Photography Blogs & Tutorials

I have never had the privilege of seeing the Queen’s Guard in person, but with hats like that, one can only assume they are not very well-humored.  One poor photographer found out the hard way that nothing, or no one, will stand in the way of their duty to proudly march about. In the video, a photographer, [...]

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For the past week DxO has been sharing mysterious teasers on its New Shape of Photography website, announcing its new vision of photography will launch on June 18th. It didn’t take too long, however, before the secret was revealed and the full specs of the upcoming camera were made available prior to the official release. [...]

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Image courtesy Miggo

As the Editor here at dPS I don’t usually do gear reviews here any more, but Miggo sent me a beta version of their new Agua bag to try out so here are my thoughts.

Miggo Agua Features

Directly from their product brochure, here are some of the main features of this bag:

  • Comes in three sizes from large SLR down to small for mirrorless cameras.
  • Storm-proof: water, sand, wind, snow, it keeps it all out and... more

Ricoh’s high-end fixed-lens compact camera is due to be replaced shortly and Digicame-Info say the GR Mark II will be announced tomorrow. According to the leaked specs the camera will include a few features which have become industry standards, and while the full list of features has not been made available we can make a [...]

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War is tragic, and no one who has not lived through it can begin to understand its horrors. Yet, perhaps that is one of the reasons I was so captivated by it as a child. I have always loved history, but I have always been specifically intrigued by military conflict. As a kid, the only [...]

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Back when Adobe acquired Fotolia I think most creative professionals were really excited to see what Adobe had in mind for the stock industry. I mean, a player as big as Adobe had the power to totally re-imagine the sale of stock photography, video and illustration for the benefit of their corporate bottom line and [...]

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As long as humans are humans, humans will act like humans.  Pretty redundant, but no less profound.  That was made clear to LensProToGo employees who arrived at work yesterday to find a smashed window and discover that they had been robbed.  Descending like vultures in the night, the thieves helped themselves to nearly $600k-worth of [...]

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Photoshop’s blend modes can be applied in surprising ways to create painterly light, ethereal ambiance, and beautiful luminous accents. In today’s tutorial, we’ll employ a combination of blend mode, filter, and layer style techniques to produce a photo composite that closely resembles a beautiful classical painting.

Images courtesy of Shutterstock (Girl: Copyright SvetlanaFedoseyeva, Background: Copyright Tappasan Phurisamrit)

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Growing up in Kenya, photographer Bella Kotak developed a love of the warm and vibrant hues that surrounded her.  Now living in the UK, her longing for those same rich tones is evident in her work.  Her series entitled “In Bloom” is the beautiful embodiment of her fascination with a fanciful world, drawing the viewer [...]

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You will learn some important steps of enhancing a night sky photo in this tutorial. It is specifically useful if your photos were shot in areas with notable light pollution. Light pollution could spoil your photo by outshining the comparatively dim stars in the sky. Here are the tips for bringing back those spectacular stars in the sky.

First a slight digression, I recommend to shooting your night sky photos in RAW format if you aren’t already. This is because RAW has an... more

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