I would like to take you through a journey today and show you how some very ordinary looking photographs of the world around us can be combined to create some very interesting and one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Some might argue that what I’m doing is no longer considered photography, but I&rsquo

Holistic Photography is a way to develop an artist’s appreciation for the visual world. This is achieved by interaction with challenging ideas and technical mastery of the photographic craft. Photographers, in my experience as a photography coach, tend to gravitate toward two extremes; 1. Sc

You’ve been reading their articles for months or years, have you ever wondered “Who are the photographers who write for dPS”? Today we meet Helen Bradley, a long time writer on the site. 1. How long have you been shooting? I have been shooting seriously for about ten years. I star

Portrait photography, IMHO, is up there in degrees of difficulty with wildlife and sports/action photography … but at least, when faced with a tiger or a pole vaulter, you don’t have to face a possibly irate subject when you’ve finished the shot. Hopefully! With portrait photograp

You’ve been reading their articles for months or years. Have you ever wondered: “Who are the photographers who write for dPS”? Today meet New York State photographer Rick Berk. 1. How long have you been shooting? I’ve been shooting since 1992, so about 21 years now. 2.

Confession: I’m a sucker for books like this! ‘The Photography Bible brings you up-to-the-minute information on the rapidly changing world of photography, including the latest digital cameras … [and] offers expert photographic advice to help improve your photography ….&rsqu

Panoramas - Plain Sailing! One of the most enjoyable things about photography is the scope for learning new techniques and using these creatively to take your images to the next level.  Of all the different types of photography available one of the most satisfying techniques has to be shooting

Background and Vision The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to start the season than to share our behind-the-scenes video on how to shoot a composite image? I needed to shoot and create an advertising image for UNDFIND’s Fishbomb, which is a versatile accessory pouch that can carr

This shot was taken with an EOS 5D Mark II and EF 24mm f/1.4L II lens. Exposure was 15 seconds, ISO 800, at f/1.4. The exposure for star fields should not be much longer than 15 seconds. Beyond 15 seconds, movement begins to creep in and slight star trails get recorded. In order to get the star fiel

On the 12th Day of Christmas dPS gave to me – one last chance to get all previous deals PLUS the chance to win $1200 in photographic gear! Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been launching a series of great daily photography deals to dPS readers. The savings this year were bigger than w

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,

I know, it’s a long title but I want to show how easy it can be to assemble panoramas with either a Gigapan head or by shooting freehand, gridded panoramas. AutoPano Giga has been my panorama product of choice after starting with huggin, a free option that does quite well it its own right. On

A Guest Post by Gus Castillo One of the joys of the digital era of photography we’re currently in is the ability to harness the power of digital tools to create images that aren’t physically possible and unlock the full potential of your imagination. Following some simple rules we can c

You can find many articles online discussing the benefits of shooting in RAW and probably an equal number full of counter arguments stating that it is possible to obtain equally good results shooting in JPEG.  Whilst that is definitely true, I want to discuss the reasons that pushed me to exclu

In this post Tom Di Maggio Photography shares 11 tips for taking band promotional photography. Knowing your gear and how to achieve a correct exposure is the basis for every picture you take, no matter what kind of photography we are talking about. When it comes to band promotional photography, it

In photography I doubt if there is a more controversial topic than the use of HDR — High Dynamic Range photography. As author David Taylor explains: “A digital camera is a low dynamic range device.” And ever since Daguerre captured his first image photographers have laboured to uti

On to our tenth country to visit in the DPS Travel Photography Inspiration Project. Kenya, for many, is synonymous with wildlife and the dry savannah. Indeed, tourism for the large game reserves is a major contributor to Kenya’s income as a country. What follows are a number of elephant photos

A Guest Post by Frank Doorhof. When I’m asked to share a tip for the readers of a website I always try to give a tip that will be beneficial for a large group of people, and I know not all of the readers are “people shooters” so for this post I tried to give you some tips that I fo

I hope your summer (or winter) is progressing nicely while we jump back into travel photography inspiration from around the world. Today we will tour Spain through the eyes of DPS readers while learning some tips about shooting in the country. There is a nice variety of locations and subject matter

A Guest Post by Adam Brill. It was around two years ago, shortly after we were married, that my wife and I seriously started wondering: “What would our lives be like if we quit our jobs and set out to travel the world for a year?”. Once the idea was in our heads, we couldn’t get