Monthly Archives: March 2018
Week Photography Challenge – Antiques
This week it’s time to dig out all your old stuff, or get out and look for some antiques. Things that are aged and beautiful – look for old buildings, your old shoes, rotting wood of an old window, antique cars, … Continue reading
Smartphones vs cameras: do you still need a DSLR?
In recent years some technology commentators have suggested that smartphone camera technology will eventually become so good that people won’t need or want a mirrorless camera or DSLR. It’s a bold claim, so let’s consider some of the facts. Smartphone … Continue reading
Contest – Win One of THREE Online Professional Photography Courses from the New York Institute of Photography
Over the last few years here at dPS, we’ve run some incredibly popular competitions with one of our partners – the New York Institute of Photography – to give away some of their great online photography courses to lucky dPS … Continue reading
How to Create a Mini Photographic Typology
Photographic typologies are a unique and interesting form of photography. Have you ever made a collection of something? Stamps, buttons, figurines? If so, then you’ve made a typology, without even knowing it! Here’s how to translate your collecting skills into … Continue reading
Save $30.00 – $40.00 on Select Gitzo Monopods
Through April 15, select Gitzo Monopods qualify for mail-in rebates ranging from $ 30.00 to $ 40.00. Gitzo Monopod Mail-in Rebates Model Mail-in Rebate GM2562T $ 30.00 GM2542 $ 30.00 GM4532 $ 35.00 GM4542 $ 35.00 GM4562 $ … Continue reading
Daylight Silhouette Photography Tutorial
Silhouettes are great fun and simple to do at sunset and sunrise when the sun is low, but what if the only chance you get to shoot them is during the hours when the sun is at its highest? Fear … Continue reading
A Quick Guide to Using Bounce Flash for More Natural-Looking Photos
Creating a portrait using flash is a whole lot more than just pointing your flash at your subject and taking the shot. Learning how to use flash creatively opens up a variety of new lighting options – which you can … Continue reading
Sigma Art Lenses for Sony Now Available for Preorder at B&H
B&H has the new Sigma Art Lenses for Sony E available for preorder. Now Available for Preorder in Sony E-Mount Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art … Continue reading
7 Tips to Help You Capture the Perfect Landscape Photo
Landscape photography is one of the most popular genres of photography and it’s easy to understand why. After all, every single person at some point in their life has probably looked at a landscape photograph of an epic scene with … Continue reading
Get your hands on the latest kit at The Photography Show 2018
The Photography Show is the destination event for all image creators. Whether you're a seasoned professional, a keen enthusiast or you've just been bitten by the photography bug, you'll want to head to the Birmingham's NEC on 17-20 March to … Continue reading
The Introverts Guide to Photographing People
Being an introverted photographer is a challenge, especially if you actually enjoy photographing people. As introverts, we tend to be happiest on our own, with family or with close friends. We avoid large groups and people that we don’t know … Continue reading
Aperture: Get Creative
Focusing on Aperture The primary purpose of the aperture setting is to regulate the amount of light that passes through the lens. Along with the shutter speed, it determines the quantity of light that reaches the camera’s sensor (or film) … Continue reading