Photography Blogs & Tutorials

With so many cameras on the market now it’s hard to know which one to buy if you’re just getting into digital photography. Should you get a full on DSLR or go for the more streamlined mirrorless ones?

In this video Tony Northrup and his partner Chelsea do a comparison of four different cameras in roughly the same price range (under $1000) including:

Today as part of our Mid Year Deal week we’ve got two amazing courses for you from the amazing Sebastian Michaels.

Deal 1: 70% Off Photo Artistry: Fine Art Grunge Composition Course

Its back! But for 24 hours only

Photoshop Artistry: Fine Art Grunge Composition course (link is external) — at an incredible 70% off the RRP!

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Earlier this week, the Washington City Paper made a stand against what it considered an unfair concert photography contract presented by the Foo Fighters with an article entitled Why Were Not Photographing The Foo Fighters. Concert photographers everywhere stood up and slow clapped for the headline and main idea of the article and the stand [...]

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Take a look at this photo and remember what your initial thoughts are:

Inlaid marble detail inside Taj Mahal, Agra, India, Asia

Where was the first place you looked in the photo? What about the second?

Some of the more interesting photos (and artwork in general) moves your view around the image, and often brings you back for more.

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I’ve already used thoseDIYreflectors in a couple of my articles but I’ve never actually did a full post explaining how they are built and used. I want to show you how easy it isto make this reflector and how useful it can be. Definitely a good use for $1.5. It actually takes around 5 minutes [...]

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David Johnson's photo series of long exposure fireworks (link is external) with a focus pull technique have gone viral around the web. Many people have been asking about the exact technique and settings, so I thought Id construct a quick tutorial of how to produce photos like these. This is a How I Took It (link is external) Contest entry.

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What could be more exciting than metadata? Okay, so pretty much everything else. If you need to find an image later however, to win that big photo contest or finish that assignment, metadata could be invaluable.

What is metadata?

Simply put it is; data that describes other data. Meta is a prefix that in most information technology usages means “an underlying definition or description”. Metadata summarizes basic information about data, which can make finding and working with... more (link is external)

(link is external)Its the 4th of July and time for deal #4 in the dPS summer sale (link is external).

Today you can pick up a copy of our Photo Magic ebook for just $7 here (link is external)!

At 65% off the normal price of $19.99, theres no better way to learn the tricks and techniques for creating spectacular special effects images:

In this image roundup I gathered a set of images that containbright color (link is external)s, more specifically the colors of summer.

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I’ve read the latest article by JP Danko about why smartphone photography stinks. I disagree, and here is my response. I do hate the term tog. I cringe every time I see or hear it. Your definition of real camera does sound little bit pretentious to my ears as it leaves out pretty much all [...]

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