Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Durability tests are usually good fun to watch. Some make you marvel at the science that goes into the testing and measuring to see just what kind of punishment the gear can handle. Others make you think “Oh, what’s Kai destroying this week?” This one from the Hydraulic Press Channel, is a little more blunt [...]

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July is here, and do you know what that means?

Its time for our dPS Summer Sale where for the next 7 days we’re going to be sharing 7 amazing deals on training resources for photographers!

While it may not be summer for all of us right now, we can guarantee the 7 deals we have lined up for you over the next 7 days are HOT.

Deal #1: 71% Off The Complete Portraits Pack

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Fuji have now officially announced the Fujifilm X-T2, the successor to their premiumX-T1, which finally brings 4K video to their camera lineup with record times of up to 30 minutes per clip. Packing the 24.3MP X-Tranx III APS-C sized CMOS sensor also seen in the X-Pro2, the new camera also includes an upgraded hybrid AF [...]

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I know – that title sounds a little bit like clickbaiting. This time it’s not. You don’t need a lot of fancy tools and techniques to fix the common problems in digital images (it will not help you with your taxes or wife, so the title indeed was a bit to general) Let me tell [...]

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Night photography is very popular, and if you go out to take photos on on any given night here in my hometown of Melbourne, you will find other photographers doing the same thing. Night photography can create magical imagesand you are able to see things with the camera, that you can not see with your eyes alone. Your camera can do a better job at taking in the lights than you can.

HDR image of Docklands, Melbourne.

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I’m not one who generally tends to pay much attention to DXOMark scores, but this one quite surprised me. Released in 2014, Tokina’s AT-X24-70mm f/2.8 Pro FXseems to do pretty well against the main competitors, and actually scored higher than Nikon’s current model24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR, released in 2015. So, if you’re a Nikon shooter [...]

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With the Ricoh Theta m15 showing as discontinued for a couple of colours on B&H, and the demands of VR and 360 camera users already increasing far beyond the 1080p limits of the Theta S, now would be a great time for Ricoh to announce a new 4K VR camera, According to Pentax Rumours, that’s [...]

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When you start learning about photography, the whole process can be overwhelming with its complexity. But, when you break it down into smaller pieces that you can tackle one at a time, you... more

Whether simply to give your iPhone or GoPro footage a little more polish or to film your next masterpiece, gimbal camera stabilisers have become a pretty common item in our kit bags lately. But with great 3 axis control comes great responsibility. In this pair ofvideos from Aputure’s 4 Minute Film School, we’re told of [...]

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With only one or two exceptions, camera straps have remained largely the same since their inception, and they’ve always had the same complaints made about them; that they put too much strain and pain on your neck and back, especially with a heavy DSLR and lens. Now, Ponte Leatherhave made an interesting modification to the [...]

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