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An easy assumption to make, when shooting landscapes, is use a wide angle lens. After all, most landscape photographers favor wide angle lenses for a reason, they naturally give you the widest view and allow you to get the full landscape into the frame, from the foreground to the horizon. They have the widest depth of field, so you get the whole landscape in focus too. Their distortion enlarges objects in the foreground, letting you show off close-up details. The same distortion also... more

DJI made some noise earlier this year when they dropped the DJI Osmo, a 3-axis gimbal system with a built-in 4K camera. With the exception of the microphone issues, which have been addressed, the device is an impressive one, putting out incredibly stable footage that competes with steady cam rigs many times its size and [...]

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Ive come across hundreds, if not thousands, of hyper-lapses since the trend took off a few years ago. But non has captured my eyes (and ears) quite like this masterpiece from FilmSpektakel. Titled A Taste of Vienna, this three minute hyperlapse shows off the beauty and intricacy of the Austrian capital city. Not only is [...]

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When you think about accessories used around the studio, apple boxes usually arent the first item that come to mind. But, they have their place and as simple as they might seem in concept, the reality is there are many ways to use them and various terms associated with each method. To explain what the [...]

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Each week here on dPS we give you a new challenge, something to sink your teeth into and go out and photograph. Last week it wasModes of Transportationand I see many of you have participated in that one.

If you’re following along, this week we have a new one, and I shared some examples to wet your appetite already for... more

Shapes are a something that occur naturally in the world, and we reproduce in man-made objects. Squares, triangles, rectangles, and circles.

In this image set let’s look at the never ending shape – the circle. Curves lines are feminine in nature, they have no beginning and no end. Here are 23 images showing the circle:

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Despite how it may look, the above image is not a strange closeup of a Salvador Dali painting. No, its a bizarre creation created by a user of Russian web app Ostagram. Based off an art style appropriately referred to as Inceptionism, this photo is the result of two images being combined together using neural [...]

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Monopods are a wonderful tool to have if you need that extra little bit of image stability or happen to have a heavier lens attached to your camera. And while you can certainly shell out some dough to pick up a Manfrotto or something along those lines, its also possible to save the cash and [...]

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There are a lot of really great tools to use in Photoshop, or Lightroom, to get the colors in your photos to pop, creating a more vibrant portrait. But, did you know that you can create color popping portraits, before you even open them for post-processing? Its true!

By incorporating some of the simple things below ,before you take a photo, the color in your portraits will really stand out, and help you create eye catching photographs.

Make sure your background colors... more

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