“Darren, it’s Fall here and the colours in the leaves in our town are wonderful. How can I capture their vibrancy? Every time I shoot them I end up with muddy and dull images!” – question by Grant
I love Autumn photography – you’re right the golden and red leaves on a background of lush green [...]
One of the most popular parts of our forum area is the Critique section where members are invited to share an image that they’ve taken and ask for Critique. There are areas dedicated to Portraits, Landscapes, Macro, Animals/Wildlife (and more).
Once an image has been submitted other readers are then invited to share constructive feedback including [...]
Regular DPS readers will know of Photojojo – another photography website who regularly produce great photography projects and who have a great online photography store with some cool products.
We love the Photojojo team and when they told us that they’d put together a book of some of their best photography projects we got pretty excited.
I’ve [...]
Photo by shawhouse
Here’s a surprising little tip that a pro once shared with me when thinking about contrast in images. It’s not really conventional but it works!
When setting up an image to shoot you can assess the contrast levels in a scene and see how the camera will ’see’ it by squinting.
More specifically – close [...]
One of our readers (Ron) shot me a link today to a piece in Wired Magazine that listed 10 Pet Photography Peeves We’d Throw Down a Black Hole.
The list is of course unique to the peeves of the author (I’ll list them below) – but Ron suggested it might make an interesting question to pose [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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