Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Earlier this week we reported on CAME-ZERO, a white-labeled action cam that went toe-to-toe with comparable GoPro cameras for almost half the cost. Today, were taking a side-by-side look at the ZERO action cam and its competition. The GoPro were pitting the ZERO against is the GoPro HERO LCD, a similarly-designed camera that features roughly [...]

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This week on dPS we’re featuring a series of articles about composition. Many different elements and ways to compose images for more impact. Check out the ones we’ve done so far:

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As a long time reader of the blog, you probably already know that not all LED are made equal. One of the prime parameter indicatingthe quality of light that an LED panel gives out is its CRI (Color Rendering Index) rating. The higher the CRI, the more colors that light is able to render, giving [...]

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Photographers do have some reflection in them, so we know that we divide into groups and that models can teach us quite a bit. But what if we turn to models to define us. I am sure this would prove to be an interesting exerciseshowing at least some of our shortcomings. ModelsBeLike did just that [...]

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In my ongoing quest to streamline my portfolio and re-brand my photography business, one of my biggest challenges is figuring out what exactly is my style – or in other words – what is my photography niche? In order to successfully market your work to art directors, the prevailing wisdom in the photography community is [...]

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Omnivision Technologies, a California-based company known for developing imaging sensors for smartphones and action cams, has announced the PureCel Plus-S QV16860, a brand new sensor that will take smartphone and action cam slo-mo footage to the next level. This new 16-megapixel sensor, built on Omnivisions new PureCel Plus-S architecture, is capable of shooting 4K and [...]

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Lenses are the eye of your camera. The focal length of a lens (and your point of view) determine how much of the subject your camera sees.

You may alreadybe familiar with the basics, and understand the difference between, say, wide-angle and telephoto lenses, but lets dive into the the topic a little deeper to see whats really going on.

There are four fundamental things to know andunderstand about the focal length and composition.

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EyeFi announced today its acquired OKDOTHIS, an innovative idea-sharing smartphone app co-founded by renowned photographer and illustrator, Jeremy Cowart. Back in 2013, Cowart spent months teasing a project that ultimately turned out to be OKDOTHIS, a smartphone app that was a collaboration between him and Nashville-based development company, Aloompa. The concept of OKDOTHIS was to [...]

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Instagram doesnt officially support uploads from third-party apps, but that hasnt stopped developers from trying. The latest effort is Grum, a web app that lets you organize, schedule and upload images to Instagram, right from your computer. Like many apps before it, theres a chance Grum could get shut down by Instagram at any moment. [...]

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This season on Photoshop User TV, The guys have changed up the format of the show to bring you quicktips. Pete is up first with his quicktip on pixel squid usage.

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