A couple of months ago here at DPS we ran a post with 10 photography quotes from famous photographers that photographers should know.
Below I’ll share more photography quotes worth knowing but first – one of our readers (Ryan Coleman) put together the 10 quotes into a more visual form:
10 Photography Quotes that You Should Know
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It’s time for another weekend photography challenge. This weekend the theme of the challenge is ‘environment’.
Feel free to interpret it as you wish – you might want to try to take a picture that makes a point about environmental issues, you may just like to shoot your own environment (the place you live) [...]
The following was left as a comment on a previous post by one of our readers – Angelino Pan y Vino (no link given). I thought it was a great story and one that might encourage readers who might feel they have lower quality cameras and gear.
Image by colodio
“Saying a camera takes nice pictures is [...]
Before discovering pre-made templates for Photoshop, I spent hours on end creating new blank layers and painstakingly lining up images to create collages. At some point, I fell across The Album Cafe, a company whose mission it is to provide photographers with beautiful, imaginative and easy-to-use PS templates so you don’t have to.
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It is not uncommon for entry level photographers to feel uncertain about what to charge for their work. Many feel as though price structures are the most complicated area of their business. As a result, these photographers under cut themselves and unknowingly undervalue their work.
Don’t be overwhelmed. Take the guess work out of pricing your [...]
Lighting is the single most important element of “Still Life” photography. The way a photographer uses light for still life will add mood, give context, provide interest, and ultimately, create a dynamic still life photograph. Lighting for still life is not complicated. In fact, stick to these 5 tips, and you will nail your still [...]
While Photoshop includes some filters you can use to apply a painted effect on your photos, you can also paint them yourself very easily. This way you can achieve a custom look as you paint.
The process involves using the little known Art History brush in Photoshop to do the work, here’s how:
Open your image [...]
Some of the most captivating light shows witnessed here on earth, are actually occurring 300+ miles above our heads, in the upper atmosphere. A result of spectacular solar storms, the Aurora Borealis has captivated thousands of men, women and children. I am one of them. I have spent countless hours, in mind-numbing temperatures (-42 Celsius), [...]
Is there a photographer who you’ve secretly admired form afar? Someone whose work never fails to inspire you?
A Photographer who you’d love to meet and pick the brains or even spend the day with on a shoot of in the hope that some of their genius might rub off on you?
They might be a famous [...]
Weekly Assignment
This week we wanted you to show us your Collections. We were surprised with the varied things that people collected, but our winners this week pulled off photographing their collections in a way that really made them stand out. Our winner this week was eBomb’s collection of Chuck Taylors. The shot was quirky and [...]
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