Browsing all articles by Darren Rowse.

How to Photograph Birds

The following tip has been submitted by Phillip Kirkham, a reader of DPS and avid wildlife photographer – see his own website (the source of all bird photos in this post). You can also read more about him at the end of his article.

How to photograph birds

Unfortunately, July and August are probably the worst [...]

Using White Balance as a Creative Tool

In my last post I introduced the topic of White Balance as a way of ensuring you get accurate colors in your shots.

Of course there are times when photographers do not want accurate colors in their photography. I first discovered the power of this when I bought myself a warm up filter for my film [...]

Introduction to White Balance

White Balance is an aspect of photography that many digital camera owners don’t understand or use – but it’s something well worth learning about as it can have a real impact upon the shots you take.

So for those of you who have been avoiding White Balance – let me introduce you to it. I promise [...]

Using Visual Diaries To Find Inspiration for your Photography

Photo by girlfridaynz
Have you ever been stuck in a rut?

A common problem that many digital photographers face after a while is that they look at the results of their work and find that most of the photos that they’ve been taking look much the same as each other.

It’s easy to get stuck in a rut [...]

Using EXIF Data

I promised when I started this site that I’d do my best to keep it as untechnical and jargon free as possible. Having said this – today I want to use a term that I doubt many beginner digital photographers would be familiar with. Having said this it’s not a complicated concept and one that [...]

ISO Settings in Digital Photography

Grant (a reader of DPS) asks – ‘I’m confused about ISO. What is the best setting to choose? Should I always choose the lowest one?’

Thanks for the question Grant. Before I attempt to answer it let me give a quick definition of ISO:

What is ISO?
In traditional (film) photography ISO (or ASA) was the indication of [...]

Starting Black And White Photography

This post was written by Amy Renfrey from the Digital Photography Success and Landscape Photography ebooks who is filling in for me here at DPS this week.

Have you ever noticed how some black and white photos just stand out? And when you go to try and take the same kind of photo it just doesn’t [...]

How To Photograph Flowers

This post was written by Amy Renfrey from the Digital Photography Success and Landscape Photography ebooks who is filling in for me here at DPS this week.

There are flowers and there are flowers. Not all flowers are equal in a photography sense. Some can look like they are easy to photograph, and in reality can [...]