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Win a Buffalo LinkStation Pro Quad

Photo Junkie — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:15:34 +0000

Win a Buffalo LinkStation Pro Quad worth £450! Read more and comment »

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My Still-Life Photography Adventure

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:50:41 +0000

Everyone has photographed still life images at one time or another. It’s usually one of those everyday images that catches our eye such as the sun shining through colored glass bottles on a window sill, fresh flowers in a vase or a stack of old books on an antique table. Photographers are attracted to beautiful, interesting or just random things, and just naturally want to capture those images. I have done my share of random still-life shots, and especially enjoy shooting collections such as colored pencils in a row or old tools in a barn. But I had never created a still-life scene from scratch with the goal of telling a story in a single frame. This process is much more involved, requiring thoughtfully selecting the items, placing and lighting them in a visually appealing way. Last September my Dutch photographer friend Klaas van Huizen asked me to join his still-life photography project. The plan was that we would shoot only still-life images, but of any theme we liked, stage each on a black background, and each select 8 to 10 of them for an exhibit in the Netherlands in January 2012. I am a busy photographer here in the US and was at first reluctant to take on another project. And whatever spare time I did have was spent developing my international photography workshops to launch this fall in Paris. My plate was pretty full, but I just couldn’t resist the challenge. The project was too interesting to pass up and I was confident that three months was plenty of time to do it. Besides, I work better under pressure, so I jumped in! As I said, this was my first time building from scratch still-life images to photograph, and was a real test to my “working well under pressure!” I was totally unprepared for how time consuming the creative process of envisioning, gathering and composing the objects for each shot, and the myriad of details involved. At first I thought, “I’ll just find a day here and there in my busy schedule, and just shoot something.” Was I ever wrong! Sure, I had good days and bad days, but I mostly had to realize that the creative process cannot be forced or scheduled

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Help This Locationally Challenged Photographer Improve Her Portraiture

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:50:31 +0000

“I’ve been working on my portrait photography recently – but one thing that I lack is good locations. Most of the great portraits I see online by other photographers have exotic locations that add so much to the image – but I’m trapped in a very unstylsh house most days looking after kids in a very unattractive small town. Help? I’m locationally challenged – do you have any advice?” – Meg The above email hit my inbox yesterday and I thought it might make an interesting discussion and that the dPS community might just be able to help Meg tackle her challenge.

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DAWN: Weekly Photography Challenge

Photo Junkie — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:43:07 +0000

Earlier today we posted 24 Beautiful Dawn Images – with the hope of giving you a little inspiration to set those alarm clocks a little earlier this week and to get out at – or before – sunrise to take some dawn images of your own. So let’s make ‘Dawn’ the theme for this weeks photography challenge. One morning this week – try to get out a little early and see what you can come up with! Once you’ve selected the ‘Dawn’ image that you’d like to share – upload it to your favourite photo sharing site or blog and either share a link to it or – embed them in the comments using the our new tool to do so . If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites with Tagging tag them as #DPSDAWN to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun. Also – don’t forget to check out some of the great shots posted in last weeks challenge – Abandoned challenge where there were some great shots submitted. Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips .

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Official Canon EOS-1D X Samples

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:00:29 +0000

Canon has posted half a dozen full-resolution sample images and a sample movie captured with the full-frame Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR camera. Read more and comment »

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Sigma Attaches Price Tag to 30mm f/2.8 EX DN Lens

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:45:44 +0000

The Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN prime lens – which was announced at CES – now has an official MSRP. Read more and comment »

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10 Tips for Better Sports Photography

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:00:44 +0000

Professional sports photographer, Jordan Weeks, shares his top tips for taking better sports photos. Read the article »

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Photographers: The one thing you need before opening for business

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:35:03 +0000

T here are lots of obvious things you need before you can start a photography business. And as much as this seems like a hobby that you can make money through as you learn, it’s not really that simple if you want to establish an honest-to-goodness business. I mean, how many people open restaurants before they can actually cook everything on the menu? Would you expect a meal the chef was practicing for the first time? So before I tell you the number one thing you need before you should start charging for your services, let’s get something out of the way: it’s obvious that you need a camera. And editing software.

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5 things to Love [and 5 things to Hate] about Canon G1 X

Photo Junkie — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:29:46 +0000

This week, I got my greedy little hands on a Canon G1 X and I have to say, I was and still am absolutely giddy over this camera. Bear in mind, it’s been about 6 years since I even owned a point + shoot so getting this camera was like going from VHS to blue ray. There were 5 things that struck me as amazing about this little camera as well as 5 things that made me say “what on earth?”. 5 things to love The sensor is gigantic for a compact digital camera. It’s only 20% smaller than the sensor in Canon’s 7D! Response time is phenomenal.

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Canon PowerShot G1 X Review

admin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:25:14 +0000

The Canon PowerShot G1 X is a serious compact camera with a large 1.5-inch image sensor. Building on previous G-series models, the G1 X also offers a 4x, 28-112mm zoom lens, 1080p HD video with stereo sound, 3 inch vari-angle screen, optical viewfinder and manual controls. £699 / €799 / $799.99 is a lot of money to pay for a fixed-lens compact camera – read our Canon PowerShot G1 X review to find out if it’s worth it. Read the review »

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