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Slow Shutter Shoot-Out - 3 Slow Shutter Speed Techniques
Digital Photography School | August 28th 2008 by Darren Rowse
Experimenting with Slow Shutter Speeds can be a lot of fun. Today Charles Clawson from blog.chaselliot.com sums up three types of slow shutter techniques and invites you show off your attempts at doing them. There has been some great articles and i read more
An Introduction to Architectural Photography
Digital Photography School | August 7th 2008 by Darren Rowse
I am a professional architectural photographer working out of Denver, Colorado. I have photographed over 4500 homes and buildings, and I can claim Colorado’s highest producing Real Estate agents as dedicated customers. Photographing homes and b read more
Creating Moods with the Kelvin Scale
Digital Photography School | July 31st 2008 by Darren Rowse
In this article Christina Nichole sheds some light on the Kelvin Scale. Have you ever gone into a shooting scenario and struggled to match your white balance to the available light? Have you ever wondered how to intensify the color of a sunset withou read more
How To Remove Dust Spots From Multiple Photos in 4 Steps
Digital Photography School | July 29th 2008 by Darren Rowse
Dust. The eternal enemy of a digital camera. When you shoot pictures with a digital SLR camera long enough, you will come to know the pain that dust can cause. For some it’s a minor annoyance. For others, it costs time and money attempting read more
EV Compensation Explained
Digital Photography School | July 21st 2008 by Darren Rowse
Today Yanik Chauvin from Image-Y shares how he uses EV Compensation. I’ve been using the EV (Exposure Value) button on my camera more than any of the other buttons so I thought I would share with you why and when I use it. Remember that I sho read more
How to Choose the Right ISO for your Digital Photography
Digital Photography School | July 18th 2008 by Darren Rowse
“What ISO is best for my pictures?” Changing the ISO setting on your camera changes the sensitivity to light of the image sensor inside of it. The lower number that you select the less sensitive the sensor is to light (and conversely read more
How to Photograph Fireworks Displays
Digital Photography School | June 30th 2008 by Darren Rowse
Photo by hupaishi Do you want to know how to photograph fireworks? With 4th July just days away I thought I’d refresh this article in which I give 10 Fireworks Photography tips to help you get started. Fireworks Displays are something that evok read more
When is Manual Focus Better than Auto Focus?
Digital Photography School | June 25th 2008 by Darren Rowse
Modern day Digital Cameras present photographers with an ever increasing array of Automatic and Semi Automatic shooting modes. Most of these center around different ways of exposing your shots - however many cameras also give options for different fo read more
I've Been Schmapped! Northwest Photo Short-list
Renaissance Culinaire | June 8th 2008 by Amber
Apparently I have been Schmapped! Well I just checked my flickr mail and look what was inside:Hi Amber,I am writing to let you know that one of your photos has been short-listed for inclusion in the second edition of our Schmap Northwest Guide, to be read more
Introduction to External Flash Units [PART 2]
Digital Photography School | April 30th 2008 by Darren Rowse
Yesterday Tom Pickett from www.tpickettphotography.com began to explore the topic of External Flash Units. Once you’ve read part 1 continue reading the second part of the External Flash Unit series below. Fill Flash Now let’s talk a litt read more
An Introduction to External Flash Units
Digital Photography School | April 29th 2008 by Darren Rowse
In this post Tom Pickett (from www.tpickettphotography.com) responds to some of the questions we’ve had lately here at DPS on using External Flash Units. His post was so long and detailed that I thought I’d break it down into two posts. S read more
Food Photography - Ballad of A Foodie
Renaissance Culinaire | April 21st 2008 by Amber
ballad of a foodieThis is my foodie collection on flickr. Mouse over to see Set title. Click on any of the links to View that Set on flickr. I took these shots over a span of 2 years. There is allot of emotional attachment to them. It is about foo read more
How to Eliminate Lens Flare
Digital Photography School | April 14th 2008 by Darren Rowse
Photo calanan It’s amazing how the smallest things can have such a massive impact upon a photo (both in a positive and negative way). One such small thing that can both enhance and detract from an image is the ’sunspot’ (or lens fla read more
High Impact Photography With Panoramics
Digital Photography School | April 7th 2008 by Darren Rowse
Image Note: Made From (3) Three Vertical Images - Equivalent to a 60+ megapixel image The following post on Panoramic Photography is by San Francisco based photographer Jim M. Goldstein. Learn more about him at the end of this post. Photography is d read more
Wildlife Photography - Consider Your Subject First
Digital Photography School | April 1st 2008 by Darren Rowse
The following Wildlife Photography article was submitted by wildlife photographer and author Joe McDonald from hoothollow.com. Learn more about Joe and his work at the end of this post. Most everyone wants to learn new techniques or secrets, method read more
How I Made a Time Lapse Movie with My DSLR
Digital Photography School | March 21st 2008 by Darren Rowse
DPS reader Ross Ching emailed me a month ago with a link to a movie called ‘Eclectic 2.0′ that he made with a Canon DSLR. When I followed the link to the movie I was amazed what Ross had created. Before reading on - check it out here. read more
How to Shoot in Freezing Temperatures and Keep Your Hands Toasty…
Digital Photography School | March 17th 2008 by Darren Rowse
The following post on cold weather photography submitted by Matthew G. Monroe. For those of us who live in the earth’s Northern Hemisphere, Winter isn’t set to be over — officially — for another two weeks. For those of us who read more
Macro Photography Tips for Point and Shoot Digital Cameras
Digital Photography School | March 3rd 2008 by Darren Rowse
Photo by ~Dezz~ Much has been written on the topic of Macro photography for those photographers fortunate enough to own a DSLR with macro lenses - but what about if you own a compact point and shoot camera? Can you get great macro shots too? While read more
Low Light Digital Photography
Digital Photography School | February 27th 2008 by Darren Rowse
Today’s tutorial on Low Light Digital Photography was submitted by Anthony Peyper. I tend to like low light photography because of the element of surprise - you never know exactly what you’re going to get - no matter how accurate your gue read more
9 Pet Photography Tips
Digital Photography School | February 4th 2008 by Darren Rowse
This guest post on Pet Photography was submitted by Antoine Khater at All Day I Dream About Photography. Image by José Luna Pets fill very quickly their place in our hearts and families and we enjoy having their pictures framed on our desk or wa read more
12 Tips for Improving Camera Phone Photos
Digital Photography School | January 31st 2008 by Darren Rowse
Photo by DavyRocket We are living in a time where ‘convergence’ is everywhere. Gone are the days when a camera was a camera, a MP3 player was an MP3 player, a phone was a phone…. These days digital cameras are found in a variety o read more
Winter Sports Photography Tips - Flash Compensation
Digital Photography School | January 30th 2008 by Darren Rowse
This guest post with a couple of tips on Winter Sports Photography is by Yves Garneau from G1Photo.com. Conveying the mood of a particular setting with tricky lighting can be difficult. Most of my photography is done in the mountains during the w read more
How to Photograph Water Drops
Digital Photography School | January 21st 2008 by Darren Rowse
One fun digital photography challenge for those with a little time on their hands (particularly on a lazy long weekend as I know many of you are on) is photographing Water Drops. OK - so there are thousands of these on Flickr and some might say the read more
How to Shoot Light Trails
Digital Photography School | January 7th 2008 by Darren Rowse
One of the first subjects that I remember trying to capture as a teenager with my first SLR camera (film) was light trails created by cars on a busy road near my home. I’d seen this type of shot in a photography magazine and was impressed by read more
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