3 Critical People Skills Portrait Photographers Need
How do you ensure failure as a portrait photographer? That's easy; treat your subjects or clients poorly. From start to...
7 Tips for Beautiful Photos in Icy Cold Weather
Winter is a beautiful season to take photos. In order to capture the beauty that winter offers you'll have to...
Essential Family Photo Session Preflight Checklist
When preparing for a family photo session, there are plenty of things to keep in mind. Such as: making sure...
Weekly Photography Challenge – Abandoned
This week’s photography topic for our weekly challenge is ABANDONED! I have a fascination with things that are abandoned and...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Photography Deals
Note: While these offers have now ended, you can still get into the 31 Days to Becoming a Better Photographer...
5 Tips for Capturing Nature Across Different Seasons
Taking photographs of nature can be an incredibly rewarding experience. During the year the change in seasons provides you with...
Center Field – 9 Acceptable Ways For Breaking Rule of Thirds in Photography
When starting, most photographers tend to shoot all subjects center-frame. As they learn more about photography and composition, they learn...
How to Apply Compositional Theory to Still Life Photography
The so-called 'rules of composition' aren't so much rules as guiding principles. Why? Because not every compositional tool works for every...
How To Easily Improve Your Street Photography Portraits
Planning and being intentional about your street photography portraits will affect the quality of your pictures. Have a clear idea...
A Behind-The-Scenes Look at a Family Photo Session
You're probably used to seeing perfect family photos on Pinterest. After all, photographers love showing their best work. But you'll...
One Light Set-Up For Food Photography
When it comes to food photography, the natural light look is highly sought after. However, it's difficult to create consistency...
How To Stimulate Your Photography by Learning From the Best
Henri Cartier-Bresson said that "Your first ten thousand photographs are your worst." Every successful creative spends boundless time, thought, and...
Weekly Photography Challenge – Doorways
This week’s photography topic for our weekly challenge is DOORWAYS! I'm a big fan of photographing doorways. There is so...
How to Make Easy and Affordable DIY Food Photography Backdrops
In this helpful video by Joanie Simon of The Bite Shot, she explains how to do DIY Food Photography Backdrops that...
Photography Hot Spots – Love ‘em or Hate ‘em?
I hear much maligning these days about photography hot spots. You know them, they are the places photographers seem to...
How to Use Creative Aperture to Maximum Effect
One of the most powerful controls on your camera is the aperture setting. It's so useful that a good proportion...
How To Plan Astrophotography With The Photopills App
One of the most important lessons that astrophotography has taught me is the importance of planning. I’m a huge advocate...
Introducing New dPS Managing Editor – Caz Nowaczyk
Some of our regular readers may have noticed a new byline on our Weekly Challenge posts recently, and the...
Maternity Session Tips For Better Client Experience
There are many different types of portraiture. Maternity is probably one type that is truly one-of-a-kind. Each maternity session is...
Photographing Still Life Can Teach You These 3 Things
Composition Lighting The importance of taking your time Photographing still life, more than most genres, gives you more control. You...
4 Tips for Capturing Autumn Colors
For those of us who live in North America, autumn is in full swing. The leaves are changing from their...
How to Photograph Kids Playing, Running Around and Generally Being Kids
If you're a people photographer, it's hard to resist photographing kids as they play, run around and... well, be kids....
