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Digital photographers are always looking to improve their skills behind the lens. Anyone can point and click, but what does it take to take a picture with real depth, meaning, and intrigue? What does it take to move from taking a vacation photo to capturing a moment in time? The following open courseware collections aim [...]Post from: Digital Photography Sc […]

Two weeks ago I announced a competition to give away a Lenovo W700DS mobile work station. The winner of this great new computer would be one random subscriber to our DPS weekly email newsletter. I have just randomly pulled out the name of the winner…… and they are…… Jenny Davidson. I don’t yet know who Jenny is [...]Post from: […]

~Have a cool photo product or site? Reach 270,000 photo fans It’s road trip time! We’ve got some shiny new tips to add to our Road Trip Photography Guide: Find weird stuff to take photos of — Roadside America: the ultimate resource for finding odd, obscure, & photogenic places. Create a map of your route before you get [...]

Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2 Forget photosynthesis. Leaves are for photo-projects-thesis! Grab a photo and a leaf, and in few simple steps you can turn everyday foliage into a unique silhouette portrait of someone you love. Simple and elegant, leaf silhouettes look great in a frame or on a book or a card. So, as Biff [...]

Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2~Have a cool photo product or site? Reach 270,000 photo fans What shall we do with a broken camera What shall we do with a broken camera What shall we do with a broken camera Ear-ly in the morning Fill it with dirt and put a plant in it Fill it with dirt and put a [...]

Nikon has just released a new site, called the “Nikon D-Movie Screening Room” that features high-definition video clips shot entirely with their DSLR’s that have built-in video capabilities (the Nikon D90 and D5000 cameras). I have to say, it’s pretty amazing to see what can be done, thanks to the ability to use Nikon camera lens [.. […]

Here’s a short video clip we shot during my Photo Walk in Dunedin, Florida (as part of the first World Wide Photo Walk) last year. It’s great for giving you an idea of what the walk is all about, which is sharing the fun of taking photos.

Hi gang. I’m off to the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean to teach a workshop with Joe McNally and then I’m going to spend a few days doing absolutely nothing but reading and sitting by the pool (I know, I’ve got it rough), which is all the more reason I feel I should [...]