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Olympus SP-800UZ Review
Now that cameras such as this are nearly commonplace, the decision whether to buy a digicam that shoots HD movies as well as pretty big stills or a camcorder that shoots HD video and stills is a tricky one. Pricewise, it’s also a close race. Now we have the Olympus SP-800UZ with an enormous 30x optical [...]
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Olympus SP-800UZ Review
Photoshop: Working with Locked Pixels
If you’ve ever wondered what the small icons in the Layer palette do, you might be surprised at how useful they can be. Here’s what the Lock Transparent Pixels icon does and how you can use it. There are times when you are working with content on layers in Photoshop that the layers can do [...]
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Photoshop: Working with Locked Pixels
Travel Photography Subjects: Transportation
This post is number ten of twenty one subjects that will help you focus when on your next journey and you wish to bring back a well rounded story of where you were. If you’re just going on vacation and only want pictures of yourself by the pool sipping boat drinks, then you can [...]
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Travel Photography Subjects: Transportation
Engagement Portrait Shoots: 7 Professional Tips to take your Engagement Shoots to the Next Level
Today portrait photographer Christina N Dickson shares tips on how to shoot engagement portraits. Christina’s work can be found at www.ChristinaNicholePhotography.com. Shooting engagement portraits are perhaps some of the most enjoyable for photographers. Most often, they are taken before the whirlwind of wedding planning is fully underway, and the couple is still quite enamored with one [...]
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Engagement Portrait Shoots: 7 Professional Tips to take your Engagement Shoots to the Next Level
How [Not] to Take a Self Timer Portrait
This one hit our inbox 3 times today so I thought I’d share it here. How to Photograph yourself with a self timer: Step1: Choose a good background Step 2: Set Self timer on your camera Step 3: Smile Step 4: Be Careful Step 5: Call 911 What photography disaster have you had? Share them in comments below. Thanks to Douwe who was [...]
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How [Not] to Take a Self Timer Portrait
An Introduction to Bird photography
A Guest Post by Lithuanian Photographer Tadas Naujokaitis. Birds are very interesting creatures, but it’s not so easy to photograph them. Wild birds usually don’t pose where you want and, moreover, it’s often difficult to get close enough to take quality pictures. But if you know some basics of bird photography, it becomes much easier to [...]
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An Introduction to Bird photography
Travel Photography Subjects: Poor
This post is number nine of twenty one subjects that will help you focus when on your next journey and you wish to bring back a well rounded story of where you were. If you’re just going on vacation and only want pictures of yourself by the pool sipping boat drinks, then you can [...]
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Travel Photography Subjects: Poor
What Percentage of Our Readers Use a DSLR as their Primary Camera? [Poll Results]
Over the last month or so we ran a poll here on dPS asking readers what type of camera they use as their primary digital camera. After just on 50,000 responses the results are in – and they’re pretty conclusive – here at dPS people certainly like their DSLRs. Of course dPS has a fairly ‘enthusiast’ type [...]
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What Percentage of Our Readers Use a DSLR as their Primary Camera? [Poll Results]
Tips for Using Your Camera in a Hostile Environment
A Guest post by Saul Molloy from Shotslot. I recently took my DSLR sailing for a week on a yacht off the West Coast of Scotland. Now my camera, though heavy and rugged-feeling, is not the most waterproof of objects, in fact there’s no real weather sealing at all and the combination of salt-water, rain, repeated [...]
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Tips for Using Your Camera in a Hostile Environment
This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (18-24 Jul ‘10)
Weekly Assignment This week our photography assignment took us into the heart of the home when we went In the Kitchen. The kitchen is so often the source of fond memories. The baking, the smells, the smiles… all of it reminds us why the kitchen is the heart of the home. Our winner this week was [...]
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This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (18-24 Jul ‘10)