Browsing all articles by Darren Rowse.
Darren Rowse is the editor and founder of Digital Photography School.
He lives in Melbourne Australia and is also the editor of the ProBlogger Blog Tips and TwiTip Twitter Tips blogs.
Today I thought I’d highlight some of the work of one of our forum members who has been producing some great work of late. Japaslavian (Jeff) is a 21 year old guy living in the Bay Area (California). He shoots with a Canon Rebel XT which he pairs with a Canon 18-55mm, Canon 10-22mm and [...]
A quick note before we get into this week’s wrapup of the forums. There were some problems with the forum earlier in the week. Most of the problems should be fixed (although there are a handful of posts that may seem very out of order because of date problems), but if you’re still having problems [...]
One of our forum members, Yanik (image-y) has put together a series of four helpful Photoshop portrait tutorials which run you through four aspects of giving someone a makeover with Photoshop. They cover whitening Teeth and Eyes, Removing Pimples and Wrinkles, Photoshop Makeup and Changing Eye Color. I’ve embedded each of the four photoshop portrait [...]
Last week we ran a competition here at DPS where US readers had the opportunity to win themselves a 2 week lens rental. The prize was put up by our friends at BorrowLenses.com (thanks for that) who offer a great range of Canon and Nikon lenses for rental within the USA. The competition was simple [...]
Earlier in the week I posted that Nikon have released their new Nikon D90 DSLR, a camera which they are proudly publicizing is the first DSLR to shoot with HD Video. In the comments on that post the main theme being discussed is whether video belongs on a DSLR. We’ve long seen video on point [...]
No camera? No problem! Suppose you feel like taking a break from your camera, or maybe it’s just a rainy day and you don’t want to go out and risk getting the camera wet. Then you can use your flatbed scanner (assuming you have one) to make very interesting still-life pictures. In this post Kai [...]
Also in new DSLR news this week is an announcement from Canon – the Canon EOS 50D. The Canon EOS 50D builds upon the success of the great 40D and takes it up a level with a 15.1 megapixel sensor, ISO range of 100-6400 (extendable up to a whopping 12800), 3.0 inch LCD (920,000 pixels) [...]
Nikon have just announced their newest DSLR – the Nikon D90. The Nikon D90 builds on the success of previous Nikon DSLRs and breaks a little ground of its own as the first DSLR to incorporate shooting HD movie clips. Using Auto Exposure and Auto Focus that is featured in Nikon’s pro model DSLRs the [...]
Recently we published a post here at Digital Photography School titled Where to Rent a Lens Online. One of the companies that was mentioned (and then recommended by quite a few readers in the comments on the post) was BorrowLenses.com. Since publishing that article we’ve been in contact with BorrowLenses.com and they have generously agreed [...]
Time for a little weekend video tutorial – this time it’s on the topic of outdoor portraits and is from our friends at Pro Photo Life. Learn more about Portrait Photography