Backgrounds present both opportunities and challenges to photographers. On the one hand they can put a subjects in context and make it stand out in a way that highlights it wonderfully – but on the other hand backgrounds can overwhelm subjects and distract from them. Some of the common problems that photographers have with backgrounds [...]
It’s time for a reader question that I’m sure will generate some interesting discussion (it did last time we asked it 2 years ago): What is Your Favorite Lens? A recent survey of DPS readers found that 75% of you have DSLRs – so I am sure that among us all there’s a wealth of [...]
This guest post was submitted by Martin Gommel (Flickr) from the German photography blog KWERFELDEIN. Very often I listen to amateur photographers who are desperate with themselves. They simply continue to feel out of place in the world of photos – sometimes a harsh ciritic comes in and it is just too much. They only [...]
Looking for a Christmas gift for that photographer in your life? Or maybe a little something for yourself? Perhaps this book Annie Leibovitz at Work will fit the bill. Linda (one of our great forum admins) reviews it here. Not your usual collection of photographic images, this is more than just a picture book. In [...]
Now that the US elections have been run and won – I thought it’d be interesting to post some links to some pages that captured Barack Obama’s campaign photographically. The three links that follow are quite varied in terms of their approach. The first is Obama’s Flickr account with photos by an unnamed photographer/s traveling [...]
Today I want to post a question from a reader asking for advice about photography equipment for Wildlife, Outdoors and Sports photography (for those on a budget. I hope this generates some interesting discussion and good advice for Dan – the person behind the question. “Hi, I was wondering what a person like myself should [...]
One of the exciting things about editing Digital Photography School lately is some of the email that I get from readers. One type of email that I’ve been getting increasingly lately is from teachers and students of schools who are using DPS as a resource for their studies. One such email came recently from Sharla [...]
In this post, professional photographer Yanik Chauvin from Yanik’s Photo School shows us how to take stunning super macro photos. I’m a big fan of macro photography. So much so that when I chose my first ever digital camera, the Nikon Coolpix 4500, it was mostly base on its macro capabilities. And when I purchased [...]
How do you photograph a conference? Today Tris Hussey shares some great tips on the topic. There are two things that are pretty common at almost every conference I attend: laptops and cameras. However the quality of pictures captured and posted from a given conference vary wildly. Very wildly. To help you out I’ve compiled [...]
Over the month of October DPS has been holding its first ever photography competition. The response by readers was more than we were expecting. Over 2000 images were entered (you can see them all here) and and the standard of some of the shots were quite amazing. Our judging panel of four was faced with [...]
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