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How to Enhance Eyes in Photoshop [Video Tutorial]

We get a lot of requests for tutorials on enhancing eyes in Photoshop – here’s a video one that hopefully helps those asking:

Of course there are many techniques for most tasks in photoshop – how do you tackle enhancing eyes? Feel free to share your tips in comments below.

Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder

Leica this week announced their new Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder – a camera that many will lust after but few will afford. Priced at around $7000 USD this is not a camera that most will be realistically be putting on their Christmas wishlist but it’s certainly a camera worth us taking a moment to profile.

Leica [...]

Weekend Challenge – Photograph a Stranger

It’s time for another weekend photography challenge – something that could take a few of us out of our comfort zone.
Photograph a Stranger
p>Lets start with a call to safety – if you’re worried about this challenge – I highly recommend doing it with a friend by your side.
This idea comes from a video that we’ve [...]

How Many Digital Cameras Have You Owned? [POLL]

This week’s reader poll focuses upon the number of DIGITAL cameras you’ve owned. I know some of you have upwards of 6 but I didn’t want to make the poll too long – looking forward to your answers!
PS: tell us what your cameras have been in comments below. Mine have been:
Sony Mavica (can’t remember exact [...]

How to Photograph a Rainbow

Photo nicolas valentin
A Rainbow is something that has the power to stop you in your tracks when it unexpectedly appears when you’re least expecting to see one. They’re beautiful – but how do you photograph a rainbow?

Following are a few Rainbow Photography Tips that come to mind – feel free to add your own to [...]

21 Great Shots [And How They Were Taken]

In our photography forums we’ve got a creative group of photographers – many who set themselves all kinds of photographic projects and then share how they took the shots.
Here’s 21 from our ‘How I took It‘ section. Click pictures to read the story and techniques used behind the shots.
1. Light Sugar Cube

2. Dart Shot

79% of Our Readers Shoot In RAW (at least Sometimes) [POLL RESULTS]

A couple of weeks back we ran a poll here on DPS asking whether readers are shooting in RAW. The results are in and it seems that most of you are – at least some of the time.
Over 17,000 readers have voted in this poll and 79% of them shoot in RAW at least some [...]

15 Inspiring Underwater Images

Photo by wild friday

It’s slowly warming up in my part of the world (Australia) and with a vacation planned to Northern parts of the country I’m looking forward to some underwater photography. Here’s some underwater shots that we gathered a couple of years back here at DPS to get in the mood. Enjoy!

Photo by WIlly [...]

Take a Self Portrait [Weekend Photography Challenge]

Over the last couple of week’s we’ve run weekend photography challenges and had a lot of positive feedback from readers – so I thought it might be time for another one.
Whether you get it done or even discover this post on a weekend or later in the week isn’t really the issue – the [...]

How Often Do You Take Photos? [POLL]

Time for another quick weekly poll. It was inspired by a conversation I had with two fellow hobby photographers about the number of photos we take.
The two photographers I was talking with both told me that they take around 2000 shots a month – but one took 50-70 a day while the other did most [...]

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