lovelifey: 2015

Dec 31, 2015

[Photography] The Tip Top Travel Topics of 2015

Travel and photography often go hand in hand. We get bored shooting in our own neighborhood, city or even country, and we’re more likely to shoot more photos when we head out to a new place. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence right?

By Caroline

Here are some of the top travel topics we had on dPS in the last 12 months:

Of course, remember that if travel isn’t in your plans or isn’t feasible for you right now – you can still apply many of the tips in the articles to photography you can do near home too! Check out these articles too:

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[Photography] Happy New Year 2016 from dPS

By Randy Tan Travelogue

Well it’s been a fantastic year here at dPS, we hope you’ve had a good one too.

The New Year is upon us and it’s a time to reflect on the past 12 months, and look forward to the next 12.

So I’m curious, do you make goals for the new year? I’m not into making resolutions myself, I think they’re often too shallow, and most people make rash ones, that they don’t keep more than a few days. The reason is they don’t have a plan to go with them.

Goal + A plan of Action = Success

So tell me, in the comments below:

What are your photography goals for 2016?
What will you do (action plan) to move yourself closer to achieving them?

My own personal goals this year are around balance and fitness/health. So I’ve already joined a gym and have started going three times a week or more. For my photography goals, my big one is (I’m putting this out there so I actually do it and you guys can hold me to it):

GOAL: Make a book of my Grandmother’s images (have had the photos for two years) to give to her and my family members (she’s 96 and want to do this while she’s still here and has eyesight, which is failing her).
ACTION PLAN: Take 30 minutes each week to work on this project (cull images, edit them in Lightroom, and design and order the Blurb book).

Okay, it’s your turn. What is your one big goal and your action plan?

By William Cho

PS – a future goal is to spend New Year’s in Singapore (I’ve been there over Christmas but didn’t quite make it to the 31st). Sure looks like they have an amazing fireworks display based on the two images above!

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Dec 30, 2015

[Photography] Post-Processing Tips of the Year 2015 on dPS

By Shaheer Shahid

Continuing on this holiday week with a list of some of our most popular articles here on dPS, this time on post-processing.

Whether you use Lightroom, Photoshop, or something else entirely you can find some hidden gems in this bunch. Get your editor ready to try these tips on post-processing out:

Lightroom tips

You can find many more articles on Lightroom here if you haven’t had enough, or if you want to pick up some Lightroom presets dPS offers a set of those as well.

Photoshop tips

Find even more Photoshop tips here.

By Dave Wilson Cumbria

Other programs and random tips

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Dec 29, 2015

[Photography] 48 Hours Left to Save up to 90% on These Great Photography Deals

Over the past two weeks we’ve put together some great photography deals to help you improve your photography in the new year but as 2015 comes to a close so will the deals.

As this post goes live you have approximately 48 hours to take advantage of this promotion.

Each year at this time we announce the most popular deals so I thought I’d list them here in order of popularity.

Congratulations to Sebastian Michaels for topping the list again – this year with his new Black and White Photo Artistry course.

Black and White Photo Artistry
Cole’s Classroom Lightroom Course
Landscape Photography Bundle
Mike Newtons 104 Lightroom Presets Pack
Phil Steele’s Event Photography Course
Photography Concentrate Composition Skills and Light Skills Guides (or get the bundle)
Photo Nuts Photography Courses
Natural Light Photography eBooks
Portraits eBook Bundle
101 dPS Lightroom Presets
$10 eBooks Day (plus Ed Verosky eBook Bundle)
Snapn Motion eBook (and Snapn Motion eBook Bundle)

Which deals did you snap up this year?

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[Photography] Beginners Photography Tips – Best of 2015

Every year it happens, maybe this year it happened to you too? Many people get a new camera as a gift over the holidays, and now the fun begins, learning how to use it! You need a beginners guide to help you out.

Beginners Guide to Photography - Best of 2015

Or maybe you got a new flash or other piece of gear, are new to post-processing, or want to try a new technique. Well, you’re in luck because you’re in the right place to find all that. We have a lot of really great articles for newbie photographers like yourself. Here are a few of the best from 2015.

Beginners photography tips – best of 2015

If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, try the search function (look for the magnifying glass upper right corner). We have over 5700 articles in our archives. If what you seek isn’t there, first of all I’d be really surprised, please add a comment below and tell us what topic you’d like our writers to work on next. Perhaps we can add it to our list.

You can also check out our course: Photo Nuts and Bolts which is designed for beginners.

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Dec 28, 2015

[Photography] 12 of the Best Portrait Articles of 2015

Photographing people, in particular doing portraits, can strike fear into the hearts of many newbie photographers. But it doesn’t have to be so scary. Read through some of the best, most read articles on portrait photography from the last 12 months. They’ll give you some tips and hopefully some confidence to go photograph some of your own portraits.

Best Portrait Articles of 2015

Don’t forget we also have several portrait ebooks in our store. Check out the entire collection here, just click “Grab the Bundle” to get all of the portrait series ebooks.

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Dec 27, 2015

[Photography] The Top Gear Related Articles from 2015

As much as we hate to admit it, we photographers love gear. We want the latest greatest lens, camera, bags, and gadgets. While we can’t always afford new things, nor do we need them, it’s nice to know what’s available when we are ready to upgrade.

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Let’s look at some of the top gear related articles from the last year, 2015.

Cameras and General

Lenses

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Other

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Dec 26, 2015

[Photography] Most Popular Landscape Photography Articles on dPS in 2015

Landscape photography is a passion many photographers share. You don’t need a lot of special gear like lighting equipment, and you can do it anywhere.

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The challenge is to make your photos a cut above the rest, so they stand out in a crowd. So, how do you do that? Well for starters you can read through the following articles and get some tips. Then plan a day and go out and shoot some landscapes.

In no particular order here are the most popular articles related to landscape photography on dPS in the last year, 2015:

You can also check out the dPS ebook: Living Landscapes

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