31 [+10] Cool Photography Tutorials, Tips, Videos, Hacks and How To’s from Around the Web
This morning I spent some time trawling through some of my favourite photography blogs to see what they’ve been posting – the array of great tutorials, videos, hacks and advice I found was amazing! What a great time we live in where we have so many great resources to draw on.

Following is a collection of 27 links and videos from around the web that I enjoyed today. Please share them with your own networks!
- Dirk Dallas Shares his Favorite Phoneography Apps, Tips and More
- Weddings: Poses for the Groom and Groomsmen
- Ian Ruhter – interview with self-taught tintype photographer on the process, stubble and journey behind making the largest wet plate print ever
- Steel Wool Light Painting Explained
- The story behind a wonderful photo of ‘The Archangle Duck’
- Where Do Images Go When You Import Them to Lightroom?
- How to Make a High Key B&W Portrait
- Working a Shot
- The World’s 25 Most Beautiful Travel Photography Destinations
- Not Your Average Prom Portraits
- Image Collection: collection of images that photographer Chip Litherland took of behind the scenes with Miami Heat in their Locker room
- It’s not a Camera… It’s a Visa
- Virtual Lighting Studio – cool new online tool!
- DIY: How to Build a CFL Based Continuous Light Source
- How to Shoot from the Hip
- The back story of a NYT front page image taken in the Oval Office
- Expose for the Sky
- How to Create a Ghostly Photo Effect
- LED Lighting for Photography
- DSLR 101: Auto Bracketing
- 4 Tips for Editing Photos in Photoshop
- The Drama of Backlighting
- A Thing or Two about Twins – Photographing Twins
- Three Pro Photographers share their workflows from shutter release to finished images
Plus some cool Photographing Videos:
Behind The Scenes with Surreal Portrait Photographer Rob Woodcox from Mike Wilkinson on Vimeo.
Also check out an interview with this photographer here.
Shoot-Out, GPP 2012 from gulf photo plus on Vimeo.
What’s Hot on dPS
And to finish up – here are the 10 posts from dPS that have had the most interest in the last couple of months.
- Posing Guide: 21 Sample Poses to Get You Started with Photographing Female Subjects
- A 15 Minute Exercise to Help You Improve Your Photography in 2012
- 24 Beautiful Dawn Images
- 33 Inspirational Images that Feature Pattern and Repitition
- Posing Guide: 21 Sample Poses to Get You Started with Photographing Men
- 6 Ways to Add Drama and Mystery to Your Images
- How to Shoot Through a Wire Fence
- 27 Beautiful Black and White Portraits
- 5 Tips to Transform Your Photography With Long Exposures
- 25 Dreamy Images Shot Wide Open




9 Responses to “31 [+10] Cool Photography Tutorials, Tips, Videos, Hacks and How To’s from Around the Web” - Add Yours
April 17th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Nice articles and tips at the right time
Second thought how many web sites you visit in a day?
http://raghavendra-mobilephotography.blogspot.com/p/tips.html
April 17th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
There is so much to learn! And it is fun too.
http://blogs.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/2012/04/my-goa-photo-feature-on-club-mahindra-blog.html
April 17th, 2012 at 7:11 pm
They say Google likes a blog:
http://www.wildlifeencounters.eu
April 19th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Thanks. That one with the monitors. Incredible.
http://disney-photography-blog.blogspot.com/
April 21st, 2012 at 8:39 am
Thankyou for your great contribution to learning and enhancing photography.
I have a couple of questions 1 how to connect and use an external monitor on my 5d
I would love to use the new Ipad but it has no video in (usb)
2 I have purchased from you several ebooks and was wondering if yor could
advise or tutor whic h e book to buy, I like the kindle fire or the new Ipad but they seem to be
linked to their own sites eg amazon etc
Look forward to your reply
Regards
Bruce Jennings
Paynesville vic
April 22nd, 2012 at 11:13 pm
Must say that froknowsphoto.com has some good info.
April 24th, 2012 at 1:21 am
Regarding the flash with skateboarding…does Sam vary the shutter speed as well as flash speed and that would explain less sharpness?
April 24th, 2012 at 2:17 am
Regarding skate board flash. Is Sam changing shutter speed also?
April 25th, 2012 at 10:09 pm
Thanks as always, enough to keep me amused for hours………..
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