Photography Tips and Tutorials

I get emails regularly from people asking the same question. What makes you a ‘professional’ photographer and how can I be one? Although the definition of being a professional anything is pretty straightforward, for the one searching for where they fit into the photography world, it can actually feel a pretty abstract concept. As I can [...]

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What makes a photographer a ‘professional’?

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The 25th July is approaching this weekend and at our place that day we’ve invited a group of friends over for a Christmas in July dinner. On the spur of the moment today I thought it might be fun to extend the ‘festivities’ to dPS and offer you – our wonderful community – a little [...]

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Christmas in July – 25% Discount on Any dPS eBook – This Week Only

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As mentioned in our previous post – with the increased use of of photo sharing sites on the web we’re seeing more and more photographers having their work taken and used without the permission – often for commercial purposes.
One technique that many photographers use to curb this practice and get credit for their work is [...]

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POLL: Do you Watermark you Images Before Sharing them Online?

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As mentioned in our previous post – with the increased use of of photo sharing sites on the web we’re seeing more and more photographers having their work taken and used without the permission – often for commercial purposes.
One technique that many photographers use to curb this practice and get credit for their work is [...]

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POLL: Do you Watermark you Images Before Sharing them Online?

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Back in February, I posted about watermarking and how I use this opportunity for advertising. I mentioned briefly the idea that if someone was going to steal your images, you may as well make them work for you with watermarks that are attractive and don’t get cropped out. At least then when Tight Theresa steals my [...]

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Have you ever been a victim of photo piracy?

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One technique that many photographers use to add a ‘wow factor’ to their images is to shoot with a shallow depth of field. In doing so they isolate part of the shot which is nicely in focus while throwing elements in the background (and sometimes the foreground) out of focus and into a lovely blur. [...]

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17 Beautiful Images with Shallow Depth of Field

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Auto focus is of unquestionable benefit in a large variety of shooting scenarios, but there are often times when it could actually be wiser to plump for manual focus. In these scenarios, which are outlined below, it is fair to say that autofocus doesn’t perform as well on some cameras, so simply [...]

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7 Situations When Manual focus is better than Auto

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In 2009, Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, founded a new company called ‘Square’ which brings the most mind blowingly simple merchant services straight to your iPhone. This may be old news to you in the U.S., but here in the U.K., we’re still waiting to see this fabulous technology in our hot little hands.
Square is [...]

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How you can use your iPhone to accept card payments from clients

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I’m a year and a half old. At least, I’ve come to think of it as a rebirth ever since I picked up my first digital SLR a year and a half ago. My how things have changed…
Photography has an amazing ability to change the way in which we really see light. It’s color and [...]

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How Photographically Old Are You?

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We were in the Dr’s office last week and my son was playing on his iPod touch to keep him busy. Until he decided he neeeeeeded a new app noooooow. The Dr. said it perfectly: “Apps are the new pocket money.” Right on, Dr! Right on.
Applications (or ‘apps’ for short) are the biggest craze to [...]

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3 Must Have Apps to Boost Productivity

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