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Franschhoek Motor Museum: Concours & Time Trials

I’m sure that some of our members will be interested in attending, and photographing at this event. The Franschhoek Motor Museum will host the FMM Concours and Time Trial, a glamorous celebration of classic cars, on the L’Ormarins wine farm on 27 & 28 February 2010. Showcasing the most coveted cars, all produced between 1900Continue reading “Franschhoek Motor Museum: Concours & Time Trials”

10 Essential Photography E-Books

Over the last few months a number of respected photographers have released some quality e-books and e-resources for photographers. We thought it might be a great time to do a wrap up of some of the e-books that we recommend the most here at DPS. Here they are, listed in no particular order of qualityContinue reading “10 Essential Photography E-Books”

Creating an HDR-like Image From a Single RAW File in Lightroom

If you have been anywhere near the photography world in the past couple years, I am sure you have heard of HDR by now as there have been countless tutorials floating around on how to create HDR images using 3 bracketed exposures in programs like Photomatix and Photoshop. However what if you don’t have yourContinue reading “Creating an HDR-like Image From a Single RAW File in Lightroom”

3 Ways to get Better Control of Autofocus

Sometimes autofocus can be really annoying. For some shots it’ll focus on the right part of your subject, but then the very next shot it may choose to focus on something far and away into the background. Sure, you could avoid this problem by always using manual focus, but autofocus is great when you needContinue reading “3 Ways to get Better Control of Autofocus”

15 Tips for Low Light Landscape Photography

Capturing scenes in low light remains one of the most challenging aspects of photography, yet the results when executed well can be truly captivating. Whether it’s an energetic cityscape or ethereal seascape the possibilities are endless. Here are a few essentials points to consider before you begin. 15 Tips for Low Light Landscape Photography

Black & White in Photoshop Elements

At the last meeting I demonstrated the use of the Enhance > Convert to Black and White… tool for converting images to black and white. While this tool is still a perfectly acceptable way of doing this, I have since discovered this tutorial that uses a different, in many ways better technique for this. IfContinue reading “Black & White in Photoshop Elements”