It’s time for another weekend photography challenge. This weekend the theme of the challenge is ‘environment’.
Feel free to interpret it as you wish – you might want to try to take a picture that makes a point about environmental issues, you may just like to shoot your own environment (the place you live) or you [...]
A couple of months ago here at DPS we ran a post with 10 photography quotes from famous photographers that photographers should know.
Below I’ll share more photography quotes worth knowing but first – one of our readers (Ryan Coleman) put together the 10 quotes into a more visual form:
10 Photography Quotes that You Should Know
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The Digital Camera has a number of natural predators – things that in just a few seconds could snuff out it’s life and render you camera-less. Learn to identify your camera’s predators and take a few simple precautions and exercise a little care and you can keep your camera operating at it’s potential for years [...]
The following was left as a comment on a previous post by one of our readers – Angelino Pan y Vino (no link given). I thought it was a great story and one that might encourage readers who might feel they have lower quality cameras and gear.
“Saying a camera takes nice pictures is like saying [...]
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Here is a quick quote that caught my attention today when talking to a friend who is a landscape photography enthusiast.
He said:
“Photograph the light not the land.”
His theory is that it’s the light not the actual subjects in a scene that can make or break a landscape image.
While [...]
There’s something about trees that gets to me. I’m not sure exactly what it is but something about their shape, majesty, intricacy and symbolism draws me to them as photographic subjects. Today I spent a couple of hours surfing through Flickr, particularly looking for Tree images (some OF trees and others that just include them [...]
Is there a photographer who you’ve secretly admired form afar? Someone whose work never fails to inspire you?
A Photographer who you’d love to meet and pick the brains or even spend the day with on a shoot of in the hope that some of their genius might rub off on you?
They might be a famous [...]
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One subject that presents photographers with wonderful opportunities but also a lot of challenges is the spider’s web. There’s something about their delicate nature (while also being incredibly strong for their size), flexibility and beauty that draws me to them every time.
But how do you photograph spider’s webs? Here are 11 tips to [...]
One of the most common email requests that I get are from those heading up local photography clubs asking if they are able to use our tutorials in their newsletters or classes.
I get these emails on such a regular basis that I thought I’d write a post outlining how our content can be used by [...]
Here’s a quick video tutorial exploring the topic of focal length of lenses for portrait photography.
Portrait Photography Tips
I think it’s important to emphasise (as they do at the end of the video) that there are times when it’s good to shoot with a wide angle lens – but there are also some real benefits of [...]
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