Those of you interested in participating in a group photographic Assignment might like to check out the latest one that I’ve posted in our Flickr Group. Group assignments are simply chances to focus in on a technique, subject matter or theme that we all do at the same time. You’ll probably have some photos in [...]
Digital Photography School was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal this last week – our first Mainstream Media mention! Check it out at Amit’s Flickr account for the full sized photo. thanks to Alex for letting me know.
The following tip has been submitted by Phillip Kirkham, a reader of DPS and avid wildlife photographer – see his own website (the source of all bird photos in this post). You can also read more about him at the end of his article. How to photograph birds Unfortunately, July and August are probably the [...]
In my last post I introduced the topic of White Balance as a way of ensuring you get accurate colors in your shots. Of course there are times when photographers do not want accurate colors in their photography. I first discovered the power of this when I bought myself a warm up filter for my [...]
White Balance is an aspect of photography that many digital camera owners don’t understand or use – but it’s something well worth learning about as it can have a real impact upon the shots you take. So for those of you who have been avoiding White Balance – let me introduce you to it. I [...]
Photo by girlfridaynz Have you ever been stuck in a rut? A common problem that many digital photographers face after a while is that they look at the results of their work and find that most of the photos that they’ve been taking look much the same as each other. It’s easy to get stuck [...]
I promised when I started this site that I’d do my best to keep it as untechnical and jargon free as possible. Having said this – today I want to use a term that I doubt many beginner digital photographers would be familiar with. Having said this it’s not a complicated concept and one that [...]
Grant (a reader of DPS) asks – ‘I’m confused about ISO. What is the best setting to choose? Should I always choose the lowest one?’ Thanks for the question Grant. Before I attempt to answer it let me give a quick definition of ISO: What is ISO? In traditional (film) photography ISO (or ASA) was [...]
Photo by keturn One of the things about digital cameras that makes them so appealing is the little LCD screen display on the back of them. When I used a film SLR I used to take meticulous notes of the settings that I used when taking photos – noting frame number, aperture and shutter speed [...]
This post was written by Amy Renfrey from the Digital Photography Success and Landscape Photography ebooks who is filling in for me here at DPS this week. Have you ever noticed how some black and white photos just stand out? And when you go to try and take the same kind of photo it just [...]
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