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How to Achieve Perfect Butterfly Lighting
Posted by Christina N Dickson on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Butterfly Lighting is one of the most flattering and artistic ways of lighting the face. As it’s name would denote, Butterfly Lighting is created by the way in which you angle the light to fall on the face of your subject. Often used by celebrity photographers, this style of lighting can be achieved by a single off camera light and a reflector.
Image by Kathleen Thomas Photography
Here’s [...]
My 3 Favorite Things about Flickr
Posted by Guest Contributor on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
I’ve been asked a few times why I’ve decided to use flickr as my image hosting site instead of some of the many other options available to me. If I’m going to be completely honest, it’s that it was the only one I’d heard of when I got my account back in 2005.
But let’s forget about that for a second, and instead concentrate one why I stay at flickr. It’s because of all these additional [...]
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Spot Fixing Images in Photoshop
Posted by Helen Bradley on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Many of the images that you take particularly cityscapes, like most portraits, can do with some spot fixing. I’ve been traveling through Europe a lot lately and because it’s considered almost de rigeur to smoke there, many of the photos that I have are littered with cigarette butts and assorted garbage.
And although you may not realize it, even small cigarette butts will detract from [...]
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Wedding Photography Equipment
Posted by Guest Contributor on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
This guest post on wedding photography equipment was submitted by F.C. from Camera Tech.
Image by man’s pic
So you’re desperately keen to go into wedding photography — or maybe you’ve made a start. The only problem you’re faced with is the equipment: and there are a lot of choices.
Firstly, the most important thing to realize is that the camera and/or lens isn’t [...]
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Spot Fixing Images in Photoshop
Posted by Helen Bradley on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Many of the images that you take particularly cityscapes, like most portraits, can do with some spot fixing. I’ve been traveling through Europe a lot lately and because it’s considered almost de rigeur to smoke there, many of the photos that I have are littered with cigarette butts and assorted garbage.
And although you may not realize it, even small cigarette butts will detract from [...]
Filed in: Photography Tips, Wedding Photography
How To Keep Your Batteries Charged While Traveling – City Edition
Posted by Peter Carey on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
I’d like to take a moment to talk about power. Electric power that is. We all have a craving for it as it powers everything we do with digital photography. If you’re completely digital gone are the days of being able to manually adjust your camera and still get shots without the need for a battery of some kind. And that’s why it’s even more important to consider where [...]
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The Lenses We Would Have If We Could Have No Other Lenses [POLL RESULTS]
Posted by Peter Carey on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
A few weeks back I asked a loaded question: If You Could Only Have One Lens, What Would It Be? I knew from the start that it’d be tough question for most, as it was for me. Picking one lens when many of us shoot varied subject matter would present special problems.
I was, however, encouraged by the responses, especially the explanations. It was evident that a lot of DSLR owners would keep [...]
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The Lenses We Would Have If We Could Have No Other Lenses [POLL RESULTS]
Posted by Peter Carey on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
A few weeks back I asked a loaded question: If You Could Only Have One Lens, What Would It Be? I knew from the start that it’d be tough question for most, as it was for me. Picking one lens when many of us shoot varied subject matter would present special problems.
I was, however, encouraged by the responses, especially the explanations. It was evident that a lot of DSLR owners would keep [...]
Filed in: Photography Tips, Wedding Photography
High Key Studio – What I Use and Why
Posted by Elizabeth Halford on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
If you follow my posts, you’ll know that I have a studio. At the moment, I mostly do high-key sessions with children. High-key is something that many photographers try to imitate and sometimes fail miserably simply because of a lack of understanding about light (and I only know this because I am one of those people!) Out of necessity, my photographic evolution has been a fast one and I laugh [...]
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7 Ways to Get Your Photos Seen
Posted by Guest Contributor on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
I wanted to talk a little about a different kind of exposure for your photography… the kind that results in more people seeing your work. I have had a lot of people ask how to get their photos seen and many believe that simply posting photos to a site like Flickr is all they need to do.
If you are taking the time to create something, I think it is important that you also make the effort to have it [...]
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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 [...]
Photoshop in a Weekend – Book Review
Posted by Barrie Smith on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Adobe’s favourite son is often considered to be a powerful but daunting program yet many consider it to be an essential tool for photographers who take their efforts seriously.
Photoshop in a Weekend, based on CS3, attempts to open the application and to be seen as a companion to the original Adobe manual.
It begins with the lowdown on the companion programs — Photoshop Elements and Lightroom — [...]
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7 Ways to Get Your Photos Seen
Posted by Guest Contributor on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
I wanted to talk a little about a different kind of exposure for your photography… the kind that results in more people seeing your work. I have had a lot of people ask how to get their photos seen and many believe that simply posting photos to a site like Flickr is all they need to do.
If you are taking the time to create something, I think it is important that you also make the effort to have it [...]
Filed in: Photography Tips, Wedding Photography
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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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 [...]
4 More Tips for Photographing Children
Posted by Elizabeth Halford on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
My first post ever here was on being a Momarazzo and my tips for aspiring parent photographers (trying to invent a nickname for us).
Parentgraphers? Photogrents? Still working on that….watch this space). My tips for photographing children aren’t isolated to those few I shared with you in that first post. I’d like to continue to share as I continue to discover.
{1. Playground reflections} [...]
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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Canon EOS 7D Review
Posted by Guest Contributor on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
A guest Review of the Canon EOS 7D by Patrick Dean from NeutralDay.com.
The 18 megapixel Canon EOS 7D is a significant leap forward for the prosumer line of EOS DSLR cameras.
It offers increased resolution, high ISO capabilities, a new AF system, improved handling and functionality, and rapid-fire continuous shooting.
Intended for enthusiasts and semi-professional photographers, the EOS 7D competes [...]
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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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The Glass Menagerie: Choosing your Best Lenses
Posted by Guest Contributor on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Image by canonsnapper
‘Choosing the right lenses is tougher than picking the right camera. Kim Brebach from Get the Picture explains why.’
Traveling Lightly
A wise photographer once said: the bigger the camera, the less likely you’ll have it with you when you want it. Most of us use our cameras to shoot kids and pets, sports, city- or landscapes and occasional portraits. Most of us want [...]
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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 [...]
Canon Powershot A490 IS & A495 IS
Zoltan Arva-Toth
Canon today announced the new PowerShot A495 and PowerShot A490 – a duo of affordable and user-friendly compact digital cameras. Available in silver (both models), red and blue (PowerShot A495 only), both new models offer a 10-megapixel sensor and 3.3x optical zoom lens. Canon’s Smart Auto mode automatically recognises shooting conditions and applies the optimum picture settings [...]
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Canon Powershot A3000 IS & A3100 IS
Zoltan Arva-Toth
Canon today launched the PowerShot A3100 IS and PowerShot A3000 IS, two new digital compact cameras whose main claim to fame is ease of use. Both sport a new, slim and lightweight body with an attractive exterior design. The PowerShot A3100 IS is available in a selection of bright, attractive colours, offering a choice of blue, red and silver variants, while the PowerShot A3000 IS [...]
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Canon’s enormous 5200mm F/14 DSLR lens
I love when odd pieces of crazy photo gear show up on eBay and this one has crazy written all over it. The listing, which sadly ended back in December, claims this 5200mm prime is more than 6-feet long and weighs about 220-pounds. The more of the listing you read, the more crazy numbers you come across. Minimum focus distance? 120 meters, which is just a shade under 400 feet. That means that if you [...]
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