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Late on a winter evening, I was photographing atop a ridge in Colorados Front Range. I had been working on some landscape shots, but with the light fading from the sky, the thought of beer and food was beginning to overwhelm my desire to stay out. The colors were shifting to the deep tones of blue hour (link is external), and the light was long gone from the hills. About to give up and head home, I spotted a lone juniper... more (link is external)

As a freelance photographer, my office while on assignment is, more often than not, whatever I can carry on my back. Everything from my multiple pieces of DSLR camera gear and laptop, plus its accessories, must fit in a bag (or two) to be ready to whip out at a moment’s notice. This presents a constant dilemma of figuring out the most efficient, yet safe, way to carry and store very expensive electronics while on the go. At this point, there are a myriad of DSLR laptop bags out there,... more (link is external)

It’s that time of year where we at dPS kick off our annual 12 days of Christmas campaign!

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This is the sixth time we’ve run this and this year we’ve got our biggest deals yet!

Here’s how it works.

Every day between now and Christmas we have put together a fantastic deal on some photography training products. We’ll set them ... (link is external)more (link is external)

Earlier this year we shared a rumor that said Nikons next flagship DSLR, the D5, will have 173 autofocus points, a 20-megapixel sensor and a maximum ISO of over one million the first camera to feature a seven-figure maximum ISO. Today, a few of those rumored specs have been all but confirmed by Nikon [...]

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Samsung might be looking to exit the mirrorless camera market, but a recent patent suggests theyre far from exiting the photography market as a whole. Newly discovered patents show that Samsung is potentially working on both dedicated smartphone cameras, similar to Panasonics Lumix CM1, as well as smartphones that feature interchangeable lens mount attachments. First [...]

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American camera manufacturer RED has officially lifted the veil on their newest camera, the 5K SCARLET-W. Sitting between their lower-end RED RAVEN and their more serious RED WEAPON, the SCARLET-W is capable of cranking out 5K video at 60fps, 4K at 150fps and 2K up to 300fps. Like the other cameras in their DSMC lineup, [...]

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Check out these images of snow (link is external) I rounded up earlier today.

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By Thomas Hawk

Weekly Photography Challenge – Snow White

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In the past few days, weve covered cameras, lenses and lighting. Now, we have for you a few smaller items for the holidays that you can pick up for yourself or photographer friends as helpful stocking stuffers. Giottos Rocket Air Blaster $10 (Amazon | B&H) Its one of the most basic photography tools youll [...]

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For those of us who live in the northern hemisphere, the ground is probably covered in snow for many of us by this time of the season. So what better reason is there to get out and photograph all that white fluffy stuff?

Here isthat wintery white stuff in some snowy day images:

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I met Sarah and her mom earlier on Facebook. They responded to a previous casting call. We had worked together on a real fun shoot and Sarah, her mom and me were talking about some ideas that would be fun to work on next. Christmas time was coming, so we thought a winter theme would [...]

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