Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Whether you are a pro photographer or a dedicated amateur, sometimes when you are photographing a lot you can get so caught up in achieving the perfect image, that you lose the sense of fun that got you interested in the first place.

Actively putting the fun back in can not only help you to enjoy your regular photography work more, and assist in getting your photo mojo back, but can inspire new ideas you otherwise might not have come up with.My favourite way to do this is a Cow Safari... more

We’re super-excited to let you know about a brand new dPS product that’s just launched, to help you transform your photos into stunning images with a single click:

A mega pack of 101 Lightroom presets (Please note: a copy of Adobe Lightroom is required to use these presets.)

Best of all, for a limited time, the pack can be yours for the special introductory price of just USD... more

On July 17th, Panasonic opened the doors to it’s new 3D Photo Lab, which utilizes 120 GH4 cameras. Located in thePanasonic Center Osaka, if you live in or are planning a visit toJapan you may want to head over to the 3D Lab’s website and book yourself a reservation to partake in the experience. For [...]

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So you want to use off-camera flash. But why? Your camera has that hot shoe there for a reason, right?

There are two things that you may not realize:

  1. That many DSLR-speedlight combos are capable of wireless off-camera flash using through-the-lens (TTL) metering without any additional equipment
  2. That using off-camera flash can take your photography to an entirely new level both in quality and creative potential.

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Polarizing filters are almost mandatory for landscape photography, but they have a few drawbacks. The first is obvious: the hassle of having to carry filters with your to fit each lens. The second is not quite as obvious but has a vital impact: loss of light within your scene. Olympus is aiming to change that [...]

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Time-lapse videos are a spectacle to behold and have been taking the photography world by storm the last several years. Not to be outdone,Andrew Studer spent more than two years photographing the Pacific Northwest to create a mesmerizing video showing the sheer beauty of nature and its might. Comprising an estimate 85,000 photos, Andrew says [...]

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We all like a little salt and pepper every now and then, but we aren’t huge fans of Photoshop adding it to our photos at random. Last month we dug into how Photoshop CC 2015 was adding salt-like artifacts to images when using the healing brush. Needless to say, this didn’t go over well with [...]

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Four-image focus stack of sunset in Bishop, California. The foliage in the foreground was just inches away from the camera.

When you take into account all the different ways to get a tack sharp image, it can be quite overwhelming. I’ve been photographing landscapes as a full time photographer for six years now, and have testedjust about every method out there.... more

Nikon are sliding into the summer with a strong start, announcing three new lenses which will make any Nikonian happy (and any Nikonian significant other angry). Nikon’s lens collection is expanding with a full frame24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR Lens, a24mm f/1.8G ED Lens and anAF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR Lens, all should hit the [...]

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A painter only needs to look at their palette before applying color to the canvas. Photographers have a different challenge, as they must locate their tones by studying a scene. Of course, this can be easy to bypass when you’re thinking about shadow, highlight, depth of field, shutter speed, and all of the other technical details that go into a photo. Still, as the great painter Kandinsky said, “Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” To use it in... more

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