Monthly Archives: May 2009
What digital camera would you recommend for a beginner?
I am interested in wedding/portrait photography, but I'm at the beginning stages of learning and practicing. What camera would you recommend that I purchase ? Thanks. Olympus Stylus 840 8.0MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Dual Image Stabilized Zoom: $134 – 8.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints – 5x image-stabilized … Continue reading
This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (24-30 May ‘09)
Weekly Assignment It was a challenge, but this week we finished the Ghetto Lighting + Reflector assignment. A lot of people rose to the challenge and it really paid off. We were able to select some really well done shots this week! Our winner this week was mpenarandaa’s cat shot. This shot was taken using … Continue reading
Crop and Chop
Now that we can enjoy cameras with multi, mega-pixel resolution in their CCDs there is an indulgence and pictorial improvement denied us with earlier models: that is, the role of cropping. There one single basic skill in photography that no amount of technical cleverness can overcome or bypass: the skill and art of composition — … Continue reading
10 Hot Posts on DPS [From this Time Last Year]
Every now and again I like to look back on the archives of DPS to see what we were publishing and what you as readers were reading this time last year. Here’s what was hot in May 2008! 9 Crazy Cross Eye 3D Photography Images and How to Make Them “Does my butt look big … Continue reading
Digital Photography For The Dummy
Even with the advent of digital technology and the sudden appearance of every kind, every shape and size of digital cameras in hobby shops, department stores and other shops in the metro, not everyone is a pro when it comes to operating this little gadget. In fact, even the most tech-tough can stumble every now … Continue reading