Pay Attention to Foregrounds
Photo by acampm1 Here’s a little ‘question’ for you to ask next time you’re out and about with our digital cameras. Next time you’re taking a landscape or urban landscape shot pause before you hit the shutter and ask yourself: “What’s in the Foreground of this shot?” I find that many photographers

Top 10 Popular DSLRS
The question I’m being asked on a daily basis at the moment is – ‘what camera should I buy?’ Obviously cameras are on many people’s wishlists this Christmas! I’m planning to update our Popular Digital Cameras and Gear page here on DPS in the coming week to help answer the question but thought I’d do a quick post looking specifically at what’s hot at the moment when it comes to DSLRs (as

How do I Photograph a Gymnastics Event? – DPS Community Workshop
Image by Raphael Goetter We used to do ‘DPS community workshops’ fairly regularly but it’s been a while – so lets recap on what they are. A reader asks a question about a photographic challenge that they have – I share it here on the blog. Readers are invited to read the question and give some advice to the reader asking it. Together we l

Stop Taking Pictures, Start Creating Images
A Guest Post by Matthew Dutile There’s one surefire way to start becoming a better photographer. Stop taking pictures. A picture is what you take when you accidentally mash your hands on the shutter release while your camera sits idle on the living room table. It’s when you bump the camera while it hangs from your shoulder and snap that oddly angled picture of your feet. It’s the photos you took of your friend just because they ask

How To Keep Your Batteries Charged While Traveling – Remote Location Edition
Copyright blmurch In my previous article How To Keep Your Batteries Charged While Traveling – City Edition I outlined the basics of what it takes to keep your batteries juiced up while traveling through the civilized world.  The part of the world with powerlines into every home, hotel and