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DIY Seamless White Background for Product Shots
Posted by Darren Rowse on May 6, 2010 · 0 Comment
Here’s a quick idea that might help those of you looking to take some product shots (think selling stuff on E-Bay) who might not have the budget to buy a light tent or lighting setup (or who don’t have the time to make their own light tent).
It was put together by Daniel Greene.
I think the shots explain themselves but here’s what Daniel wrote in describing the setup:
“I simply used an [...]
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Shooting for HDR Portraiture
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 16, 2010 · 0 Comment
Few kinds of photography have a more dynamic power than the area of Portraiture.
Portraiture is the medium through which we photographers endeavor to tell the stories of our friends, our family, and our clients. Through this art, we have the ability to capture a likeness of someone that will last for generations to come.
So, is your portraiture worthy of this calling?
Developing the art of portraiture [...]
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PORTRAITS: Weekend Photography Challenge
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Image by JOHN CORVERA
This weekend your photographic challenge is to take and share a portrait.
Early next week we’ll be launching our first ever e-book here at DPS – ‘The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography’ and in anticipation of the launch and to get a little practice in – I thought it’d be fun to set the challenge to take a portrait over the weekend.
If [...]
PORTRAITS: Weekend Photography Challenge
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Image by JOHN CORVERA
This weekend your photographic challenge is to take and share a portrait.
Early next week we’ll be launching our first ever e-book here at DPS – ‘The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography’ and in anticipation of the launch and to get a little practice in – I thought it’d be fun to set the challenge to take a portrait over the weekend.
If [...]
What Photography Stocking Stuffers Would You Like?
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Image by CarbonNYC
One of the more popular threads in our forum over the last few weeks has been a question from one of our members – TheKingInYellow – who asked fellow members for suggestions on ’stocking stuffers’ for Christmas. He and his wife give each other stocking stuffer gifts and he’d like his to be photographic in nature.
I thought it a fun question [...]
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What Photography Stocking Stuffers Would You Like?
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Image by CarbonNYC
One of the more popular threads in our forum over the last few weeks has been a question from one of our members – TheKingInYellow – who asked fellow members for suggestions on ’stocking stuffers’ for Christmas. He and his wife give each other stocking stuffer gifts and he’d like his to be photographic in nature.
I thought it a fun question [...]
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Eye-Fi Adds Selective Share Feature
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Eye-Fi users can now choose which photos or videos to wirelessly upload to sharing sites – like Facebook, Flickr, Snapfish or Picasa – before it leaves their camera. Read more and comment »
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Eye-Fi Adds Selective Share Feature
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Oregon Outdoors Wild Bird Photo Contest
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
The Mail Tribune is now accepting submissions for its annual Oregon Outdoors Wild Bird Photo Contest. Read more and comment »
The rest is here:
Oregon Outdoors Wild Bird Photo Contest
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Mastering the Zoom Effect
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Photo by GoGoJingo
If you want to have a little fun with your digital camera next time you go out with it have a go at experimenting with the zoom effect.
In essence what the zoom effect is is a picture which look like the subject is either moving towards or away from you with motion lines.
There are a number of ways to get this effect some are done while shooting the image and some afterwards [...]
Mastering the Zoom Effect
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Photo by GoGoJingo
If you want to have a little fun with your digital camera next time you go out with it have a go at experimenting with the zoom effect.
In essence what the zoom effect is is a picture which look like the subject is either moving towards or away from you with motion lines.
There are a number of ways to get this effect some are done while shooting the image and some afterwards [...]
How do I Photograph a Gymnastics Event? – DPS Community Workshop
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Image by Raphael Goetter
We used to do ‘DPS community workshops’ fairly regularly but it’s been a while – so lets recap on what they are.
A reader asks a question about a photographic challenge that they have – I share it here on the blog.
Readers are invited to read the question and give some advice to the reader asking it.
Together we learn something about a particular [...]
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How do I Photograph a Gymnastics Event? – DPS Community Workshop
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Image by Raphael Goetter
We used to do ‘DPS community workshops’ fairly regularly but it’s been a while – so lets recap on what they are.
A reader asks a question about a photographic challenge that they have – I share it here on the blog.
Readers are invited to read the question and give some advice to the reader asking it.
Together we learn something about a particular [...]
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Pay Attention to Foregrounds
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Photo by acampm1
Here’s a little ‘question’ for you to ask next time you’re out and about with our digital cameras.
Next time you’re taking a landscape or urban landscape shot pause before you hit the shutter and ask yourself:
“What’s in the Foreground of this shot?”
I find that many photographers give backgrounds of shots real attention – [...]
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THANKSGIVING: Weekend Photography Challenge
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Image by ckirkman
Many of our readers are, as they read this, recovering from one of their biggest holidays of the year – Thanksgiving – which was this past Thursday.
While I know not all DPS readers are in the US I thought the theme of Thanksgiving was something we all could participate in as we do this week’s photography challenge.
The challenge is to photograph something that [...]
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An Interview with Set Designer Raffy Tesoro
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
In this post Dustin Carbonera interviews Set Designer Raffy Tesoro. Raffy has answered a number of questions as well as walking us through some of the shots he’s been involved with creating sets for.
Everybody seems to be into photography nowadays. Everyone wants to be the person behind the lens and capture a beautiful frame. Everyone wants to be that person who’ll be praised by people because [...]
Top 10 Popular DSLRS
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
The question I’m being asked on a daily basis at the moment is – ‘what camera should I buy?’ Obviously cameras are on many people’s wishlists this Christmas!
I’m planning to update our Popular Digital Cameras and Gear page here on DPS in the coming week to help answer the question but thought I’d do a quick post looking specifically at what’s hot at the moment when it comes to DSLRs [...]
:: workshop news & musings :: » Blog Archive » Creating Custom …
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Graffi’s Action Effects All of Graffi’s add-ons for Photoshop Elements; Graffi’s Add-O-Matic The most popular accessory for Photoshop Elements – Graffi’s Add-O-Matic! Graffi’s Graffishop Home to all of Graffi’s downloadables for …
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:: workshop news & musings :: » Blog Archive » *Bling Bling …
Posted by Darren Rowse on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
But again, I’m going to write for you a tutorial on how to make a simple gold text effect by using some layer styles, namely the Gradient Overlay layer style! Type: Photoshop Tutorials Level: Experienced …
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A 90 Year Old Example of Forced Perspective Photography
Posted by Darren Rowse on November 6, 2009 · 0 Comment
A few months back we published a collection of Forced Perspective images which was very popular with readers.
Forced perspective is defined as ‘a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is.’ (Wikipedia)
This is far from a recently popular thing for photographers to do. Here’s a great example from 1918 which was submitted [...]
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