August 27th, 2010 
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Image by Éole This week your photographic challenge is to photograph your ‘favorite subject’ and share the image with us. Most photographers that I talk to have a subject that they just keep coming back to – whether it be a person, a landscape location, pet or some other kind of subject matter (I have one friend who just loves to photograph shoes and another who likes taking photos… Read the rest
August 26th, 2010 admin 
Let’s face it, starting street photography is no easy task. For the average photographer, going from shooting flowers into shooting people in the streets is like stepping into a Ferrari after driving a Toyota Prius. It is intimidating at first, but quite exhilarating once you try it out. After shooting on the streets for about four years, here are my top ten tips for somebody (with absolutely no background… Read the rest
August 25th, 2010 photographyshot 
Just a quick note to readers to inform you of a few important developments here at dPS over the last few days. Firstly – we’ve just moved servers. dPS has grown so quickly over the last couple of years that our old servers were increasingly struggling to keep up (and were getting quite expensive to run). So we made the decision to switch (over to Amazon’s system). To do… Read the rest
August 24th, 2010 photographyshot 
A guest post by Music Photographer Rick Bennett . Band photography in bars can be very challenging, but with a little bit of knowledge and planning you can make images that blow away the standard fan photo. In Part 1, I discussed equipment choices : cameras, lenses and flashes. In this article, I’ll describe how to set up just before the performance to get the best shots. First and… Read the rest
August 23rd, 2010 photographyshot Over at the dPS Facebook page (please do connect with us there) earlier today I asked the following question : What mistake do you most commonly make or what problem do you most commonly come up against in your photography? The responses have been great so I thought I’d open it up for discussion here on the blog. Feel free to share your response here in comments below or… Read the rest
August 23rd, 2010 admin 
A guest post by Music Photographer Rick Bennett . Some of my favorite photography subjects are musicians while they are performing. They tend to be having fun, they like the attention, and they’re challenging to capture well because of their environments. Capturing musicians in the wild can be tough and very rewarding. Digital Photography School recently published 6 Tips for Budding Live Concert Photographers . One of the tips… Read the rest
August 21st, 2010 photographyshot 
Weekly Assignment Well, it’s time to celebrate the winner of this week’s Celebrate assignment. The assignment we finished this week asked you to show us in photos how you celebrate. Whether it was losing 10 lbs, picking the first vegetable from the garden, or something more traditional like a wedding or birthday, we wanted to see a photo that screamed celebration. Our winner this week was MKing ’s returning… Read the rest
August 20th, 2010 admin 
This week your photographic challenge is to take and share a photo with the them of ‘Imperfection’. I is for…. (Image by Abe and Linna Novy) Feel free to interpret the topic in any way that you wish! Perhaps the photo itself with be imperfect, perhaps it’s a picture of something that isn’t quite perfect (or that is far form it) or perhaps you have some other take on… Read the rest
August 20th, 2010 photographyshot 
Ed Verosky is a professional photographer and author based in New York. In this article, Verosky explains how to create classic portraits with minimal lighting equipment. To learn more about achieving great lighting in any situation, check out Verosky’s popular eBook, “ 100% Reliable Flash Photography. “ In photography, there are few things as compelling as a classic portrait created with a single main light source. One could theorize… Read the rest
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