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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In my last post I introduced you to the basic types of DSLR lenses that are on the market as a starting point for answering the question of ‘which DSLR lens to buy?’. Today I want to turn to a number of other factors that you’ll want to keep in mind when making the decision. [...]
Digital Camera manufacturers are increasingly adding ‘in camera editing’ features and modes to the cameras that they release that allow digital photographers to do all kinds of tasks that they would previously have done from their computer. These include in camera cropping, the addition of frames to shots and being able to shoot in different [...]
Photo by Chatty Cathy I love cities. While I enjoy getting out into the wide open spaces of the countryside I am also a big fan of the hustle and bustle of inner city life. It’s not for everyone but I find that such areas are so interesting to spend time in – both on [...]
Image by Sophie Muc I want to tell you a story about a photographer with an addiction to a colour…. I spent some time this week chatting with a photographer who is obsessed by green. He’s a professional wedding photographer who takes ‘normal’ shots when he’s on the job but who in his spare time [...]
Image by MoonGirlNYC In my last post on Using Focal Points in Photography I wrote the lines “Don’t confuse the viewer with too many competing focal points which might overwhelm the main focal point. Secondary points of interest can be helpful to lead the eye but too many strong ones will just clutter and confuse.” [...]
Many readers will know that at our place we’re planning the arrival of a new housemate – he’ll be showing up sometime in the next 5 weeks and although he’s a little guy seems to have sent a lot of ‘stuff’ ahead of him for us to fit in our little home. Yes we’re expecting [...]
In response to my weekly newsletter yesterday Harold (a subscriber) sent me an email raising a problem he had with using the continuous shooting mode that I wrote about yesterday. He wrote: “Thanks for your tip on using the Continuous Shooting Darren. I use it on my DSLR regularly but have one problem – I [...]
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