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I recently took a trip to my cities zoo to do a test on a camera that I was reviewing and thought I’d share a few tips that I put into practice along the way.
Zoos are great locations to practice photography as they present us both with a great variety of subjects (both animals [...]
I’m good at messing up stuff. I’ll admit it. Take for instance the photo above. It is the final shot I took of many while in the Kazumura Cave on the Big Island of Hawaii. And it still needs help. In a recent post here on DPS entitled 14 Tips For Cave Photography, I explained [...]
Hawai’i’s Big Island is rife with photography opportunities, including those below the surface. I recently was a guest on an underground tour of the Kazumura Cave, the world’s longest lava tube with a length over 40 miles. While I didn’t explore the whole length (only a small fraction) this was my second time in a [...]
Our last Monthly Critique featured an image from Lynne Daley with a dream-like quality. This process is sometimes called the Orton Effect and Helen Brady laid out a great tutorial for producing such images using only one image in her article The Orton Effect: Mimicking darkroom processes in Photoshop. For those looking to create the [...]
Photo by Isaac Bauman
When shooting outdoor action shots like mountain biking or skate boarding one great tool to keep in mind as you experiment is your flash.
While an outdoor setting might not conjure images of brightly lit scenes in your mind the flip side of bright sunlight is that you can also end up with [...]
Photo by Maharepa
With Halloween just a couple of weeks away I thought it was time to update our Halloween Photography Tips article with some new information and photos.
Photography Tips to Keep in Mind for Halloween
There are plenty of subjects around to photograph at Halloween ranging from the traditional jack-o-lantern through to people in costume, to [...]
Photo by bikeracer
Capturing movement in images is something that many photographers only think to do when they are photographing sports or other fast moving subjects.
While there is an obvious opportunity in sports photography to emphasize the movement of participants – almost every type of photography can benefit from the emphasis of movement in a shot [...]
Like a lot of photographers, I carry a camera around just about everywhere I go. But it’s not always my preferred DSLR as the bulk and weight often preclude easy travel, especially if I’m just heading to the store.
A Point & Shoot (P&S) camera, however, easily slips into my pocket or resides peacefully [...]
“Darren, it’s Fall here and the colours in the leaves in our town are wonderful. How can I capture their vibrancy? Every time I shoot them I end up with muddy and dull images!” – question by Grant
I love Autumn photography – you’re right the golden and red leaves on a background of lush green [...]
Photo by shawhouse
Here’s a surprising little tip that a pro once shared with me when thinking about contrast in images. It’s not really conventional but it works!
When setting up an image to shoot you can assess the contrast levels in a scene and see how the camera will ’see’ it by squinting.
More specifically – close [...]
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