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Best Photos of 2016 by JMG-Galleries Blog Readers

10 Jan
Best Instagram Photos 2016

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What better way to start 2017 than to be creatively inspired. The results of my 10th annual Best of Photos project hopefully will do just that by introducing you to photographers and their work from all over the world. Many of my blog readers are photo enthusiasts and many are seasoned professionals, but the great thing about photography is that no matter what your experience level we all can relate equally in our love for the art of photography and visually exploring. With that in mind I encourage you to reach out to photographers whose work you enjoy to keep sharing & growing as an artist.  I am incredibly thankful that this tradition has been embraced and enjoy seeing how familiar faces have evolved their work & grown over the years.  I hope reviewing your best photos of the year and comparing them to years pasts keeps you inspired and aware of your progress as a photographer.

If you’d like to take part next year and be informed when submissions open for the “Best Photos of 2017? blog project add your name to my mail list. You won’t be spammed. I send out newsletters quite infrequently.

Thank to everyone who took part!  I invite you to visit each link below as I have and introduce yourself to many of the participating photographers.

Best Photos of 2016

  1. Jim M. Goldstein – Best Photos of 2016 by Jim M. Goldstein
  2. Randy Langstraat – My Ten Favorite Photos of 2016
  3. Chris Moore – Exploring Light – 2016: A Year in Review
  4. Denis Balibouse – Denis Balibouse Reuters 2016 Photos
  5. Craig L. Howe – A Thousand Words
  6. Michael Russell – My Top 10 Photos of 2016
  7. J. J. Raia – 2016 Jim Goldstein Project
  8. Harold Davis – Harold Davis Best of 2016
  9. Wendy M. Seagren – Wendy Seagren Best 2016 Blog
  10. Stefan Bäurle – Top 10 Favorites of 2016
  11. Phil Slade – Another Bird Blog
  12. Scott Wyden Kivowitz – Best & Favorite Photographs of 2016
  13. Rick Holliday – Best of 2016
  14. Russ Bishop – Russ Bishop | 2016 – The Year in Pictures
  15. Bill Bean – 2016 Favorites
  16. tim fiddimore – Photos 2016
  17. Rachel Cohen – My Best of 2016
  18. Brian Knott – FMKPhoto – 2016 Year in review
  19. Alexander S. Kunz – 12 Favorite Photos from 2016
  20. Monika Chace – 500px Monika Chace 2016 favs
  21. Martin Quinn – Quinn Images – Best of 2016
  22. Jenni Brehm – Changing Perspectives
  23. QT Luong – Year 2016 in Review: Treasured Lands
  24. Greg A. Lato – latoga photography
  25. Fred Mertz – Fred Mertz Photography
  26. Martijn van der Nat – Best of 2016
  27. Bryan Bzdula – Top 25 of 2016
  28. Joseph Smith – 2016 Year in Review
  29. Khürt Williams – Ten Best Images of 2016
  30. Free Roaming Photography – Twelve Favorite Photos from 2016
  31. Peter Carroll – 2016
  32. Chuq Von Rospach – My Best Photos of the Year for 2016
  33. Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images – My Favorite Landscape Photos of 2016
  34. Johann A. Briffa – 2016: A Photographic Retrospective
  35. Jao van de Lagemaat – Jao’s photo blog: Most memorable images from 2016
  36. Greg Russell | Alpenglow Images Photography – 2016 year in photos
  37. Richard Murphy – Best of 2016!
  38. Jim Stamates – My favorite images of 2016
  39. Brent Huntley – Photography and Travel
  40. Olivier Du Tre – Best of 2016
  41. Scott Thompson – Scott Shots Photography – My Top 10 Tahoe Area Photos of 2016
  42. Martin Nunez – My 12 best photographs of 2016
  43. Kyle Jones – 2016 Favorites
  44. Rob Tilley – Best of 2016 – My Favorite Images of the Year
  45. Pete Miller – Favorites of 2016
  46. Denise Goldberg – top photos : 2016
  47. Mike Chowla – My Ten Best of Images of 2016
  48. Deb Snelson – Favorite Photos of 2016
  49. Glenn Tunaley – Best of 2016
  50. Clint Losee – Top 10 of 2016 – My 10 Best Landscape and Scenic Photos
  51. Neil Bennett – Best of 2016
  52. Alan Majchrowicz – Photo Highlights 2016
  53. Dotty Molt – Best of 2016 – Every Image has a Story
  54. Björn Göhringer – My Top 14 Photos From 2016
  55. Richard Wong – Favorite Photos of 2016 – Richard Wong
  56. Brian Snyder – 10 Best Photos of 2016
  57. Deborah – My 2016 Favorite Images
  58. Phillip Colla – Natural History Photography – Best Photos Of 2016
  59. Richard Cummings – Fine Art America
  60. Todd Henson – Best Photos of 2016 – Todd Henson Photography
  61. Wendi Kennedy Photography – The 10 Best Moments/Photos of 2016
  62. Naomi Creek – 2016 Top 10
  63. MICHAEL KATZ – Michael Katz Photography
  64. Neil Creek – Neil Creek’s Top 10 Photos 2016
  65. Adrian Klein – Best Photos of 2016
  66. T.M. Schultze – T.M. Schultze Website
  67. Ilias Katsouras – Okrivadas
  68. Kevin Ebi – Living Wilderness: Best of 2016
  69. Kurt Lawson – 10 Favorites of 2016
  70. Caleb Weston – Dubland – Caleb Weston Photography
  71. Thomas Yackley – Yackley Photo
  72. Tim Manske – Beyond The Blue Ridge Favorites of 2016
  73. Patricia Davidson – My Top 10 Favorite Photos of 2016
  74. Jon McCormack – 2016: From Istanbul to California’s Sierra Nevada
  75. Tim Aston – Best of 2016
  76. Werner Priller – Favorites/Best of 2016
  77. Rich Greene – My Faves of 2016
  78. Roland Tuley – My 6 Best of 2016
  79. Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston – Top 10 Favorite Images from 2016 – Journey of Light Photography
  80. Melissa Leady – 45journal-2016 Top 10
  81. William Neill – My Favorite Photographs of 2016
  82. David Hunter – Favorites of 2016
  83. Dennis Wister – 2016 Top Picks @ 500px
  84. Gabor Ruff – Natural History Photography – Highlights from 2016
  85. Zolt Levay – Zolt Levay’s Best of 2016
  86. Steve Levi – LEViiMAGES – blog – 2016 Year in Review
  87. SkyVista Photography by Steve Luther – SkyVista Photography Best of 2016
  88. Doug Wiggers – Top 5 Images of 2016
  89. Franka M Gabler – Franka M. Gabler – Favorite Images from 2016
  90. Tom Whelan – Twelve from 2016
  91. David J Grenier – 2016 Top Twelve Photographs of the Year
  92. Drake Dyck – Wild Drake Photography
  93. Morkel Erasmus – Sixteen Scenes from 2016
  94. Mike Christoferson – 2016 – One Month at a Time
  95. Annika Ruohonen – Annika Ruohonen Photography
  96. Derek Fogg – Year in Review – 2016 – Scotland Bottom to Top
  97. Bryan William Jones – Jonesblog
  98. Alan Dahl – 2016 Favorite Photos
  99. Robin Mayoff – RHM Images
  100. Peter Knott – 2016 Favourites
  101. Jackson Frishman – Favorites of 2016
  102. Earl Robicheaux – Naturesetude Top 10 Images of 2016
  103. Mark Hespenheide – 2016-Favorites
  104. Andrew Thomas – USA National Parks 2016
  105. Vladimir Vozdvizhenskiy – 2016 Top 10
  106. Nick Fitzhardinge – 2016 – a review
  107. John Fujimagari – The Stentorian Image
  108. Larry Millican – The Annual Ten
  109. Mike “Mish” Shedlock – Top 15 Iceland
  110. Carl Donohue – Expeditions Alaska
  111. Carol Schiraldi – Best of 2016 – My Top Images
  112. Catalin – My favourite shots of 2016
  113. Frank Klug – Favorite Photos of 2016
  114. Tony Wu – Favorite Photos of 2016
  115. Josh Meier – Best of 2016
  116. Mark Graf – 2016 – A Year of Leaves
  117. Richard Valenti – Best of 2016
  118. Tori Bateman – Tori:B’s Best of 2016
  119. Milan Hutera – 2016 In Pictures
  120. Malcolm Andrews – The Aerial Horizon
  121. Helly Sellers – What a year!
  122. Dean Foster – My Best Photos of 2016
  123. Ron Niebrugge – My Photo Blog – Niebrugge Images
  124. Navin Sarma – Navin Sarma Photography
  125. Daniel Leu – Favorites 2016
  126. Scott Thomas – Views Infinitum
  127. Scott McGee – Under Pressure Photography
  128. Suzy Walker-Toye – My Best Underwater Photos of 2016
  129. Anne McKinnell – Top 10 Landscape Photos of 2016
  130. David Leland Hyde/Landscape Photography Blogger – Favorite Photographs of 2016
  131. Mike Cleron – 2016 Favorites
  132. Lon Overacker – Lon’s Favorites of 2016
  133. Bill Evans – My Favorite Images of 2016
  134. Rob Weir – Rob Weir Photography
  135. Jim Campbell – Best of 2016
  136. Neil Corman – Ten Images from 2016 by Neil Corman
  137. Duffy Knox – Top 10 of 2016
  138. Dayne Reast – 2016 Highlights
  139. Phyllis Whitman Hunter – Phyllis Whitman Hunter Photography
  140. Sara M. Skinner Photography – My Top 10 Favorites of 2016
  141. Steve Cole – The Last Stands – 9 Saved Places
  142. Sue Shuey – Overall Best of 2016
  143. Bob Blesse – Best Images of 2016
  144. Andrew S. Gibson – Creative Exercise: Your Best Ten Images From 2016
  145. James Bruce Schwabach – “Portfolio of Images From White Sands
  146. David Maurer – 2016 Best Photos
  147. Holly Davison – Holly Davison’s Best of 2016
  148. Maxim Nekrasov – Creationings
  149. Sarah Marino – Nature Photo Guides
  150. Ron Coscorrosa – Nature Photo Guides
  151. Paul Rosenblum – 2016 Best 10 Underwater
  152. Dave Wilson – Best of 2016
  153. Colleen Miniuk-Sperry – CMS Photography – Colleen Miniuk-Sperry Photography: Favorite Photos From 2016
  154. Brenda Ahearn – 2016 Favorites
  155. Bryn Tassell – Bryn Tassell Favourites of 2016
  156. Harold Klein – Best of 2016
  157. Robin Black – My 10 Best of 2016
  158. Adam Elliott – My “Best” Photos of 2016
  159. Tommy Lim Kang Wen – Milky Way and Aurora Australis in Lake Tekapo
  160. Photography by Vidya – Best of 2016 by Vidya Narasimhan
  161. Navin Sarma – Navin Sarma Photography
  162. Greg Clure – Best of 2016
  163. Michael Frye – My Top Photographs of 2016
  164. Pat Ulrich – Favorite Photographs of 2016
  165. Stephen L. Kapp – Top 10 Images of 2016
  166. G Dan Mitchell – 2016 Favorite Photographs
  167. Pablo SÌÁnchez – Pablo SÌÁnchez Landscape photography
  168. El Paisaje Perfecto – El Paisaje Perfecto
  169. Deirdre Ryan – My Personal Favorite Images Of 2016

Have a great 2017!

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Timelapse Tour: Watch How Cities Grow Between 1984 to 2016

07 Jan

[ By SA Rogers in Culture & History & Travel. ]

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Human civilization has grown and expanded at an amazing rate – or alarming, depending on who you ask – and you can watch the last 32 years of it unfold via satellite imagery thanks to Google’s Timelapse feature. Originally released in 2013, Timelapse has been updated to add four more years of data and tons of new imagery data from two new satellites, offering clearer views with more detail than ever before. Choose any location in the world to see how it has changed – from cities to the shrinking ice caps.

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Some of the most dramatic changes have occurred in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Dubai and Chongqing, China, but you can also watch the Aral Sea dry up and the Shirase Glacier of Antarctica melt into the sea.

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Miami, Florida

Beijing, China

Las Vegas, Nevada

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Hangzhou, China

Look for the location of your choice and create your own annual time lapse at Google’s Time Engine Tour Editor.

Time Travel in China: Photos Reveal A Century of Dramatic Growth

Few nations have experienced quite the explosive rate of growth over the last century as China, and a new photo series shows us just how dramatic those changes actually look on the ground. …

DIY Hyperlapse: Make Your Own Timelapse Motion Pictures

You may have seen this amazing animation and thought it took an impossible amount of work to create, but there are multiple sites tools, and do-it-yourself tutorials that greatly simplify the …

Shanghai Tower Timelapse Film Captures 4 Years of Construction

The second-tallest building in the world seems to appear out of nowhere, shooting into the sky as if of its own accord, in this stunning time-lapse video of the skyline in Lujiazui, China taken …

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Best Photos of 2016 by Jim M. Goldstein

06 Jan

As is customary I spend the end/beginning of the year reviewing my best photos of the year. This year I had less time to focus on personal projects than in years past, but one thing that I’ve continued to focus on is making the outdoor experience as fun as possible for my boys who are now 6 and 2. Considering both ask regularly to go camping and explore new areas I’d say that project is a great success. My photo projects as of late have been seasonally focused with most of my “best of photos” taken in the first half of 2016. Unfortunately 2016 wasn’t the best year for our family with much of our travel plans devoted to being with a terminally ill family member who passed in the Fall. 2016 was a bittersweet year to say the least with our outdoor and family travels. With some luck 2017 will be more sweet than bitter.

This year I’ve split my best photos of the year into two categories: Landscape & Nature and Family. On the Landscape & Nature front I’ve continued to use ultra-wide lenses and long exposure techniques. Family photos have been taken with ultra-wide lenses for fun distortion effects and fast 50mm lenses to freeze my blazingly fast kids in action.

With out further delay here are my best of the year…

Landscape & Nature

A moonbow spans across upper Yosemite Falls with passing clouds and Half Dome in view.

A moonbow spans across upper Yosemite Falls with passing clouds and Half Dome in view.

This particular photo was taken on a late night shoot focused on timelapse footage of moonbows at Upper Yosemite Falls. After capturing a few sequences I hiked further up the trail to capture this view before calling it a night at 2 or 3 AM in the morning.

Fog flows through the trees below Mount Tamalpais and over the Pacific Ocean

Fog flows through the trees below Mount Tamalpais and over the Pacific Ocean

Taken as part of a Canon 5D Mark IV camera review on my All Things Photo YouTube channel. This photo was taken with my old Canon 5D Mark II. With a lot of photographers swarming about the hillside I was pleasantly surprised to capture the ghost of one in this long exposure shot.

Morning light on Yosemite Falls amidst rising winter fog - Yosemite National Park

Morning light on Yosemite Falls amidst rising winter fog – Yosemite National Park

Several of my trips to Yosemite in 2016 were family focused. On this trip to see snow in Yosemite valley, photography took a backseat to enjoying the conditions with my oldest son. That said I did sneak in a few DSLR photos and this was one. Later on this very morning I cross paths with several photographer friends taking in a similar view.

Dogwood Blossom, Yosemite National Park

Dogwood Blossom, Yosemite National Park

While I love snow in Yosemite Valley I’m quickly starting to think that April Dogwood blooms are perhaps the most beautiful event in the valley. It’s debatable. This image was taken with a Canon 5DS R during a beautiful Yosemite Dogwood bloom. While not visible in this web sized version of the photo the level of detail the Canon 5DS R provides is amazing.

Fog Rises Above Yosemite Valley

Fog Rises Above Yosemite Valley

I seldom head to Tunnel View with the idea of taking any serious images, but deep in the back of my mind I know that you can never discount what unique weather conditions might yield. For fun I headed to this location with my son so he could take in the view. It didn’t take long to realize the melting snow was creating quiet a show with fog wafting about. I set up a quick timelapse and this is one image from the sequence. I was not disappointed with the resulting footage.

Family

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This makes it to the top of my family best photos as it captures the enthusiasm of my oldest son has for being out and about in the snow with me. It’s always fun to view the world through his unfiltered natural curiosity.

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I was blown away by the great reaction my youngest son had on his first trip to Yosemite. With in the first 2 hours of our Spring trip he saw deer, waterfalls and giant trees. He could hardly contain himself after seeing deer and the rest of the trip he was reminding me to be quite by saying, “Shhhh! Quiet. Deer.” He also was quick to wake me up at 5am the next day throwing his shoe at my forehead saying, “More outside!”

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B age 5 5/6 and G 1 11/12 old

Just a fun photo of both my boys running, laughing and being in the moment in San Francisco.

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No trip is complete to the snow with out building a snowman.

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Introducing my oldest to the concept of forced perspective. Surprisingly he picked up on this quite fast and was pitching ideas for photos at other iconic locations including holding Half Dome in his hand at Glacier Point.

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Fun at California Academy of Science with the whole family in their aquarium tunnel.

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Readers’ Choice Awards 2016: the winners

05 Jan

Readers’ Choice Awards 2016: The Winners

At the end of last year we asked you to vote for the best cameras and lenses of 2016. Across two rounds of voting DPReview readers did just that, selecting the top overall photography products of the year. With more than 40,000 votes in multiple categories, the final poll closed at midnight on New Years’ eve. So without further ado, find out which products made the final cut for Best Product of 2016.

Runner-up: Nikon AF-S 105mm F1.4E

In third place in our final poll is the Nikon AF-S 105mm F1.4E, just edging out the Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100mm F4 with 8.2% of the vote. We love this lens for the results it can deliver, especially for portraits.

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Runner-up: Fujifilm X-T2

In the runner-up position, coming second in our final poll is the Fujifilm X-T2. We really like the Fujifilm X-T2 and it’s clear that you feel the same. The X-T2 also took the runner-up spot in our poll for best high-end / professional ILC.

Learn more about the Fujifilm X-T2 

Winner: Nikon D500

It was our Product of the Year and now that the votes have been counted, we know it was yours too. Taking home a full quarter of the final vote (25.4% for the pedants) the D500 was a clear winner, pipping the X-T2 to take first place in our poll. If you’d read this far, you already know why. The D500 is one of the most capable DSLRs we’ve ever reviewed, and its price and capability make it arguably the best enthusiast ILC on the market. 

Thanks to everyone that voted, and we hope that you’re all looking forward to more great gear in 2017!

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18 of the Most Popular Portrait Articles on dPS in 2016

04 Jan

Earlier this week we shared some other popular articles from 2016. Check those out here:

  • Top Gear Related Articles of 2016
  • 15 of the Most Popular Landscape Photography Articles of 2016

To continue on with the best of, let’s take a look at portrait articles. Here are some of the most-read to help you with your portrait photography.

18 of the Most Popular Portrait Articles on dPS in 2016

  1. 11 Steps for Basic Portrait Editing in Lightroom; A Beginner’s Guide
  2. How to Avoid Fake Smiles in Your People Photography
  3. Good Crop Bad Crop; How to Crop Portraits
  4. How to Make Colors Pop in Your Portraits; Without Using Photoshop
  5. 24 Portrait Lighting Setups [Cheat Sheet]
  6. How to Pose and Angle the Body for Better Portraits
  7. How to Create Awesome Portrait Lighting with a Paper Bag an Elastic Band and a Chocolate Donut
  8. 5 Tips for Taking Better Portraits in Nature
  9. How to Use Portrait Angles More Creatively: A Visual Guide
  10. How to Find Great Backgrounds for Outdoor Portraits
  11. 5 Secrets for Finding Great Indoor Portrait Locations
  12. 10 Tips for Doing Your First Family Portrait Session
  13. How to Do a One Light Portrait Setup and Use it as Your Back-up Plan
  14. Tips for Taking Candid Portraits of People
  15. Comparing a 24mm Versus 50mm Lens for Photographing People
  16. 8 Tips to Help Make People Comfortable for Their Portrait Session
  17. Photographing People: To do Styled Portraits or Not?
  18. 10 Tips to Help You Create Unique Storytelling People Photos
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You can also look at our ebook by dPS author Gina Milicia – Portraits Making the Shot. Or grab the entire portrait collection by Gina including hours of video training for 76% off(until 31st Dec only!). Click here for the ebook or here for the bundle.

 

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Some of the Best Beginner Photography Tips of 2016

04 Jan

Earlier this week we shared some other popular articles from 2016. Check those out here:

  • Top Gear Related Articles of 2016
  • 15 of the Most Popular Landscape Photography Articles of 2016
  • 18 of the Most Popular Portrait Articles on dPS in 2016

Now it’s time to take a look at some photography basics. These are some of the best beginner photography tips we ran on dPS in 2016. If you just got your camera recently, or even for Christmas, these will be a good place for you to dig in and get started.

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  • How To Find Your Lens’ Sweet Spot: A Beginner’s Guide to Sharper Images
  • How to Understand the Mysteries of ISO for Beginners
  • Beginner’s Guide to Water Droplet Photography
  • Histograms for Beginners
  • How to Photograph Sun Flares: 14 Tips for Beginners
  • A Beginner’s Guide to Doing Black and White Photography
  • 5 Tips for Getting Started with Wildlife Photography for Beginners
  • 13 Snow Photography Tips: A Beginner’s Guide
  • Beginner’s Guide to Doing DSLR Video Clips
  • An Exercise to Learn and Practice Shutter Speed at Home
  • 12 Common Newbie Photography Mistakes to Avoid
  • 10 Things Nobody Tells Photography Newbies
  • Common Photography Mistakes Newbies Make and How to Avoid Them
  • Camera Modes Explained for Newbies
  • How to Overcome 6 Common Newbie Photography Fears
  • How to Use Exposure Compensation to Take Control of Your Exposure
  • How to Use the Zone System to Learn about Metering and Exposure Compensation
  • Do These 5 Quick Exercises to Learn What Your New Camera Can Do
  • Your Next Purchases After You Get a New Camera

 

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You can also check out our ebook for beginners: Photo Nuts and Bolts.

OR our online course Photo Nuts and Bolts here.

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That’s a lot of reading for you. Tomorrow I’ll dig up some post-processing tips if you think you’re ready to tackle that subject.

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Most-Read Post-Processing Articles of 2016

04 Jan

This week we have shared some other popular articles from 2016. Check those out here:

  • Top Gear Related Articles of 2016
  • 15 of the Most Popular Landscape Photography Articles of 2016
  • 18 of the Most Popular Portrait Articles on dPS in 2016
  • Some of the Best Beginner Photography Tips of 2016

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Now, I’m going to shift gears to talk about post-processing. From 2016 here are some of the most-read articles on post-processing including Lightroom, Photoshop, and other options.

Lightroom

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  • Lightroom Quick Post-Processing Tips for Landscape Photography
  • 11 Steps for Basic Portrait Editing in Lightroom; A Beginner’s Guide
  • 5 Lightroom Develop Module Secrets Revealed
  • 4 Steps to Make Your Images Pop in Lightroom
  • Total Beginner’s Guide to Lightroom; Step by Step
  • 13 Steps for Editing Street Photography in Lightroom from Start to Finish
  • How to Make Your Photos Shine Using Clarity, Sharpening, and Dehaze in Lightroom
  • 4 Key Lightroom Sliders That Will Supercharge Your Photos
  • 5 Tips for Using the Lightroom Adjustment Brush Tool
  • The 6 Most Important Things You Need to Know about Lightroom’s Develop Module
  • Step by Step How to Make a Moody Desaturated Image in Lightroom
  • Understanding the HSL Panel in Lightroom for Beginners
  • Step by Step How to Use HDR Merge in Lightroom
  • 4 Batch Processing Techniques to Speed Up Your Workflow in Lightroom
  • Solving the Biggest Newbie Confusions with Lightroom by Phil Steele
  • How to Use Lightroom’s Transform and Crop Tools to Improve Composition
  • How to Size and Export Images from Lightroom for Facebook and Print
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Have a look at our dPS Lightroom preset packs here.

Or our Lightroom Mastery online course.

Or our Lightroom Mastery online course.

Photoshop

  • adobe_photoshop_cs6_icon-svgHow to Create a Silky Water Effect in Post-Processing without Using Filters or a Tripod
  • How to Cut Out the Subject From the Background in Photoshop
  • How to Enhance Urban Night Photographs Using Luminosity Masks in Photoshop
  • How to Create a Dramatic Cinematic Style Portrait Using Photoshop Color Grading
  • Getting Started with Layer Masks in Photoshop; a Beginner’s Tutorial
  • How to Enhance Portraits Using Gray Layers to Dodge and Burn in Photoshop
  • How to Create Bokeh In-camera and Using Photoshop
  • 3 Quick Photoshop Edits You Need to Know
  • 2 Simple Methods for Adding Color to Your Images Using Photoshop
  • How to Make a Little Planet Using Photoshop
  • How to Use Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop to Make Your Landscape Images Pop
  • How to Blend in Adjustments Using Layer Masking in Photoshop
  • How to Use the Channel Mixer in Photoshop to Change Colors in Your Images
  • 3 Methods for Converting to Black and White Using Photoshop

Both (ACR) or Other

  • An Overview of Google’s Nik Collection Filters for Post-Processing
  • 4 Quick Ways to Add a Vignette to Your Images in Post-Processing
  • Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheets
  • Software Review: Macphun Creative Kit 2016
  • The 5 Best Google Nik Color Efex Pro 4 Filters and How They Can Amplify Your Images
  • Top 5 Nik Collection Filters to Improve Your Landscape Photos
  • How to Sharpen Your Photos using Lightroom and Nik Efex

We also had a good discussion about whether or not you should process your photos here: To Process or Not To Process? Let’s Discuss.

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Top Street and Travel Photography Tips of 2016

04 Jan

This week we have shared some other popular articles from 2016. Check those out here:

  • Top Gear Related Articles of 2016
  • 15 of the Most Popular Landscape Photography Articles of 2016
  • 18 of the Most Popular Portrait Articles on dPS in 2016
  • Some of the Best Beginner Photography Tips of 2016
  • Most-Read Post-Processing Articles of 2016

In this last annual round-up, I have gathered some of the top street, and travel photography articles of the year for you, and as a bonus some other miscellaneous topics as well. We will be back to our normal schedule of two articles per day tomorrow.

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Street photography

  •  23 Quick Tips for Street Photography or Your Next Photo Walk
  • The Uncomfortable Truth About Street Photography
  • 13 Steps for Editing Street Photography in Lightroom from Start to Finish
  • An Introduction to Street Photography for New Photographers
  • How to Choose the Best Lens for Travel and Street Photography
  • 7 Common Mistakes That Newbie Street Photographers Make
  • How the Square Format Can Enhance Your Street Photography
  • 8 Advanced Street Photography Tips to Get You to the Next Level
  • Pros and Cons of a Telephoto Lens for Street Photography?
  • 9 Tips for Creating Great Street Portraitsultimate-street-photo-guide

Ultimate Guide to Street Photography – free PDF download

Remember you can also get the dPS The Ultimate Guide to Street Photography here. Download it as a free PDF to keep with you as a reference when you go out shooting.

Travel photography

  • 7 Travel Photography Mistakes to Avoid
  • Travel Photography Simplified: 4 Changes that Made me a Better Photographer
  • 7 Common Mistakes That Could be Ruining Your Travel Photos
  • How to Use a Travel Photography Shot List to Come Home with Better Photos
  • My Favourite Travel Lens; The Tamron 28-300mm
  • 10 Tips To Help You Capture Sellable Travel Stock Photos
  • Travel People Photography – Tips and Pitfalls
  • 10 Tips For Food Photography When Travelling
  • 6 Tips for How to be a Culturally Sensitive Travel Photographer
  • 7 Reasons Why a Tripod is a Travel Photographer’s Best Friend
  • How to Travel Safely with Your Camera Gear
  • 5 Lessons Learned While Using a Kit Lens for Travel Photography
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Also available is our SnapnTravel ebook. Get it here.

Other topics

  • Behind the Scenes of Marvellous Macro Insect Imagery
  • Quick Overview of How to do Macro Photography
  • Macro Photography on a Budget: An introduction to Close-up Filters
  • How to Get Stunning Macro Photos with Your Mobile Phone
  • Tips for Abstract Macro Photography; Using Texture and Light
  • 5 Must-Have Lenses for Wedding Photographers and Why
  • 4 Easy and Unique Ways to Light and Photograph Wedding Rings
  • Wedding Photography; Just How Specialized is it?
  • 10 Fundamental Tips for Newbies in the Wedding Photography Business
  • 10 Tips for Photographing Great Headshots
  • How to Edit Corporate Headshots in Lightroom
  • The Secret to Finding the Hero Angle in Food Photography
  • 5 Tips for More Professional-Looking Food Photography
  • 8 Tips for Food Photography Newbies
  • How to Take Cool Food Photos in Your Refrigerator
  • 10 Ideas to Instantly Improve Your Photography Composition
  • 6 Advanced Composition Techniques to Improve Your Photos
  • 4 Steps to Creating Images With More Meaningful Composition

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Around the world in 10 videos: 2016 Field Tests

02 Jan
DPReview’s Carey Rose, doing what he does best. Staring at women. In this case, rodeo Queens at a rodeo in Nyssa, Oregon, during a DPReview Field Test of the Canon EOS-1D X Mark II.

DPReview has been around the world in 2016, from the deserts of the Southwest to the lush jungles of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsular. We’ve used everything from enthusiast compacts to high-end professional DSLRs, and along the way we’ve met some amazing photographers. 

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You can check out the full series at the ^ link ^ right ^ there ^ but in this article, I want to take you back through the ten videos that we’ve published this year, and hopefully in the process, let you share a little in some of the sights, the sounds and the smells of DPReview’s Year in Field Tests. OK, not the smells, but definitely the other things.

Before we continue, I am legally obligated to let you know that all of the videos featured on this page are sponsored content, made possible with the support of Amazon and the manufactures featured in the videos. Click here for more information about DPReview sponsored content.

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February: Sony Cyber-shot RX100 IV in the Yucatan

Shot at the end of last year, this Field Test, featuring Sony’s Cyber-shot RX100 IV was one of our most ambitious. Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsular is a beautiful place, full of amazing scenery, vivid history, and corner shops that sell antibiotics over the counter to weak-stomached gringos. 

We took advantage of all of these things during our trip, and as a bonus, you get to see me try to speak Spanish. Just be grateful for what you don’t get to see me doing.

March: Canon PowerShot G5 X on the Olympic Peninsula

Even on a grey weekend in early spring, the Olympic Peninsular is still a stunningly beautiful place. In this video, featuring the Canon PowerShot G5 X, DPReview writer Carey Rose spent a couple of days bro-ing down hard with local photographer and keen fisherman Kyle Johnson.

A little bit of trivia for you – this video actually breaks the world record for most amount of plaid featured in the least amount of screen-time. If you have trouble telling some of the men in this video apart from one another, don’t worry – so do I, and I know all of them.

April: Claire Bangser and the Olympus PEN-F

In April, we headed to Mississippi with the Olympus PEN-F, where Editorial Manager Wenmei Hill joined New Orleans-based photographer Claire Bangser on the Blues Trail. Claire and Wenmei spent a couple of days on the trail, photographing the local sights and people of the area. And yes – they used all the Art Filters. 

May: Shooting stars with the Nikon D810 & D810A

In May, we cast our eyes skywards. In this Field Test, DPReview’s Dale Baskin joined astrophotographer José Francisco Salgado in Death Valley, for a celestial shoot with Nikon’s D810 and D810A. One of the things I like most about this video is the way that José says ‘stars’. It’s hard to explain – you’ll just have to watch it.

May: Building a kayak with the Canon EOS 80D

While Dale was star-gazing in Death Valley, I was closer to home, learning how to make a traditional Greenland-style skin-on-frame kayak, in Seattle. I documented the entire process using the Canon EOS 80D. I’m proud to say that despite the countless mistakes, including several holes drilled in the wrong place, Aril still floats.  

July: DPReview goes to the rodeo with the Canon EOS-1D X Mark II

From slow, methodical action to fast, energetic action. In July, we drove down to Nyssa Oregon, with Canon’s professional flagship DSLR, the EOS-1D X Mark II, to cover the annual ‘Nite Rodeo’. This one is worth watching just for the sight of me and Carey wearing cowboy hats. Quote of the trip, from a rodeo spectator: ‘Y’all sure as hell don’t look like cowboys’. 

September: Shooting Action with the Nikon D5

DPReview’s Technical Editor Rishi Sanyal is a super-nerd. Given a chance, he’ll talk your ear off about everything from signal-to-noise ratio to smart lightbulbs. But what he’s probably most nerdy about is autofocus. In this video, featuring the Nikon D5, Rishi gets to indulge his AF obsession for almost 15 minutes. You’re welcome, Internet.

October: Birds in flight with the Nikon D500

In October, we traveled to Montana with the Nikon D500, to join wildlife photographer and friend to the wolves Ronan Donovan, at a nature reserve. It was a short, packed shoot, the dubious highlight of which was when I got dive-bombed by a hawk.

Fun fact: this is the only DPReview Field Test to feature a moose.

Wedding photography with the Fujifilm X-T2

Guemas Island is a tiny dot on a map of the Pacific Northwest, but it’s one of the most beautiful spots for a daytrip, weekend getaway, or a wedding. In this Field Test, Carey and Wenmei took the Fujifilm X-T2 to Guemas Island to document a very special day. Carey really covered himself in glory on this one, by forgetting to shoot Raw.

Dog Portraits with the Sony a6300

They say that dogs are man’s best friend. They also say you should never work with animals. Who are ‘they’ anyway, and where do they get their sayings? We may never know. In this video, Sam Spencer took Sony’s a6300 to a dog adoption shelter, to shoot some professional portraits of their canine residents. I’ll remember this shoot because it was the closest I’ve ever come to adopting an animal. See if you can spot which dog melted my heart.

Anyway – this video is cute. You should show it to your mum.

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2016 DPReview Readers’ Best Shots: Things

01 Jan

2016 DPReview Readers’ Best Shots: Things

Collembola (Springtail) under a drop of water. Central Park, Burnaby. Sony A6000, Sigma E60mm F2.8, 42mm extension tube. Photo by Don White

Picking your favorite image is never an easy task. Nevertheless, our readers were up to the challenge when we asked them to submit their best shots of 2016. We received a huge number of submissions, and it was no small job picking favorites. We didn’t need the reminder, but it underscored just how talented our readership is. Photos were divided into three categories and we settled on a small selection to feature in each.

This category, ‘things,’ is admittedly a little ambiguous. With apologies to our feathered and furry friends, animals fell into this category, as did just about anything else that isn’t a landscape or a portrait. We tried to include a variety of subjects, and there were many excellent images submitted – check them all out here and here.

A huge thanks to everyone that participated and gave us a chance to see your work!

2016 DPReview Readers’ Best Shots: Things

Brooklyn, N.Y. Olympus E-M1, Lumix G Vario 12-35mm F2.8. Photo by GarySloman

2016 DPReview Readers’ Best Shots: Things

Taken on April 1st 2016 in the evening during the Silverstone 24hr Race. I wasn’t accredited so this was taken through the fence. I used an extremely slow shutter speed to blur the unsightly background and add a sense of movement. Fujifilm X-T10 & XF100-400mm F4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR. 100mm. Shutter Priority @ 1/15sec. Photo by ChrisH37

2016 DPReview Readers’ Best Shots: Things

Photo was taken in aviashow near Mazeikiai city, Lithuania. Sony Alpha a7R II, Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS. 1/6400sec, 70.0mm, F4, ISO 200. Photo by Razabaitas

2016 DPReview Readers’ Best Shots: Things

A warehouse emergency exit shot in Reze, France, On July 6th this year. Nikon D5500, 16-80mm F2.8-4. Shot at 16mm, ISO 100, F6.3, 1/1600sec. Photo by UneVache

2016 DPReview Readers’ Best Shots: Things

Taken in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico. In this lagoon a few mother and calf grey whale pairs will come up to the fishermen’s boats to play which normally means getting you wet. I took this shot with a Panasonic FT5 waterproof compact (as I said, you get wet!) which I held over the side as a calf surfaced on its side alongside the boat. The camera was at maximum wide angle. Photo by Chris Ryan

2016 DPReview Readers’ Best Shots: Things

Memories of summer 2016 taken with a Panasonic kit lens 12-32mm on a Olympus Pen E-PL7. Photo by mjdundee

2016 DPReview Readers’ Best Shots: Things

I made this photo during a late-August visit to northern Arizona’s Mormon Lake. This was one of four juvenile red-tailed hawks riding the summer breeze above the east rim overlooking the lake. This one was quite curious and soared in, close, to size me up for a late-day snack. When I got home and started going through the exposures, I was hoping this one didn’t cut off any tail feathers. As it turned out the framing was just about perfect and the result is the uncropped image above.

Nikon D610 with Nikkor 200-500 F5.6E VR at 500mm, F5.6, ISO 1100, 1/2000sec, with +2/3-stop exposure comp. Photo by Bill Ferris

2016 DPReview Readers’ Best Shots: Things

After decades in front of the main Hamburg Art Gallery, this Sculpture has found it’s new place inside the halls. I took this photo with my Canon 6D, a Sigma 24mm art lens. 1/30sec, F8.0, ISO 1000. Photo by moehh

2016 DPReview Readers’ Best Shots: Things

A kind of beetle when it was about to fall off the corner Nikon D90, Nikkor MF 50mm F1.4, Hama closeup filter. 1/20sec, F5.6, ISO 100. Photo by Netmsm

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