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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 [...]

Canon EOS 7D

Canon have today announced the Canon EOS 7D – a widely rumored camera that has caused a lot of discussion around the web in the past few weeks as pictures of it began to surface.

The Canon EOS 7D is being presented as a new model line for Canon – not an update of another camera [...]

Sony A850 Full Frame DSLR

Sony today have announced their newest DSLR camera – the Sony A850 DSLR – a full frame DSLR that is set to put the pressure on Sony’s competitors when it comes to price.

The Sony A850 has a recommended retail price of around $2000 USD – around $500 cheaper than Nikon’s D700, Canon’s 5D Mark II [...]

Backyard Photography Challenge

Yesterday we posted an article about Backyard photography – today I’d like to issue a challenge – get into your backyard and see what shots you can come up with – and then share your best shot or two with us in comments below.
I know some of you don’t technically have ‘backyards’ – but feel [...]

11 Inspirational Image Collections

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One of the most popular types of posts here at DPS are our ‘image collection’ posts where we highlight great examples of different types of photography – all around a theme. Today I dug into our site’s stats and came up with this list of our most popular image collections from the past [...]

64% of Our Readers Are Planning on Buying a Camera in the next Year – Poll Results

Last week we asked readers if they were planning to buy a new digital camera in our weekly poll.
The results are in:

It looks like the majority of people will be buying in the next 12 months!
Don’t forget to vote in our latest Poll – Do you Shoot in RAW?

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