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You’re only 50mm Away from Becoming a Better Photographer

Today Matthew Luttmer shares his experience of buying his first prime lens – a 50mm (sometimes known as a ‘nifty 50′).
It’s true. There is only 50mm separating you from the photos you always wanted to take. Of course it is a 50mm prime lens that is between you and your goal. All the happy owners [...]

Microstock Update – How the Market has Changed and What That Means For Digital Photography Students

A lot has changed since I first wrote about Microstock for Digital Photography Students here at DPS last year. I think it’s time for an update, a look at the changes which affect those getting started with microstock, and a few of the most important tips to help you be successful making money form your [...]

How to Soften Up Harsh Flash Lighting

How many times have you taken a photo and regreted that you used the on camera flash? The result is glaring highlights, shiny foreheads, and beady eyes, from the powerful direct hit of the small built-in flash. In this post René Edde shares some tips on how to avoid this.
There are a few ways that [...]

Lifestyle Photography – Photographing Children in their Element

One of the most fascinating and exciting subjects to photograph is arguably a child. Children can also be one of the most challenging little people to photograph! To really grasp them, in their element, and get more than just a smile can sometimes be a work of patience, cleverness and quick wits. The following tips [...]

How to Be Inspired and Not Intimidated by Other Photographers

Digital photography can be an intimidating hobby because once you get excited about it, you join photo-sharing sites and follow photography forums, and suddenly you’re inundated with lots of other photographer’s work, and *gulp*, a lot of it is better than yours!
It’s very easy to start to feel frustrated and that you’re not good enough, [...]

Cooking up a Photograph in Your Kitchen

In this post Ronan Palliser shares some behind the scene details on the taking of this eye catching shot.

Ingredients:

1 small kitchen
5 martini glasses
500ml of water
3 drops of food colouring in different colours
A dollop of off-camera flash (triggered by PC cord, radio receiver or infra-red such as Nikon CLS)

You will also [...]

I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist – How to Shoot in Public With Confidence

A Guest Post by Elizabeth Halford.

Would you believe that in the UK, anti-terrorism laws include bits for photographers?
These days, photographers are routinely made to feel like terrorists. Highly suspect criminal characters who must be watched closely. Case in point? Picture me walking around the Winchester Saturday market taking macro photography of the fruit & veg [...]

Creative Compositions: Finding Framing

Finding frames for photos doesn’t always have to mean looking for the perfect frame to hang on your wall. If you’re looking for a way to push your compositions to the next level of visual interest, try finding frames for your subjects within your photos as well. In this post René Edde shares some [...]

7 Photography Projects to Jumpstart your Creativity

In this post Jennifer Jacobs from iffles.com shares some tips on how to spark creativity in your photography.
Let’s face it, no matter how much we take our camera out, there’s only so many pictures we can take of our kids, pets, house and garden before we start itching to shoot something else… but what?
Hopefully this [...]