrote 15 Tips About Turning Pro. I thought it would be a good time to expand on some of those tips and add a few more. Today’s article is the second in that series. Hope you f...

27 may 12

Using Live View for Better Still Images

A Guest Post by Paul Burwell from Burwell School of Photography Do you have one of those shiny new cameras with the “live view” feature on it? You know, where you can see in real time wha...

27 may 12

Do You Want It All To Be Instant?

I’m sure you can see the writing on the wall. As more and more apps appear on cell phones, and point and shoot cameras, the immediacy of being able to edit images has become a large trend in ev...

26 may 12

Choosing the Best Canon Speedlite Flash for Your Needs

As Canon continues to expand the Speedlite family, more photographers struggle to know which flash to buy. So let’s take a quick run through the current Speedlite lineup, from low end to high e...

26 may 12

Landscapes: Weekly Photography Challenge

After our post earlier in the week by the title of 5 Tips for Shooting Landscapes with Greater Impact – your challenge this week is to take and share a landscape photo. Feel free to take landsc...

25 may 12

Photography Under the Stars

A Guest Post by Phil Hart – author of the Shooting Stars eBook (use the code DPSTARS for a 20% discount). Neil Creek has previously shared some of my astrophotography work on DPS, in the post T...

25 may 12

The 5 F’s of Street Photography

In this video John Free shares – in a fairly direct way – his 5 F’s of Street Photography. The F’s: Finding Figuring Framing Focusing Firing John’s framing of the video ...

24 may 12 1 person likes this

Concert Photography: Choosing the Best Camera Settings

In this post Tom Di Maggio Photography shares 11 tips for taking band promotional photography. Talking about best camera settings for concert photography is not an easy task. The light changes all th...

24 may 12 1 person likes this

Why Your Camera’s Meter gets Exposure Wrong

This is the second in a series of four articles about exposure by Andrew S Gibson – author of Understanding Exposure: Perfect Exposure on your EOS camera. You can read the first lesson, which e...

23 may 12

Posing Guide: 21 Sample Poses to Get You Started with Photographing Groups of People

Previously in the posing guide series articles we looked at posing female subjects, posing male subjects, posing children and posing couples. It is now time for posing groups of people. There are usu...

23 may 12 4 people like this

The Winner of the $1000 Lens Giveaway is…

Over the last few weeks we’ve launched a brand new dPS eBook – Natural Light: Mastering a Photographer’s Most Powerful Tool. It has been our fastest selling eBook ever and we’...

23 may 12

Travel Photography Inspiration Project: Australia

First, let me apologize for the delay between posts. I was on a trip through India, Oman and the UAE for a month with little time to write. Second, AUSTRALIA! No other country is also its own contine...

22 may 12

5 Tips for Shooting Landscapes with Greater Impact

Hands down, the number one question I get is how to make better landscape images. Many fall into the new-gear trap thinking that when I upgrade to some new DSLR then I’ll be able to take better pictu...

22 may 12

24 Hours Less than 4 Hours Left to Save 25% on our Natural Light eBook (and Go in the Draw to Win $...

I thought I’d give you a quick final heads up that your 25% discount to our brand new ebook – Natural Light ends in just under 24 hours 4 hours. This is your last chance to grab a copy fo...

22 may 12

Turning Pro Part I: Portfolio and Persistence

A few weeks ago I wrote 15 Tips About Turning Pro. I thought it would be a good time to expand on some of those tips and add a few more. Today’s article is the first in that series. Hope you fi...

21 may 12 2 people like this

Interview with Underwater Photographer Elena Kalis [+12 Beautiful Underwater Images]

A photographer that I’ve been admiring the work of for some time now is Russian Born Underwater Photographer Elena Kalis. I first came across her playful (yet mesmerising) Alice in Wonderland s...

21 may 12 2 people like this

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