Photography Blogs & Tutorials

One of the first things we learned about composition is that our photos need to have a dominant subject. Photographer Ben Horne explores the topic I find very interesting should we step away from the rule and create photos that are quite the opposite, without dominant subjects? I like to think that rules should […]

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Over the last few years here at dPS, weve run some incredibly popular competitions with one of our partners the New York Institute of Photography to give away to lucky dPS readers some of their great online photography courses.

Due to popular demand were doing it again this week.

Contest

Win One of THREE Online Photography Courses from New York Institute of Photography

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It looks like vlogging has turned from being the strange pastime of a select few “self absorbed” individuals into a more mainstream pursuit. When companies like Vitec, owner of Manfrotto, start taking an interest in the genre, you know it has probably become a big deal. Vitec today announce that they have acquired two of […]

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In this article I’ll show you how to use a common household item, plastic wrap, to make creative images with colored filter special effects.

Plastic wrap (a blanket term for Saran Wrap, Glad Wrap and Cling Wrap) is a clear plastic film typically sold in rolls or boxes with a serrated edge. Usually used for sealing food items like sandwiches to keep them fresh for longer, plastic wrap is an incredibly versatile material. Great for a picnic or practical jokes,it’s also a... more

Nikon’s Small World competition is a wonderful thing to see each year. It’s a fascinating blend of the scientific and the photographic. We get to see tiny worlds that simply aren’t possible with the naked eye. And even if we have seen some of these subjects through a microscope before, the entries usually allow us […]

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If you want to draw more attention to the subject in your photo, proper post-processing is certainly one of the ways. Blake Rudis of f64 Academy shows you a pretty useful trick to achieve this in Photoshop. You can use radial gradients to create a kind of a spotlight and draw your viewers attention exactly […]

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As photographers, youll often have to deal with the unknown. You wont always be able to scout locations before the shoot, and sometimes youll just have to work with what you have. Photographer Manny Ortiz shares three tips that will help you shoot even in really bad locations. You need to take the most of […]

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Another record has been broken on DxO when it comes to smartphone cameras, and the new title-holder is the iPhone 8 Plus. The camera of Apples new smartphone scored 94 on DxO test, thus beating Google Pixel and HTC U11. Its worth noting that DxO has expanded the criteria, so they now test zoom, bokeh, […]

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Spekular is spectacular! Hmmm – a little over the top? Not really. I recently had the opportunity to put this new LED lighting system from Spiffy Gear to the test. Spiffy Gear are the folks that brought us the Light Blaster(buy link). Spekular is a modular lighting system that can take on all kinds of […]

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Spekular is spectacular! Hmmm – a little over the top? Not really. I recently had the opportunity to put this new LED lighting system from Spiffy Gear to the test. Spiffy Gear are the folks that brought us the Light Blaster(buy link). Spekular is a modular lighting system that can take on all kinds of […]

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