August 31st, 2010 
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It’s a new week and I’ve got a new set of tips to improve your photography. This week’s tips focus on planning and decision making while taking your shots…. Eventually it will feel like second nature and you won’t even be aware of the process, until then… keep these tips in mind. 1. Daydream Yes, that’s right keep dreaming about your shot. Pre-Visualize in your mind what it will… Read the rest
August 27th, 2010 photographyshot 
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
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No Comments » August 18th, 2010 admin 
Posing is a subject that stumps quite a lot of photographers. Whether our first or thousandth time working with people, sometimes we just look at our subject and draw a complete blank. It’s a scary moment. There are a number of great articles on some of the basics of posing on dPS already, and I recommend you check them out. Even with an understanding of the rules of flattering… Read the rest
August 9th, 2010 photographyshot 
Unlike other hobbies, photographers can go out in all weathers and make the best of a bad situation. Despite what some people may think, rain doesn’t necessarily have to put a dampener on proceedings and can actually lend itself to creating some emotive landscapes or enticing abstracts. Likewise – many non-photographers may praise the bright skies as a blessing, but harsh sunlight can often be a hindrance rather than… Read the rest
August 3rd, 2010 admin 
Before I dove head first into the world of photography (there was no toe-in-the water transition period for me), I hadn’t ever considered or learned about composition. I thought it only had something to do with painting. If I was going to take pictures of real life, I didn’t imagine that I would be saying to the man running for the bus, “excuse me, could you please step into… Read the rest
July 21st, 2010 admin 
Image by Steve Hanna Ed Verosky is a professional photographer and author based in New York. In this article, Verosky offers up eight useful tips for anyone wanting to get better portraiture results with on-camera flash. To learn more about this subject, check out Verosky’s popular eBook, “ 100% Reliable Flash Photography. “ You can get great lighting for your portraits with on-camera flash. And there’s no need to… Read the rest
July 19th, 2010 admin 
Back in February, I posted about watermarking and how I use this opportunity for advertising. I mentioned briefly the idea that if someone was going to steal your images, you may as well make them work for you with watermarks that are attractive and don’t get cropped out. At least then when Tight Theresa steals my images, her friends will know where they came from and hopefully get in… Read the rest
July 5th, 2010 admin 
Image by Michael Markieta Auto focus is of unquestionable benefit in a large variety of shooting scenarios, but there are often times when it could actually be wiser to plump for manual focus. In these scenarios, which are outlined below, it is fair to say that autofocus doesn’t perform as well on some cameras, so simply rotate the focus mode selector to M and use the focus ring to… Read the rest
Posted in Camera, Tips Tags: autofocus, Camera, focus, Image, images, photography, subject No Comments » July 2nd, 2010 admin 
This week your photography challenge is to take a share a picture with the widest focal length available to you. Image by Adriano Agulló - Shot at 8mm For some this will mean using their point and shoot at it’s widest setting, for others it’ll be fixing a zoom lens to your camera and using the widest focal length on it and for others it might mean attaching a… Read the rest
June 18th, 2010 admin 
Image by Hamed Saber Over on Facebook this week I started a thread that asked people to complete the sentence : “ Behind Every Good Photographer There’s….. “ The response to the thread was fantastic (well over 400 responses so far), there was both insightful and funny responses. A number of readers asked if they could submit visual answers so I thought perhaps it’d make a good weekly assignment.… Read the rest
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