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10 Rules for Editing Digital Images

During the week one of our readers – wedding photographer Martin Whitton – shot me a list of his ‘10 rules for editing digital images’. I thought I’d share them today as a discussion starter for readers.
Martin comments that ‘these ideas may seem a little elementary, but sticking to the basics keeps our editing focused, [...]

Wedding Photography Equipment

This guest post on wedding photography equipment was submitted by F.C. from Camera Tech.
So you’re desperately keen to go into wedding photography — or maybe you’ve made a start. The only problem you’re faced with is the equipment: and there are a lot of choices.
Firstly, the most important thing to realize is that the camera [...]

Where to Photograph in the Everglades

A guest post By Cliff Kolber from www.kolberphotography.com.

The Florida Everglades and other wetlands cover thousands of square miles between the east and west coast of Florida. Everglades National Park is the centerpiece of the region, but there is a long list of other great places to explore and photograph. Here are seven of my favorite [...]

My 3 Favorite Things about Flickr

I’ve been asked a few times why I’ve decided to use flickr as my image hosting site instead of some of the many other options available to me.  If I’m going to be completely honest, it’s that it was the only one I’d heard of when I got my account back in 2005.
But let’s forget [...]

Combining Map Flickr and Flickr allows for easy Online Mapping

In this post Lisa Newton from Travelin’ Local and MLAPA looks at a great new service that merges Flickr with virtual mapping.
There’s a great new site I recently found, that makes the process of merging Flickr images with virtual mapping, much quicker and easier; and takes the entire process to the next level. Although I’m [...]

How to Create Your Own Textures

Here at DPS, we’ve already covered how to use textures in your photos to give them a completely different look and feel, but now it’s time to get inspired and create your own textures – all around your house.
Finding Textures
I typically shoot landscape photography.  And when I’m shooting a landscape, I’m looking at the big [...]

How to Prepare for an African Photo Safari

For many, going to Africa is a once in a lifetime occurrence—a chance to see wild animals in their natural habitat, to experience new cultures and unique environments—and your opportunity to capture it in all its grandeur—so you want to make absolutely certain that you are well prepared to make the most of it.
I recently [...]

How to Find and Use Scripts in Gimp

When I first started using Gimp to edit my photos (because I couldn’t afford Photoshop), I remember getting jealous when Photoshop users would talk about the Actions they used to edit their photos.
While Gimp doesn’t have Actions, they do have scripts, and while there might not be as many Gimp Scripts as there are Photoshop [...]

5 Tips for Photographing Children

Photographing Children can be a lot of fun – but also presents photographer with a variety of challenges. In this guest post the team at Aliph Aur Meem share 5 tips for photographing children to get you started.
1. LET THE KIDS HAVE FUN
Children are most expressive when they are being themselves. Give them a little [...]

Self Portraits – 7 Tips for Going Beyond the Basics

p>A lot of photographers have said that while they love to hold the camera and take beautiful photos, they aren’t as fond of the idea of being on the other side of the lens. On the other hand, there’s an enormous group of people who not only enjoy having their photo taken, they actually [...]

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