Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Photographer Jesse Watson has been following the SpaceX launches for quite some time. Fascinated by the footage he has seen, he wanted to make a video of his own, different from what he’sseen in the news. So, before the final SpaceX launch this year, he took his gear and created a timelapse that could easily […]

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Earlier this month, Calgary-based business The Camera Store was robbed for pricey Hasselblad X1D camera and three lenses, and a rare Leica MP Safari kit. Thanks to the fast reaction of the community and the police, the Hasselblad gear was returned to the store only 48 hours after the robbery. And now, just in time […]

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The Department of Homeland Security has recently listed an ad searching for a photographer. The position is open to the public, and theyre looking for a full-time employee. The salary ranges from $79,720 to $103,639 per year and includes government benefits. The jobis on the pay scale and grade G 12. As the ad reads, […]

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After a while of shooting with the DJI Mavic Pro, I notice something weird, my footage was off. Whatever I did I could not get a clean sliding shot. Looking deep I realized many of my shots were a bit crooked. Turns out my gimbal was not calibrated. When you are taking photos or footage […]

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Happy holidays from the team at dPS! It’s Christmas day already in Australia where most of the management team is based, and we’d like to wish you the happiest of days from all of us.

Thank you for being a regular reader and fan of dPS and for helping to provide photography articles and tutorials for you and other photography enthusiasts. However you and your loved ones celebrate this holiday season, we hope you have a good one.

Cheers!

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If you’ve seen Inception, you’ll probably recognize the movie’s signature “bending” cityscapes. Of course, those cityscapes required quite a bit of computationalpower to render. But what if there was a place on earth that actually bends like the streets in the movie? Welcome to Seoul Toll Gate, a place where your dreams prevailand physics perish. […]

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Choosing prime or zoom lenses is mainly a matter of preference. And what to choose when youre shooting portraits? Many photographers would rather reach for primes, but modern zoom lenses can also give you sharp, high-quality images. In this video, Manny Ortiz discusses his choice when it comes to the lens for portrait photography. He […]

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Whenever I do an event that promotes my pet photography, there are always one or two potential clients that havereservations about booking due to their beloved furry family members unruly behavior. Whether it be a hyperactive puppy that does not yet know how to sit still or a feline that runs the roost, some owners believe their pets to be impossible to photograph!

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I would probably need an infinite number of counting beads to count how many times a photographer says they are trying to capture the master painters of old in their work. But one photographer embodies this style whilst infusing it with their own master touch more than any other. MeetGemmy Woud-Binnendijk, one of the sweetest […]

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Here are five quick tips for doing retouching in Photoshop that are essential to know. Learn them to do better retouching on your photos.

#1 – Load Luminosity as a Selection

In Photoshop you can use the luminosity of an image (the bright pixels) as selections. The easiest way to make a selection out of the bright pixels of a photo is by pressing Command+Option+2, (Windows: Ctrl+Alt+2).

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