Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Taking a good portrait is hard enough, but taking one hanging from a cliff with model is balancing on the edge of another cliff is a whole new ball game. Photography duoJay Philbrick and his wifeVicki are known for their devil daring (yet utterly safe) extreme photoshoot where they put models on cliff-edges, in side [...]

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In the days before digital imaging, if you truly wanted to elevate your photography to the level of art, you learned how to process your images in the darkroom. You learned dodging, burning, masking, sandwiching negatives, flashing and fogging – all designed to get the most out of your images, and deliver your artistic vision to your viewers.

The finished image after Photoshop, using the tools discussed below.

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So you just picked up your first camera and youre ready to become the next Henri Cartier-Bresson? Perhaps youre planning to leave the world of still photography and follow in Lee Friedlanders footsteps? Before taking the plunge, you might want to watch Digital Rev TVs take on street photography expectations vs reality. Many people think [...]

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As we announced yesterday today is Day 1 in our 12 Deals of Christmas dPS and were kicking things off with fantastic deals on or popular Natural Light eBooks.

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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, and the light was long gone from the hills. About to give up and head home, I spotted a lone juniper... more

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

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

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 ... more

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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