Other than coming home with great photos, traveling enriches your soul and helps you learn more about yourself, the others, and the world. A young Swiss couple shares this point of view, and they have even quit their jobs so they can travel Asia for six months. And it wasnt for nothing. Sylvain Botter and […]
Do you have a smartphone (or maybe more than just one) lying somewhere around the house? There is an interesting project on Kickstarter aimed at repurposing a smartphone and introducing your kids to photography. Pixlplay is a smartphone housing designed as a classic 35mm camera. It combines hardware and software, so you can connect it […]
To capture stars you may need to get out of the city if you live in, or near one. The sky needs to be dark, away from stray light and even a full moon.... more
How far would you go to take the perfect shot? Would you climb the tallest buildings around the world to take photos? The 19-year-old German photographer Andrej Ciesielski does exactly this. Other thanbeing unsafe, this is also illegal, so he puts a lot to risk to take the breathtaking cityscapes. But is it worth it? […]
A little while ago, we showed you a video from photographer Sriram Murali. In it, we saw how different levels of light pollution affected your view of the Milky Way. He went to various areas where the sky ranked between 1 (the darkest skies you can get) and 9 (inner city sky). The problem was, […]
If you are creative enough, you can make a camera from all kinds of things. And two UK artists, Michael (Mick) Farrell and Cliff Haynes created, were creative enough to make one from 32,000 drinking straws. Weve seen and made some DIY photo projects with straws, but Straw Camera is the most unordinary and the […]
Ilford Photo have been popping out somenew videos lately. Amongst them is this cool little animation that shows, in simple terms, how a 35mm film SLR works. The 35mmSingle Lens Reflex camera was a revolutionary development for photography. It was the ultimate compromise of quality and portability. But most importantly, it allowed the photographer to […]
Both photos and specs seemed to have been leaked for Canon’s upcoming M6 mirrorless camera. And there seems very little to distinguish it from the EOSM5, released only a few months ago. In fact, the only real differencesseemvisual. There’s a slightly different control layout on top, the popup flash has moved, and the electronic viewfinder […]
Recently we introduced our new Night Photography course by dPS writer Jim Hamel.Learn more about this brand new coursehere, so you can take stunning night photos too!
Photography of the night sky and the stars can be challenging but rewarding. If you do it right you can end... more
Let’s face it, we’ve all been here before. We start off being in love with photography. We live and breath everything related to it, we take pictures of everything and anything, we obsess over the latest gear and gadgets until we almost alienate everyone around us. Whowants to get up at ungodly hours in the morning just to catch the most beautiful sunrise? But soon enough, the enthusiasm starts to slacken and you feel like you are taking the same photos over and over again. The... more
