One of the ways in which you can minimize the amount of work you need to do in post-processing is to calibrate your camera. Many digital photographers are familiar with calibrating their computer monitor to help them get accurate results when adjusting images. But few think of calibrating their camera. Professional travel photographer Steve Davey explains why and how to set up a custom profile. Learn more
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Last week we announced a brand new dPS eBook – Loving Landscapes: a Guide to Landscape Photography Workflow and Post-Processing with the early bird discount of 33% off what will be its normal price.
We’re really pleased both with the eBook and how it helps readers improve their Landscape Photography Post Processing – but also the feedback it is already getting.
Here’s what one of our readers – Belinda said:
“Thanks for this ebook. I downloaded it at 11pm last night moments after getting your email and was up until 3am reading it and practicing the techniques inside using Lightroom.
While it was a later night than expected I was amazed at the results on some of my old landscape shots that I’d not paid enough post processing attention to.”
Given the fantastic response to this eBook, we’re going to celebrate by giving you the chance to win $ 1500 of photographic gear and/or post processing software to help you improve your photography.
To further celebrate the launch of this new eBook we’re putting a $ 1,500 prize up for grabs.
One lucky owner of Loving Landscapes will be randomly drawn to win $ 1,500 USD to spend on either some new post-processing software (Lightroom/Photoshop etc) or some new camera gear (a lens, tripod, camera etc). You can choose what to spend the $ 1,500 on depending upon your needs.
Entries close midnight on the 9th of May EST, so make sure you have your copy ordered before then.
Note: If you ordered a copy last week then congrats, you’re already entered.
Based upon previous competitions I know we’ll get a number of questions so here are some FAQs:
Buy Living Landscapes before Thursday 9th May and you get:
We’ll draw and notify the winner on the 9th May and then publish their name here on the dPS blog. If the winner doesn’t respond within 7 days we’ll draw another winner and publish their name on the blog.
Pick up a copy of Loving Landscapes today.
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Win an Olympus E-M10 Camera from Macphun! Every photo entrant receives a prize!!!
Over the last several years here at dPS, we’ve run some very popular competitions. This week, we are very happy to bring you our latest photo contest, “Get Outside and Shoot” from Macphun, makers of award winning photo apps for Mac OS!
For this competition, Macphun is giving away a Grand Prize of an Olympus E-M10 Camera, photo submissions published on canvas, and Macphun photo apps of your choosing! Plus, EVERY entrant will receive a complimentary copy of ColorStrokes for Mac – an award winning photo application!
These five prizes are designed to be helpful for every level of photographer, so don’t wait to enter. Here’s what you could win:
Anything you see outside is already a perfect subject. So take your camera or a smartphone, get outside, find the best angle and shoot. All you need to do is submit your photos to our photo contest and check back on weekly basis: we will be awarding prizes each Wednesday throughout the contest timeframe.
Deadline is Wednesday May 21, 2014, 12:00 a.m. PDT (PST). Photos submitted after deadline will not be considered.
The Grand Winner will get a shiny new and amazing Olympus E-M10 camera!
There are also very cool prizes for runners-up, and a guaranteed gift for everyone who enters. Just remember, these will work with your Mac OS only. Sorry Windows users.
You can submit your photo on here. The contest is called “Get Outside and Shoot”, so we urge you to submit images that are on topic, as others will not qualify. You can submit up to three different images.
Every entrant will receive a free copy of ColorStrokes for Mac – award-winning photo app by Macphun Software . The Macphun team will email you the app (download link and serial code) 2-3 days after your first submission. There will be only one app per entrant. Learn more about Macphun photography software here.
Macphun is passionate about photography! They develop software that inspires photographers of all levels to create the most stunning pictures ever. You capture the moments, Macphun products help you to unveil the real beauty of an image.
Disclaimer: Macphun is a paid partner of dPS.
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Lytro has unveiled the Illum light field camera, its first new hardware since the original Lytro launched more than two years ago. Like its predecessor, the Illum captures information about the angle from which light has arrived, allowing it to calculate images with different perspective and focus. The biggest change is the use of a much larger sensor: now a 1″ type, rather than 1/3″ type usually found in smartphones. Learn more
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Ever wanted to shoot with the incredible image quality of large-format 4″x5″ film? Well now you can without lugging around a massive view camera. Wanderlust’s Travelwide 4×5 camera is small enough to go wherever you go. At 6.3 x 3.9 x 5 inches and 9.7 ounces it’s relatively compact and definitely lightweight. Constructed of glass-filled ABS plastic, the point-and-shoot camera features a focusing screen, focusing marks on the barrel, and a trio of cold shoe accessory mounts. Learn more
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So far Google’s in-house camera app has only been available on Nexus devices but now a new version of the app is available to anyone in the Google Play Store. The app only works on devices running Android Kitkat 4.4 but Google is planning to make it work on older versions too. It comes with a minimalist design and a brand new feature called Lens Blur to simulate shallow depth-of-field. Learn more
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If you are the kind of person who gets uncomfortable at the thought of somebody recording you on Google Glass, the search company’s latest patent application will probably make you feel even more uneasy. In January Google announced its smart contact lens project and now has filed a patent application for a micro camera module to go with the smart lenses. Learn more
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AJA has announced the Cion – a production camera featuring a 4K APS-C sized sensor – at NAB in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is AJA Video System’s first camera, the company being known primarily as a manufacturer of video interface and conversion products. The camera accepts lenses with a PL mount and records to a single proprietary SSD drive. Learn more
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Camera Raw 8.4 is now available as a final release for Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC. Lightroom 5.4 is also now on Adobe.com and available through the update mechanism in the application. The updates include bug fixes, new features and support for a number of new cameras such as the Nikon D4s and D3300, Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II, Olympus OM-D E-M10 and Fujifilm X-T1. Learn more
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