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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.

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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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[editor’s note: MPEXare the people who are making theLumoPro LP180R, so it makes sense that thatwouldwant to share the information in the article. After all they did come up on top. The fact that they make the LP180R,however, does not take away any of their findings] Todays flash market offers a wide variety of options [...]

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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

Next year year, the moon will once again pass in front of the sun. This time though, the moon will be casting its shadow across the entirety of North America, giving photographers across the United States a perfect opportunity to capture the first total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States in 38 years. [...]

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As a self-taught photographer I am continuously seeking creative and technical inspiration, and when I find a technique that involves both technical know-how and demands creative juice I cant wait to go try it myself. When I first encountered the Bokehrama technique, sometimes referred to as the Brenizer method, I knew this is one of [...]

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As a culture we are constantly encouraged to believe that youth is a magical time – that everything is at our fingertips, easily captured, and that age will only bring a withering of possibilities and opportunities.

“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long time.” – composer, Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber

Creativity is a huge victim of this idea – that aging destroys it rather, than helping us to flourish. Well, I don... more

  Over the years as my style and visual preferences have evolved, I’ve noticed that I’m kind of completely and utterly obsessed with any sort of float-y particle/dust/speckle/orb/bokeh/grit. Acceptance is the first step …. to NOT CARING AT ALL! I really love the way dust can add so much motion, texture, and interest to the [...]

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