Digital Photography School

Saturday 2008/05/17

Date/Time	Thread
Fri, 16 May 2008 14:12:42 +0000	24 + 1 Photography Podcasts That Will Inspire You This guest post was submitted by Martin Gommel (Flickr) from the blog KWERFELDEIN Today I have collected 24 Photography Podcasts for you. These are all podcasts about Photography which can be a great source of information and inspiration for your photography. Each one can improve and support your daily photographic life and help you improve your [...]
Thu, 15 May 2008 14:01:20 +0000	A Fresh Look at Depth of Field: Using foreground to achieve creative depth of field The following post on depth of field was written by Hawaii photographer Natalie Norton, of natalienortonphoto.com. We talk a lot around here at Digital Photography School about Depth of Field. I’m writing this based on the assumption that we all understand that in layman terms, “depth of field” is the portion of an image that is [...]
Wed, 14 May 2008 14:07:41 +0000	?Does my butt look big in this?? - What Clothes to Wear in Portraits Image by Monsieur Lafont This post was submitted by portrait photographer Grant Mayer. It is a ‘classic DPS post’ - one of hundreds from our archives of photography tips. What Should I Wear in my portrait? This is a question I get asked a lot by clients - so I thought it might be something that was worth [...]
Wed, 14 May 2008 07:49:31 +0000	A Happy Reader Shows Off Her Prize from DPS Last month at DPS we held a competition for one lucky forum member to win a Nikon D60 DSLR. The competition was won by forum member BullDogMom. She had only just purchased a DSLR so I offered her the chance to pick another item from Amazon to the same value as the D60. She chose to [...]
Tue, 13 May 2008 14:36:57 +0000	12 Ways To Never Miss A Photo Opportunity The following post on 12 Ways To Never Miss A Photo Opportunity is by San Francisco based photographer Jim M. Goldstein. Learn more about him at the end of this post. Nothing is more frustrating than seeing a great moment to photograph, but missing the opportunity to do so. I’ve missed my fair share of [...]
Mon, 12 May 2008 14:30:12 +0000	Microstock for Digital Photography Students - Make Money From Your Photography This guest post was written by Lee Torrens, a student of digital photography who is blogging about his adventures selling photos online at Microstock Diaries. I’m a subscriber to Digital Photography School and quite a few other resources which educate me about photography. I need to do this because I’m still a hobbyist photographer despite earning [...]
Sun, 11 May 2008 14:49:56 +0000	How Do I Take Band Promotional Photos? It has been a while since we had a DPS community workshop - so today when I got the following question via email from Brett (a reader of DPS) I thought I’d post it here as a question for everyone to answer. If you have any tips for Band Promotion Photos leave your comments below. [...]
Sat, 10 May 2008 19:55:22 +0000	This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums Weekly Assignment Things came together last week and we finished the converging lines assignment. As usual there were a lot of good entries and a lot of different ways that the lines converged. There was a pretty clear winner this week though. DMLex’s billiards shot had great colours, great lines, and a great depth of field. [...]
Fri, 09 May 2008 14:45:25 +0000	9 Hot Photoshop Books Earlier today I had a reader ask me for a recommendation for a book on Photoshop. I decided to poll 10 of my good photographer buddies on their recommendations and they came up with the following Photoshop books: Photoshop Elements 6 1. The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers 2. Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing [...]
Thu, 08 May 2008 14:01:52 +0000	Wedding Photography Survival Tips: The Preparation Written by Christina N Dickson, portrait photographer and instructor for the Institute in Photographic Studies. Weddings. To the inexperienced photographer, the first wedding is that single most daunting event that stands as Mt. Everest in one’s profession. It is a feat that could define success or failure for the rest of one’s career. Much preparation is required. [...]