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77% of dPS Readers Take A Camera Everywhere [POLL Results]
Original Author: Digital-Photography-School.com
Last month we asked readers whether they took their camera with them everywhere in a poll. The results are in!
If you include the camera in your phone… 77% of the almost 20,000 people who responded take a camera with them everywhere.
What I find interesting is that we ran this exact same poll in January 2009...
Pentax Q10 Review
Original Author: Digital-Photography-School.com
Pentax is not a company to sit quietly on the sidelines and watch the traffic go by. The most recent and startling example of this was the introduction of the Marc Newson designed camera, the K-01.
Going further back and with more relevance to this camera under review were some Pentax products way back in...
Improving Composition with Tonal Contrast
Original Author: Digital-Photography-School.com
A contribution by Andrew S. Gibson author of Understanding EOS: A Beginner’s Guide to Canon EOS Cameras.
If you were to ask me for two ways that you could improve the composition of your photos, the first piece of advice I would give you is to keep the composition as simple as possible. Eliminate...
Destination: Oregon
Original Author: Digital-Photography-School.com
Haystack Rock dominates the landscape at Cannon Beach. The wet sand, dramatic skies, and great light combined for some great images. Canon EOS 5D Mark III, EF 24-70 f/2.8L II at 24mm. 1/40 second at f/16, ISO 200. I used a 4 stop graduated neutral density filter on the sky.
Every year I try to dedicate at...
5 Ideas to Kick Start Your Photography Again
Original Author: Digital-Photography-School.com
Image by Eric May
Last week I was speaking with an amateur photographer who told me that he’s been struggling for photographic inspiration and ideas lately.
He reflected that he felt like he’d become something of a lazy photographer and was in a bit of a rut – always photographing the same...
How Many Cameras Have You Owned? [POLL]
Original Author: Digital-Photography-School.com
This morning I opened up the cupboard in my study where I keep my camera gear and my eye was drawn to the very first digital camera that I owned – a little Canon Powershot A10 camera (pictured right) with what I thought at the time was an amazingly big 1.3 megapixel sensor. Before that I’d...
Family Portraits Do’s and Don’ts
Original Author: Digital-Photography-School.com
For a photographer, skills in family portraits are are essential and are usually the bread and butter for up and coming photographers. Looking at the history of photography, one of the first popular uses the camera was not for abstract art, or photographing the family pet, but for photographing...
Richoh GR Review
Original Author: Digital-Photography-School.com
I’m not sure how the Ricoh GR one will do in the marketplace, now that smartphones are gnawing away at the digicam sector. But, I figure it will have enormous appeal to enthusiasts and the adventurous. After all, how many people do you know who will die for a fixed lens camera?
But wait, it images to...
Get an Invisible Black Background to Your Portraits – Shooting Anywhere [VIDEO]
Original Author: Digital-Photography-School.com
In this video Glyn Dewis demonstrates how he gets his ‘Invisible Black Background’ effect when taking a portraits which will allow you to take a low key atmospheric portrait with a black background anywhere – even outdoors as he does in this video.
To get the shot Glyn just uses his DSLR,...
Understanding Evaluative Metering on Your EOS Camera
Original Author: Digital-Photography-School.com
Photo by Flickr user MiNe
By Andrew S. Gibson – the author of Understanding Exposure: Perfect Exposure on Your EOS Camera (currently 36% off at SnapnDeals).
Imagine that it is early 1959. Alaska has just been admitted as the 49th state in the USA. Fidel Castro has become premier of Cuba. Elvis Presley...