All photographers want to be smarter when it comes to lighting. Some have a natural eye for what’s right, while others may have to work a little harder it, but no one gets better at it without practice. What better way to practice than one lighting lesson at a time? This quick and easy video [...]
Photographer Jay Trinidad was on his way home when he came across a man wearing a red armband, proudly displaying the Nazi swastika at Seattles downtown ferry dock. His initial reaction was to walk away from the situation, but he decided to return and capture the image that has people wondering whats wrong with our [...]
With the increasing presence of quality Smartphone cameras and affordable, pro-grade compact digital cameras, there are more people than ever who have the power of taking photos. But how many peopleare aware of the legal constraints that come with being a photographer, even on a hobby or amateur basis? Perhaps more importantly, how many of us know when it’s legally okay, or not okay, for someone to snap a photo of ourselves?
The answers to these questions are important for... more
The International Space Station is a joint venture run by NASA, the European Space Agency and the equivalent agencies from Russia, Japan and Canada. I dont know about the other agencies, but NASA and ESA do an excellent job releasing their outlandish footage to the public, and some of the public puts the footage to [...]
My client Mark Victor Hansen has sold over 500 million books, more than almost anyone in history for non-fiction. While preparing to go on stage one day giving a motivational program with the legendary Tony Robbins, he asked Tony, Tony..How come you make so much more money than me? Tony Robbins then asked the question, [...]
If you are interested in going out and getting some high quality landscape photographs, heres a comprehensive list of items you will either want to consider, or must have, in order to increase your chances of getting some keepers:
#1 – The Internet
Whenever I start to plan a photo shoot to a particular location, I usually begin by googling the area. If its a relatively well-known location, you will probably find some very interesting, and comprehensive, websites made by... more
I would like to bring up an issue of principle which is connected to photographing people and portraits. One that each photographer has a different opinion and personal way about doing: Do I, as a documentary photographer, need to approach and ask the permission of my subject of photography to take their photograph, or do [...]
I have been writing for DIYP for over a year now, and I can’t believe I haven’t written an article on how to create milk splash shots. It is, after all, one of my favorite things to do (and it is amazingly easy). So, here it is. This will be a two part article. In [...]
Over the last week at dPS our writing team have focused their efforts on creating a great series of tutorials on the topic of posing subjects for portraits. They’ve covered 8 fantastic topics that have had some great feedback.
In case you’ve missed any I’ve listed them below but am also including 8 more portrait posing tutorials below from our archives.
