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Using Wide Angle Lens Distortion Creatively

Photo by Childish David
Over the weekend I realized that I’m a little obsessed with longer focal lengths.
It happens easily enough – for me it all started with the purchase of a new lens.
Up until two months ago the lens that you’d usually find on my camera was my Canon EF 17-40mm lens (a wonderful [...]

Mastering Panning – Photographing Moving Subjects

Photo by Delineated

Last week we introduced the topic of shutter speed and looked at how increasing and decreasing it can have a significant impact upon the images we take – particularly if the subjects in those images are moving.
Today I’d like to take a brief look at a related topic – that of photographing moving [...]

Work It Baby Work It – A Secret to Portrait Photography

Photo by Indy Charlie
There’s a lot of good advice out there on how to pose subjects for portrait photography but a Pro Photographer once shared a little tidbit that has stayed in my mind ever since and that helps me add variety to my portrait shots….

He told me to ‘Work it Baby!’

He wasn’t joking either. [...]

How to Get Foregrounds Right in Photography

Photo by webinteger
After my last overseas trip I received emails from two fellow travelers from the tour group I shared two weeks with as I toured around Turkey. Both emails contained some of the ‘best’ photos that my two fellow travelers. Many of the photos that each of them took were in the same locations [...]

10 Tips for Photographing Babies

Most regular Digital Photography School readers are aware that a month ago I became a Dad. Our new son’s name is Xavier (you’ll get to know him over the course of this tutorial).
I’ve previously written about the topic of photographing babies and children from the perspective of someone who has had his services engaged to [...]

Introduction to Shutter Speed in Digital Photography

Photo by Hughes500

Previously I’ve introduced the concept of the Exposure Triangle as a way of thinking about getting out of Auto Mode and exploring the idea of manually adjusting the exposure of your shots.
The three main areas that you can adjust are ISO, Aperture and Shutter speed. I’ve previously looked at making adjustments to [...]

Minimalism in Photography

Photo by Iceburn
I was chatting to one reader last week about their photography and they shared that their main challenge in taking digital images what finding subjects to shoot because of the place where they lived. Here’s a snippet from what he said in our email conversation:

“I live in a rural area of Australia and [...]

Welcome to Digital Photography School

Welcome to DPS – a site that helps digital camera owners to get the most out of their digital cameras.

Today has seen an influx of new readers into the site (someone seems to have linked to us on a larger email newsletter – can someone email me to let me know where you’re all coming [...]

Group Assignment – Going Blue

Those of you interested in participating in a group photographic Assignment might like to check out the latest one that I’ve posted in our Flickr Group.
Group assignments are simply chances to focus in on a technique, subject matter or theme that we all do at the same time. You’ll probably have some photos in your [...]

Digital Photography School – As Featured in the Wall Street Journal

Digital Photography School was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal this last week – our first Mainstream Media mention!

Check it out at Amit’s Flickr account for the full sized photo.

thanks to Alex for letting me know.