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Peter West Carey is a world traveling professional photographer currently leading photo tours to Bhutan, Nepal and India. He also hosts Lightroom and basic photography workshops along the West Coast of the USA as well as the free 31 Days TO Better Photography series on his blog.
I’m getting a big jump on the end of year posts by diving right into what I believe is an important part of achieving what you want in life; making goals. Goals give us a sense of direction especially when we are faced with days where our rudder has gone missing and distractions are high. [...]
It’s in the gloom of the Northern hemisphere’s winter that many people start planning trips for the new year. It’s also a time some of us upgrade our cameras when the big sales hit in December and begin looking for a teacher to help them get more out of it. A perfect time to talk [...]
Perhaps you have heard of Lytro. I first got wind of the company a few months ago and thought it sounded amazing. But then the “That’s a press release. Where’s the follow through?” mechanism in my brain that stops me from buying useless products kicked in. Was it too good to be true? The camera [...]
Introduction The Pentax WG-1 GPS is a crushproof, freezeproof, waterproof, shockproof ruggedized point and shoot camera designed for adventurous types or those prone to breaking their cameras. Available in a number of colors, the camera also touts a GPS receiver which is capable of tagging pictures as they are taken with longitude and latitude. I [...]
Traveling and photography go hand in hand for many of us. New sights are a feast for the eyes and those of use with strong photographic intentions love capturing the color and life we find on (digital) film for sharing back home. Or sometimes just for our own enjoyment. One subject that comes up time [...]
An underwater camera or deep sea camera equipment captures photos of the amazing creatures that live beneath the surface of the water. This collection shows land dwellers, sea life and other sometimes odd creatures that penetrate the wet sanctuary boundaries. The idea is always to see what’s under there and how much imagination we can [...]
The movie was funny but people take the design and upkeep of these people movers pretty seriously. Being able to appreciate the lines and curves of these amazing man-made machines is as equally as important as getting the perfect angles to be able to see them in photographs. Translating power, prestige and property can set [...]
I’ll warn you right up front; this post is not for everyone. Some cameras have the ability to make a fine tune adjustment to autofocus. For those with a camera model that allows for fine tune adjustments, checking focus accuracy can be important, especially when shooting macro images where pinpoint focus is more vital. For [...]
Overview LowePro’s photo backpack line contains a newer entry; a lighter backpack meant for a more active photographer. The idea is to keep things nimble, while still allowing room for the other necessities of an active lifestyle on the trail (rain clothes, 10 essentials, lunch, etc…). There are two packs in the Photo Sport AW [...]
Odds are you have seen some of the more recent grand offerings from masters of time lapse photography, such as Randy Halverson and Terje Sorgjerd. DPS also has a post on how to shoot these types of videos using a camera and something known as an intervalometer. But what is this device and what does [...]
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