A guest post by Phil Hart – author of the Shooting Stars eBook (use code DPSTARS for a 25% discount). In this post, I’d like to share the back story to a new video I have released after a nine week ‘extreme astronomy’ adventure in the Yukon earlier this year, where I went to

The image below is a stitched panorama comprised of 7 separate frames, stitched together in Photoshop CS6, using the Photomerge feature. The full sized finished image weighs in at 85 megapixels. In this article I will share some tips for creating your own stitched panoramas. Sunset Cliff, San Diego,

Nikon’s Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 is something of a legend in the realm of ultrawide zooms and after playing with one while traveling to both Utah and Hawaii, The Big Island, I understand better why this lens is coveted. It made me a little jealous and considering moving to a full frame Nikon camer

Of the images I brought back from a trip to Utah’s Canyonlands and Arches National Parks this past Fall, the one above recieved the most comments and requests for info. For starters, this is a shot of Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, which is famous for the fact that the bottom of the

Introduction The following is an excerpt from the SLR Lounge Lightroom Workflow System Workshop on DVD, a system designed to increase your post production speed by 5 to 10 times. Click here to learn more. I was attending a workshop last year in Los Angeles where the instructor talked about the imp

Understanding Lenses: Part I, and is the third in a series of lessons about camera lenses. Links to the others are at the bottom of the article. No lens is perfect. No matter how good the quality, there will be lens aberrations of one kind or another. It’s just that on a good quality lens the

Victor Bezrukov’s work is poetry. From his street photography to his images of everyday objects, Victor shoots with a rare sensitivity. Originally from Russia and living in Israel, Victor Bezrukov kindly answered a few questions for the dPS readers. I am very excited to share his thoughts on p

I happen to have in my possession a couple of 40+MP cameras for a little testing. I’ll be writing reviews on each in due course, but, as this was a first time playing with gear of this caliber, I thought you might like to see what is possible with sensors so big. First, let me explain this is

A Guest Post by Jason Weddington (1/200 sec @ f/8 ISO 100, 5d mkIII, ef 100mm f/2) It’s possible to produce quality studio portraits without a purpose-built studio or expensive lighting equipment. I captured the above image using two hotshoe flashes, a medium-sized portable softbox, and a whi

The image above was shot in Oman near sunset and I have received a number of requests to explain how it was shot and processed. I hope this post helps you understand the process I used so it may be of service to you. Starting at the start, I got lucky. This image is not too far off what I captured

Every day I get emails from photographers asking which camera to buy so they might become better photographers. STOP!  Use what you have, get out there and shoot! As Darren Rowse wrote in a recent article about camera lust  I have to agree with that statement. LOve Photography by Luis

I met Orlando through social media about year ago and I quickly subscribed to his blog ‘A Walk With My Camera’. I’ve never been to the Philippines but I have discovered the people of Tacloban through Orlando’s lens. His love and respect for mankind shine through his images.

I read a lot of photography books, but it is not through one of his books that I was first introduced to the work of Chris Orwig, it is his DVD titled People Pictures that inspired me to learn more about him. Based in Santa Barbara, California, Chris’ environmental portrait work is beauti

A Guest Post by Sondra Pyrch from ShinyBlackApple Photography. Not every beginner photographer is familiar with white balance concept and use. And it was the same case for me when I started to get into photography. White Balance assist you to get the colours in your images as precise as possible. Th

I’ll warn you right up front; this post is not for everyone. Some cameras have the ability to make a fine tune adjustment to autofocus. For those with a camera model that allows for fine tune adjustments, checking focus accuracy can be important, especially when shooting macro images where pin

Update: see below for details on how you can win a DSLR, iMac or Photoshop and an iPad. I’m extremely excited today to be able to announce the launch of a much anticipated eBook – Photo Nuts and POST by Neil Creek. In January 2010 we released the first eBook in this series – Phot

Have I mentioned how much I love photography and technology. Here’s a good case for mixing them together. As you say previous on the Q&A with Uncornered Market, creating panorama’s can create some amazing images. I took their methodologies and applied them to some of my own panoramas

Here’s a review of Tether Table’s Aero Master by London based fashion & portrait photographer, Nathan Pask Being primarily a fashion & portrait photographer, shooting on location or in a studio, I like to tether when I can. For those who don’t know what tethering is, it&rsq

One area most people don’t often experiment with is the purposeful use of long exposure times during the day. Night shots, streaking lights and star trails, are common and typically fairly easy compared to their daytime counterparts. For one thing, there’s so much light! Stopping down ap

Snow! Some of us love to see the white stuff falling from the sky, as long as we don’t have to drive through traffic in it. Now imagine not only do the kids have the day off from school, but you don’t have to report to work! It’s time to go play in the….wait a second…