Photography Blogs & Tutorials

When our wonderful editor Darlene asked me to write an article comparing camera types my first thought was to show you a series of photos just like the following, and ask you to guess which ones were taken, with which cameras. Its a fun idea, so lets do it.

This is the list of cameras.

1. Olympus D345 (5 megapixel compact, purchased 2006)
2. EOS Digital Rebel XT (8 megapixels APS-C dSLR, purchased 2006)
3. EOS 40D (10 megapixel APS-C dSLR, purchased 2007)
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Sharpening. A subject that has potentially endless possibilities when it comes to how it can be done, high pass, unsharp mask, sharpening etc are the main one’s that most of you will know about, however I’m here today to offer you a method of sharpening that I personally, have found so impressive that I just [...]

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While flying at a park in Costa Mesa, California, one pilot’s drone lost signal and when the propellers stopped spinning it fell to the ground, as it was meant to. After this, things get a littlecrazy Fortunately for us, the folks at SFPV uploaded the whole video for us to check out ourselves. If there [...]

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This week on dPS it’s all about things that are debatable and open for discussion. One thing that’s always a hot item is post-processing. Do you do it or not? If so how much? If you want to get in on that discussion head over to: To Process or Not To Process? Let’s Discuss

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Processing a RAW file can allow a photographer to bring out the full range of tones in an image.

Often when Im looking at photos in forums online, or interacting with photographers in person, inevitably someone will proudly claim that the image in questions is Straight out of the camera. Almost without fail, this leads to a huge discussion as to the merits of post-processing images, with those on the side of straight-out-of-the-camera images acting as if those... more

Landscape photography, especially when you’re having to travel any kind of distance,requires some planning. You need to make sure that you pack what you need, but not so much that you can’t manage carrying it with you all day. In this video from British landscape photographer Thomas Heaton, we’re given some advice and suggestions on [...]

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Not very long ago I got to visit my buddy Joseph Parry. We drank (quite a lot of beer), we ate (lots of chocolate brownies) and we took photos. Like any normal person, when they go visit a friend I brought with me a cowboy outfit. Wait! What, that’s not normal!!?? Well welcome to my [...]

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I often get the feeling that photography is talked and written about as if its practitioners have an innate knowledge of the terms involved. Any craft or profession comes with its own specialist language, but if you’re new to itand even if you’re notyou can often feel overwhelmed by the terminology, let alone the technicalities [...]

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When I first heard the phrase “dual cameras” used in relation to mobile phones, 3D is what first came to my mind. How disappointed I was to find out that it was nothing to do with recording videos or shooting stills in 3D. Now, Weeview want to fix that, having announcedthe Eye-Plug 3D Camera atComputex. [...]

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It is often said in photography that less is more, but what does that mean? Going minimalist, putting less “stuff” in your images can often help to make them more powerful. The subject becomes more obvious to the viewer, the image is less cluttered and clean, and it has more visual appeal.

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