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A Fun Light Painting Project – Parabolas

Here’s a fun tip that was recently shared in our photography forums by brand new member ‘ryan the mort‘. I thought it might make a fun weekend project – enjoy.
I’m not sure if this has been shared before, but it’s fun and fairly simple. It requires no post-processing.

Materials needed:

small flashlight
string
a ceiling hook

Procedure:

First hang the [...]

The Expert Wedding Photographer [Course Review]

In this post Linda Treter reviews The Expert Wedding PHotographer – a wedding photography course by the team at ProudPhotography.
This spring I had the the chance to take the wedding photography course offered by Proud Photography.
Proud Photography offers online interactive photography courses that allow you to improve your skills at your own pace complete [...]

Using Water to Lighten Landscape Photos

Photo by peter bowers
Most Pro landscape photographers recommend shooting either at (or around) dawn or dusk in order to capture their scene in the ‘golden hours’ when the light is at it’s best (in fact some will rarely shoot at any other time of day).

However, one of the problems associated with shooting at this time [...]

Do You Shoot in RAW? [POLL]

I still remember the debate that erupted the first time I asked this question back in March of 2007. It was the first time we ever had over 100 comments on a post and the debate was fascinating to watch. At the time I didn’t run an official poll (although from memory it was fairly [...]

15 Cool Digital Photography Links from Around the Web

Every now and again I like to spend a little time surfing through my favorite photography sites and highlighting the cool links that I find. Here’s 13 that I found today – enjoy!

Introduction to LED Lighting – A DIY way to light your subjects and get cool effects.
Shooting by Moonlight – a great article by [...]

10 Questions to Ask When Taking a Digital Photo

What goes through your mind in the moments as you raise your digital camera up to take a shot and before you press the shutter? If you’re like many digital photographers you’re not thinking about too much – you just want to capture the moment and then move on.

However getting in the habit of asking [...]

Weekend Landscape Photography Challenge

The weekend is here (at least it is here in Australia) and so it’s time for a little group photography challenge.
This weekend your task is to drag yourself out of the house and away from the computer (DPS will still be here when you get back), to grab your camera and to get out there [...]

123 of Digital Imaging Launches New Version

One of the more popular online photography education resources – 123 of Digital Imaging – has announced that it has had an update to a new version (version 6.0).
This Windows and Mac compatible resource is one of the more comprehensive teaching aides that you’ll find on the topic of photography. It contains a massive 5137 [...]