Browsing all articles by Darren Rowse.

Which Photo Management Software do you use Most? [POLL]

As a followup to our post on Aperture 3 – here’s a poll we’ve been running for the last few days – looking forward to seeing what photo management software people are using.
If you use more than one or are using another photo management system – feel free to give us more information in comments [...]

LOVE: Weekend Photography Challenge

This weekends photography challenge is picks up the theme of what many will be celebrating on Sunday – Valentines Day. Lets make it a little more general than that – LOVE.
Your challenge is to take a NEW photo on the theme of love and share it with our community. You can take any approach to [...]

The Future of HDR and its Use within the Camera

A Guest post by Dave Ware from Whalebone Photography.
This note is aimed to be a quick discussion on High Dynamic Range and possible future enhancements to improve it.
What is High Dynamic Range?
High Dynamic Range is a digital processing effect used within photography to combine a number of images of differing exposures to create a consistently [...]

40% of Our Readers Have PhotoBlogs

Last month we asked readers a simple yes or no question in our site poll – do you have a PhotoBlog? Over 12,000 people responded.
Here are the results:

I was actually a little surprised by the numbers that did have a photoblog – I guess the many in the DPS audience have discovered the joys of [...]

Motivational Posters: Weekend Photography Challenge

I think most people have seen motivational posters in their travels. You know the ones – they have an image in the middle – a large word underneath and often a saying or quote that is supposed to inspire and motivate you for your day ahead.
This weekend your challenge is to create a motivational poster [...]

Two Sides to Every Story: Behind the Scenes of a Photo Shoot

In this post we’re featuring a full set of 59 image from a photo shot by the team at Crudo Visual along with some commentary giving some behind the scenes information on the concept and how it was achieved (below the images). I hope you enjoy this type of post!
– Darren

BLUR: Weekend Photography Challenge

This weekend your challenge is to take and share an image with the theme of ‘Blur’ (as suggested by one of our Twitter followers @nzphotodude).
Most of us are familiar with photos that are a little fuzzy, blurry or ‘unsharp’ – yet there are times when Blur can be good and this challenge is to attempt [...]

GOOD MORNING: Weekend Photography Challenge

This weekend your photography challenge is to take and share a photo that fits into the theme of ‘Good Morning’.
It might be a picture of the first thing you see in the morning (have your camera next to your bed for this), it could be a picture of your perfect good morning, it could be [...]

FAQ about our NEW Photo Nuts E-Book

It’s been just 18 hours since we launched our brand new Photo Nuts and Bolts E-Book to readers here at DPS. In that time we’ve seen well over 1000 copies purchased and downloaded. The feedback so far has been amazing (I’ve added some of the information/sales page).
Thanks to everyone who has taken advantage of the [...]

Get Complete Control Of Your Camera

In a recent poll 73% of our readers told us they wish they had more control over their camera.
In response to this we have published an E-book, explaining in easy-to-understand language how to get the most out of your camera.
Discover How Your Camera Works and Take Better Photos Today
Photo Nuts and Bolts is a brand [...]

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