This is where you will find information about camera gear, lighting, workflow, etc. If you are trying to improve your photography skills or learn about new gear, you're in the right place.
Why Prime Lenses?
Many of you contacted me after I wrote my post about the Olympus EP3 and my excitement over their addition of two stellar prime lenses, the 12 and the 45 respectively. The questions often revolved around why I wasn’t more excited about zoom lenses.
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Year In Review: 6 More Ways to Top Your Best Photos
January 17th, 2012
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It’s been a few years since I wrote 10 Ways to Top Your Best 2008 Photographs, and the tips are as relevant today as they were back then. In order to improve it is important to take stock of where you’ve been and where you are in terms of your ind…
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For Sale Apple LED Cinema Display 24-Inch
January 17th, 2012
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* 24-inch (viewable) LED-backlit thin film transistor (TFT) active-matrix liquid crystal display.
* Supported resolutions: 1920 by 1200 pixels 1280 by 800 pixels 1024 by 640 pixels
* Compatible with MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro systems with M…
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Video Tutorial – How To Fix Photos That Are Too Dark Using Adobe Photoshop
January 17th, 2012
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Guest Post by Rich Harrington - Follow Rich on Twitter
Watch the video tutorial on how to fix dark photographs using Adobe Photoshop.
DISCLAIMER: This post isn’t intended to be definitive – we’re not claiming this is the ONLY way or even the …
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5 Top Tips for Working with Gimp
January 17th, 2012
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We know that a lot of blog readers use Gimp and, in the interests of taking a step away from Photoshop for a minute, here are 5 of my top tips for working with Gimp.
1. Rounded corners
Gimp makes it dead simple to round the corners of an image. To do …
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GoDox Lighting Kit, Just the ticket! [Review]
January 16th, 2012
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I’ve got a little secret… I’m pretty rubbish at ‘off camera flash’ but you know the best thing, it’s easy to suck at something and not worry so much if you have the desire to learn how to get better.
Flash Lighting and Accessories by GoDox …
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289 “Best Photos of 2011″ Blog Posts
January 16th, 2012
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At the conclusion of every year I’ve adopted the tradition of reviewing my year in photos, picking my 10 best photos and evaluating those that were near misses. This exercise is something I’ve written about on DPS in How to Top Your Best 2…
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Photographers’ Need For Speed – Mini Review Promise Pegasus R6
January 16th, 2012
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I have more than 100 hard disk drives and arrays laying around. It’s the bane of my existence. Everywhere I step there are hard drives and cables. I’ve tried, used and owned just about every brand of hard drive system in use. I like many of them. …
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ThinkTank Shape Shifter Review
January 15th, 2012
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I’ve come to a grim realization recently and that is: There is no perfect camera backpack out there. And while that sounds like a bad way to start off a review, let me follow up my last statement with this one: The Shape Shifter is as close as I have…
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5 Top Tips for Designing Good Photo Book Layouts
January 15th, 2012
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A Guest Post by Photo Book Girl.
We all know that composition is important to keep in mind when taking a photo, and it’s just as important to think about composition when you’re designing a photo book layout. Here are my five top tips for designin…
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