Let’s face it, no matter how much we take our camera out, there’s only so many pictures we can take of our kids, pets, house and garden before we start itching to shoot something else… but what? Hopefully this list of projects you can undertake will inspire you to find something creative to shoot. 7Continue reading “7 Photography Projects to Jumpstart your Creativity”
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Expose to the Right
“Expose to the right” is an expression that you may have heard before, but my experience has been that most folks don’t understand what it means or how how to do it. Expose to the Right « Photofocus
How to test a lens
How to test a lens | Photographer Inteviews, Portrait, Commercial, Editorial Photogrpahy and Photographic Art – Colours Magazine Lens testing is fun and informative. While it won’t turn you into a Cartier-Bresson, it will have a visible impact on your photography too: if you understand the way your lenses behave, you’ll be able to makeContinue reading “How to test a lens”
Start Using Curves in Elements
Start Using Curves in Elements. | Photo Answers One of the biggest advantages that the full version of Photoshop seems to offer over Elements is access to the Curves palette – and if you’ve used Curves you’ll know just how handy they are for controlling contrast. What many people don’t realise though is that CurvesContinue reading “Start Using Curves in Elements”
CuteCanonCapture Snaps Photographs via USB
CuteCanonCapture Snaps Photographs via USB – Digital Cameras – Lifehacker I’n not sure that this does anything that can’t be done by the software that comes with your camera but if you’re a Canon shooter, you might want to take a look. Windows only: Free Windows application CuteCanonCapture turns your computer into a remote triggerContinue reading “CuteCanonCapture Snaps Photographs via USB”
Winning Entries From Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk Announced!
Photoshop Insider Blog By Scott Kelby » Blog Archive » Winning Entries From Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk Announced! This was incredibly hard. Even harder than I thought. Last year it was really tough coming up with my finalists and winner, but this year’s judging was more than just four times harder—not just because fourContinue reading “Winning Entries From Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk Announced!”
6 things you forgot to do when you first got your new dSLR
6 things you forgot to do when you first got your new dSLR | All Day I Dream About Photography You just got your brand new dSLR camera, you can’t wait to unpack it and start shooting with it. Here are a few things you will most probably forget to do before you snap yourContinue reading “6 things you forgot to do when you first got your new dSLR”
5 Secrets of the Photoshop Crop Tool
5 Secrets of the Photoshop Crop Tool If you’re used to clicking the crop tool dragging the tool over your image and pressing Enter, it may surprise you to know that there are other options that you can use when cropping in Photoshop. Here are my five “best-kept secrets” of the Photoshop crop tool.
DNG, RAW and JPEG: What I Use & Why
DNG, RAW and JPEG: What I Use & Why » JMG-Galleries – Jim M. Goldstein Photography Almost 5 years ago I wrote an article on the pros and cons of using RAW versus JPEG and why I was shooting in RAW (see RAW vs JPEG: Is Shooting RAW Format For Me?). These days the argumentContinue reading “DNG, RAW and JPEG: What I Use & Why”
23 Digital Photography Book Reviews
23 Digital Photography Book Reviews [RANKED] Looking for a digital photography book? It struck me today that we’ve reviewed a lot of photography books here at DPS over the last couple of years… but we’ve never listed them all on the one page. So here’s a complete list. I’ve ranked them in order of theContinue reading “23 Digital Photography Book Reviews”
Helderberg Photographic Society 