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11 Surefire Landscape Photography Tips
By skoeber My first love in photography when I first got my trusty old Minolta SLR as a teenager was landscape photography. There’s something about getting out in nature with the challenge of capturing some of the amazing beauty that you see. Perhaps it fits with my personality type – but I loved the quietness […]
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Capturing birds in flight with a Nikon 1 V2 and FT-1 adapter
For the past 8 months or so I have been shooting a lot of static and perched birds with a Nikon 1 V2, FT-1 adapter, my Nikkor 70-200 f/4 VR lens and TC-17E II teleconverter. This set-up gives me an equivalent field-of-view of 918mm @ a rather slow f/6.7. Even though the teleconverter does cause […]
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10 More Tips for Stunning Portrait Photography
We covered everything from altering your perspective as a photographer, to experimenting with lighting, to shooting candidly. Today I want to continue on the same train of thought with 10 more tips for adding a little spice to your portraits. 11. Frame Your Subject Framing is a technique where by you draw attention to one […]
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4 Not-so-Secret Tricks to Speed up Your Lightroom Workflow
Do you want to speed up your Lightroom workflow? You’re not alone – I get countless requests from people to help them optimize their photo processing workflow. However, because it is so commonly asked, it is also frequently answered and this makes it difficult to add a fresh spin on a topic that hasn’t changed […]
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Where to Focus in Landscape Photography
When shooting a typical landscape image it is normal to attempt to keep as much of the image in focus as possible. This means selecting a small Aperture (remember the larger the number the smaller the actual Aperture) to ensure that you end up with a large depth of field. This will ensure that parts […]
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D800 vs D4s For Wildlife in Low Light & Long Lenses
For whatever reason most of the wildlife photography I do ends up being in less than desirable conditions. Its rare that I get that perfect light, with the animal perfectly posed and the weather just right and me in the right place and time to capture it. A lot of times I am in the […]
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An Introduction to Catchlights
In this post regular DPS forum member clockdoc puts together a great introduction to Catchlights. Also a quick note of credit to jiminyClickit who helped edit the tutorial. Thanks to both of you! – Image above by David Johnson. Catchlights – What are they and why are they important in Portrait Photography? A “catchlight’ is […]
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3 Uses for the Radial Filter Tool in Lightroom 5
One of the most powerful new tools in Lightroom 5 is the Radial Filter tool. Here are a few examples of how you can use this tool creatively inside your workflow to help draw attention to your subjects. If you don’t have Lightroom5, you can use multiple graduated filters to draw attention, but it’s not […]
