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Image taken with Canon 60D and Canon 24mm EF-S lens.

A number of dPS readers have recently been asking about the Canon 24mm EF-S pancake lens, and how it compares to a 50mm lenses for photographing people. Both are great options, given the price point, but they do have slightly different strengths when it comes to people photography. In this article, I’ll show you... more

It seems that with the rise of phone and mirrorless, DSLRs are dying, or with eve of DSLRs comes a new dawn of mirrorless cameras. But many still argue that Mirrorless is not there yet. To all those advocates, commercial photographer and educator Ming Thein has some ideas on where mirrorless should be going to [...]

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About two weeks ago, we hosted a workshop with the amazingNatalia Taffarel.Now, I am back at the studio and I am having some mixed feelings.Mixed because I’m highly motivated to do a change in my retouching workflow in a crazy way, and because I am overfilled with new input.On the other hand I do not [...]

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You’ve probably seen those beautiful portraits where couples are embracing, and laughing naturally off-camera, or two children are skipping up the beautiful country lane-way, bathed in the most perfect light. Everything in the image looks flawless, yet it still seems like the photographer just happened to be walking past at the exact right moment to capture the perfect shot.

So why is it when I try and capture those perfect candid moments someone always has their eyes closed,... more

If youve been to a wedding recently youve probably noticed this; if you make a living photographing weddings youve definitely seen it: more and more guests these days watch weddings through their smartphone screens as they photograph and record every moment of it. God forbid Facebook wont get to see the entire ceremony. While many [...]

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One of the most powerful benefits of photography is being able to capture fleeting moments that happen so quickly, that they are missed by the naked eye, or are so obvious that most people just miss them by walking past. One key area where this happens is around the shopping experience. But, to capture images that really tell a story can be tough. Here are some tips to help you.

From the outside

The majority of the time, the first thing you will notice will be the shop front, but... more

About three weeks ago, we asked you to go and use the free resources in our Image Manipulation Storeto create the best image that you can for a chance to win $250 credit to the store. The idea was to use a bunch of free CC-BY licensed backplates, images, and textures along with your own [...]

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The future has never seemed less exciting. A new video released by DJI presents the Phantom X Concept drone, including a bunch of new(ish) and (kinda) useful technology. Claiming to turn wide-eyed dreams of future possibilities into fact, the Phantom X includes multi-angle shooting, artificial intelligence, obstacle avoidance and free-flight object tracking. Enlisting help from [...]

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Turning the corner from taking snapshots into taking actual compositions is a hard thing to do. It doesn’t come naturally, and it takes experience. Another reason it is difficult to learn composition is that there is no one, hard and fast rule. You can get caught up in looking for various shapes, patterns, leading lines, and other compositional elements until your head is spinning.

To avoid all of this, I want to share one concrete technique for you to use when you are out... more

One of the coolest things timelapse technology is that it allows us to see large scale projects that would otherwise be very hard to visualize. Say, watching a ship being cut in half and extended to195.92m. The team at MKtimelapse spent 2 months filming this with two specialized system, and condensed into a three minutes [...]

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