Photography Blogs & Tutorials

The 90s are way behind us and thank god, so are the 90s super-thin eyebrows. For the past couple of years, full and well-shaped eyebrows are a beauty trend, and Aaron Nace from Phlearn will teach you how to make them look just like that in Photoshop. Aarons tutorial consists of three main steps: the […]

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Using flash is already complicated enough, but adding in a fast shutter speed makes it even harder. In these two videos, you will learn about your camera’s flash sync speed and why it’s limited. Then you’ll see what you can do to solve it and use faster shutter speeds using something called high-speed sync.

Flash sync speed and high-speed sync explained

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Earlier this year, legendary Yashica camera brand started teasing a comeback. They launched a Kickstarter campaign, and it ended with great success: they raised the impressive $1.28 million. Most of us have expected a mirrorless or a DSLR camera, but Yashica came back with something unexpected, to say the least. The Y35 was launched on […]

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There is an almost endless supply of lighting modifiers available on the market right now, some are cheap and some of the better ones are certainly a lot more expensive. But does cost directly relate to quality? Well, a lot of the time yes it does if you’re referring to build quality. In general, the […]

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Accessories are the unsung heroes of photography. They’re the items weown,that aid in our photography, but of which we rarely speak. They help get us out of a bind, or become invaluable to our workflow. Here are some of our favourite accessories that we use on pretty much every shoot. Manfrotto PIXI Mini Tripod – […]

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Every few months we like to report back to the dPS community which cameras (and other gear) are most popular with our readers. Today were going to take a look at the highest selling DSLRs among our readers over the last 4 months (as ranked by the reports that Amazon gives us*).

As usual youll see it is largely a battle between Canon and Nikon (who dominate this class of camera) and that at the top of the list we see entry level DSLRS most popular (mainly due to their price).... more

Master Yoda said some very wise words before he passed on to join Obi-Wan. I bet you didn’t think he was talking about photography, though, did you? Ok, so he might not have been guiding Luke in the ways of photography during his time on Dagobah, but his lessons are applicable. In this video, Marc […]

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Being in a photography business involves interaction with lots of different people. But putting yourself and your work out there seems more difficult if youre introverted. In this video, photographers Sean Tucker and Simon Baxter discuss this topic, and their thoughts will inspire all you introverts out there. Unlike many other videos or blogs, Sean […]

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We’ve spoken about saturation vs vibrance before, but I think it’s a topic that still confuses a lot of people. While that post looked more at Photoshop’s vibrance adjustment layer, this 3-minute video from Evan 5ps concentrates more on how it works in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) & Lightroom. There are some subtle differences between […]

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What if your house burnt down? Have you still made it? 3 weeks ago I was sitting, much as I do now, winding down on a Saturday evening, finding some time to write a newsletter and blog. I had just released an image shot for Kohler, a company whose advertising I had wanted to be […]

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