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5 Days Left to Win a Lenovo W700ds

This is just a quick reminder to readers that we’re currently running a competition where you can win a Lenovo W700ds Mobile Workstation (the biggest laptop I’ve ever seen).
Check out full details of the competition here but all you have to do to enter is be a subscriber to our weekly email newsletter which goes [...]

How to Photograph Fireworks Displays

Photo by hupaishi
Do you want to know how to photograph fireworks? With 4th July just days away I thought I’d refresh this article in which I give 10 Fireworks Photography tips to help you get started.
Fireworks Displays are something that evoke a lot of emotion in people as they are not only beautiful and spectacular [...]

Pentax Optio W80

Earlier this week Pentax announced a new addition to their ‘rugged’ line of camera - the Pentax Optio W80.

The 12.1 megapixel Pentax Optio W80 is being promoted by Pentax as their ‘most shock and waterproof digital camera ever’.
It is operational to depths of 16 feet for up to two hours at a time, is [...]

Win a Lenovo W700ds Mobile Workstation by Subscribing to Our Weekly Newsletter

I’m very excited to announce that one DPS reader is about to get a new Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds mobile workstation!
Regular readers will know that I reviewed the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds a month back (I was pretty impressed with the notebook). Normally when we do reviews on products we get to use them for a couple [...]

Characteristics of Great Photographers - Curiosity

Photo by Lorrie McClanahan
While the old saying says that ‘curiosity killed the cat’ I’m coming to see that ‘curiosity’ is an incredibly useful characteristic to have as a photographer.
Here’s a few reasons why curiosity is a characteristic of great photographers:
1. Because it helps them notice things others are oblivious to
As I was surfing [...]

Interview with Photographer Thomas Hawk

In this video Marc Silber from SilberStudios interviews photographer Thomas Hawk about how he goes about his photography.
Take home lesson: carry your camera everywhere - Thomas does and as a result he’s on his way to publishing his goal of 1,000,000 photographs in a lifetime!

What’s Your Twitter User Name?

Many DPS readers are already following our Twitter account (we’re closing in on 10,000 followers) - but it hit me today that it many of you would probably also like to be connecting with other readers of this site.
So in comments below please share your Twitter username - leave a link to make it easier [...]

Shooting Living Posters with a Red One Camera [Where Video and Still Photography Converge]

Living Movie Poster - Start to Finish from Alexx Henry on Vimeo.
The team at Alex Henry Photography shot this video to show how they created a ‘Living Poster’. They shot with the Red One Camera - which they used to create promotional posters for a movie that at a first glance are still shots - [...]

15 Great Jump Images

Ever put a random word into Flickr’s search tool to see what comes back? Here’s what you get when you put in ‘jump’. Hope they give you a little inspiration and/or amusement!

Olympus E-P1 (Digital Pen)

Olympus have just released the new Olympus E-P1 - their first ever Micro Four Thirds format camera and the world’s smallest digital camera that is able to take interchangeable lenses.

‘It’s not a point and shoot and it’s not an SLR’ is their catch cry - so what is it?
The first thing that grabbed my attention [...]

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