Last week I asked readers what shooting mode they shoot in most. The results actually surprised me a little (and so did the massive numbers of responses – well over 200 so far). From the emails that I get from readers and the last time I informally asked this question I was half expecting ‘Automatic’ [...]
Photo by taylorkoa22 Recently when walking through a local arts and crafts market (my wife has a thing for them so they’re a regular part of my weekends) I found myself in a photographers stall looking at his work. One of the most striking images that he had on display was a large colorful abstract [...]
Image by smokingmonkey One camera function that can be a lot of fun to play with (and that can get you some interesting results) is slow sync flash. Low Light Photography Options When shooting with a subject in low light situations you generally have two options; either to shoot with a flash or to shoot [...]
Photo by eelend Has anyone noticed how there has been a real anti-flash vibe going around recently in the digital photography sphere? I’m seeing it in books, websites, forums and even from manufacturers of cameras themselves with the recent release of loads of cameras that would rather push ISO up very high than use a [...]
Today’s Depth of Field Tutorial comes to us in the form of Video from Shelton Muller of Australia’s Total Image magazine. I’d love to hear whether you find the video tutorial to be a helpful way of learning.
One of the questions I’m being asked about more and more lately is about Black and White Digital Photography. As I said yesterday in the post announcing our Black and White Assignment it seems as though Black and White images are making something of a comeback of late as digital camera owners rediscover the beauty [...]
Image by Peter de Krom From time to time I take a little time out to go back over old posts to update them. Today I spent a little while reworking one of the early tutorials here at DPS – How to Photograph Silhouettes. I hope you enjoy it (PS: I also started a Silhouettes [...]
Have you ever been photographing a subject with tricky lighting or lots of variation between bright and darker areas but were not sure what exposure setting to go with? One way to work in such situations is to manually play around with your exposure control and take a series of shots – the problem with [...]
Photo by Andross I’ve been taking a lot of portrait shots of our kids lately with my husband’s DSLR (Canon EOS 20D) and I’ve noticed that on some shots that I take the backgrounds is all soft and out of focus while in others it is completely clear. I’d like the soft background more but [...]
Photo by Steve Stone This post is a continuation of my previous post on Autumn Leaves. Another series of shots that my Canadian friend had taken were close up shots single leaves. The leaves were backlit with a warm glowing sunlight and showed a lot of detail. As I was looking at the images I [...]
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