Archive for May, 2009

What digital camera would you recommend for a beginner?

May 31st, 2009

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 optical [...]

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (24-30 May ‘09)

May 31st, 2009

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 a [...]

Crop and Chop

May 31st, 2009

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 — if [...]

10 Hot Posts on DPS [From this Time Last Year]

May 31st, 2009

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 in this?” [...]
Post [...]

Digital Photography For The Dummy

May 31st, 2009

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 [...]

Have You Ever Geotagged an Image? [POLL]

May 30th, 2009

As a follow up to our recent post on Geotagging images and review of the Jobo PhotoGPS device I thought it’d be interesting to see how many of our readers actually do it.
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.
Feel free to expand upon [...]

Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds Review

May 30th, 2009

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had the opportunity to test and review the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds mobile workstation – a computer designed with creative types (like graphic artists and photographers) in mind.
I’d heard about the W700ds when it first was announced – it was hard not to take notice with some of the [...]

Learning about Exposure – The Exposure Triangle

May 30th, 2009

Bryan Peterson has written a book titled Understanding Exposure which is a highly recommended read if you’re wanting to venture out of the Auto mode on your digital camera and experiment with it’s manual settings.
In it Bryan illustrates the three main elements that need to be considered when playing around with exposure by calling them [...]

Robert Buckley Photography

May 30th, 2009

Robert Buckley Photography Demo Video
Duration : 32 sec

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Wedding Photography Lessons

May 30th, 2009

Wedding Photography Blueprint – The Ultimate Foundation Course for New and Beginning Wedding Photographers. Digital Photography Classes. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Duration : 2 min 8 sec

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