Adobe announced the availability of Lightroom 5 Beta at Adobe Labs today and by all means, go grab a free copy and play. I’ve been using Lightroom since version 1 and have been impressed with every upgrading to the program, gladly plopping down my money for a new version as I have found the enhancements [...]
Portrait photography, IMHO, is up there in degrees of difficulty with wildlife and sports/action photography … but at least, when faced with a tiger or a pole vaulter, you don’t have to face a possibly irate subject when you’ve finished the shot. Hopefully! With portrait photography you not only have to face the sitter during [...]
After a careful read of Chiz Dakin’s book, I came to the conclusion that — for the right reader — her volume is the ant’s pants, the bees’ knees of ‘how to’ books in the video field. The right reader? Well that comes down to those who are competent in stills photography, own a DSLR [...]
Years ago a cinematographer friend told me of a dinner he once had in Paris with a Mr Cooke. Mr Cooke of the famed British optical firm Cooke, Taylor and Hobson. During the meal Mr Cooke explained that he spent most of his waking and working hours designing lenses to perform with maximum sharpness and [...]
I remember once being invited to photograph a friend of a friend’s wedding. I declined. Why? At the time I had recently interviewed a number of pros who specialised in capturing that magic in the process of creating a magazine story on that occupation. Whew! Not for me I decided. Way beyond my skill set, [...]
One of my faves is lists of ‘clever’ ideas and hints on how to improve your digital photography, so this book hit home immediately. Author Cope recalls that ‘there was a time, not so long ago, when photography was in serious decline …. Although cameras were becoming easier to use … people were just not [...]
If you’ve ever been a little lost while reading your camera’s manual, or a photography magazine it could be that you just need to learn to speak “photographer” language. In this article I’ll go over some of the most common technical terms, as well as some less common slang or photographer jargon. By the end [...]
On the 5th day of Christmas dPS gave to me – 38% off Neil Creeks Night Photography Course. We’re flying through the deals now and it’s so exciting to see so many dPS readers snapping up some bargains. The last few days have been something of a frenzy around here. Today’s deal is another great [...]
StickyAlbums is, at its heart, a tool for generating word-of-mouth referrals for professional photographers. As you will see in this review, the system is not set up for the casual photographer, as the free version is more of a means of introduction and trial than it is a full blown service, like gmail or Flickr. [...]
Over the last 12 months we’ve reviewed and mentioned a lot of great photographic books (real paper ones) here on dPS. So today I thought I’d dig into the stats that Amazon give us as to what our readers have purchased after clicking through from our site to showcase the 15 most popular books bought [...]
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