Since I began writing here at DPS, I’ve been shooting out little lists of tips for photographing children. But each little point on those lists has so much potential for further exploration in and of itself and it would be a shame not to delve deeper. Today, I am reflecting back on a post called ‘4 More Tips for Photographing Children‘. Specifically, tip #4 “Not just the kids”. The tip was this:

“Parents out there know there is never a lack of art projects for which we must find a home – a final resting place. I’ve only recently discovered the joy of photographing, not only them, but their art. It preserves it long after it has gone and takes away from the guilt on inevitably trashing it while they’re not looking. When

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Since I began writing here at DPS, I’ve been shooting out little lists of tips for photographing children. But each little point on those lists has so much potential for further exploration in and of itself and it would be a shame not to delve deeper. Today, I am reflecting back on a post called ‘4 More Tips for Photographing Children‘. Specifically, tip #2 “POV”. The tip was this:

“Try a different point of view. It can add an edge to otherwise same-same photo situations and give your kid shots a whole new life of their own.”

POV is excellent, but what different POVs are there and what statement do they make? How can you practice this tip in your everyday life photographing your kids?

1.} Everyday events – Try photographing your everyday life from another …

image by kkelly2007

In our 10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits tutorial I talked about ‘Playing with Eye contact’ (point #2) as being one technique to add change the feel of an image.

Today I was flipping through an old photography magazine (called ‘photography focus guide’) and a quote about eye contact in portraits jumped off the page at me:

“Without eye contact, the whole mood of the image changes – the camera is now simply an ‘observer’ and this is a great opportunity to show a subject in a different way.”

I like that quote because it puts words to something I’d been feeling for a while but hadn’t known how to express.

There’s nothing wrong with having your subject look away from the camera (or to have them look down the barrel

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Weekly Assignment

Whether it’s Spring or Fall where you are, this week we finished our Spring / Fall assignment. We wanted you to show us what spring or fall was like by you. Some of the photos were very literal, while others portrayed the ideas of the season.

Our winner this week was the most literal shot in the thread by i speak in math. It may be a little corny, it may be very literal, but we liked how it combined both spring and fall. The use of the diptych really worked here, as did the black and white which really lets you focus on the subject. Our two runners up this week used images that were much more symbolic of the season, and both showed off …

This weekend your photographic challenge is to take a picture on the theme of ‘Motion’ (theme suggested to our Twitter Account by @DoubleConvex).

Image by Extra Medium

We’ve written a number of tutorials that might be helpful in this (although you’re free to interpret the theme in other ways) including at:

• How to Capture Motion Blur in Photography
• A Beginners Guide to Capturing Motion in Your Photography

Once you’ve taken your “Motion” image, upload it to your favourite photo sharing site and either share a link to it below or embed it in the comments using the our new tool to do so.

If you tag your photo on Flickr, Twitter or other sites with Tagging tag it as #DPSMOTION to help others find it. Linking back

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