Dontcha hate it when your bride-and-groom portrait gets photo-bombed?
Okay, maybe not if it's by a Beluga whale. And for Vancouver wedding photographer (and Strobist reader) Vivian Chung, this well-planned cameo was no accident.
Complicating things, she only had a little time—and a key technical restriction—to make this shot.
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Last week on dPS our reader poll asked readers if they’d ever done any kind of photography training (a class or course). The results from over 66,000 readers are in and interestingly over 60% of us have never done any formal training (whether it be online or offline).
Those of you who have done some training – what was it and how did you find it?
Those of you who have never done any training – where did you learn? Was it just through practice, magazines, websites, friends, books… or something else?
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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How Many dPS Readers Have Had Photography Training? POLL RESULTS
The Smithsonian Magazine is calling on readers to vote in its 10th annual Reader’s Choice Award. Voters can select their favorite photo from among 50 finalists. This year’s contest received 37,600 entries from 112 countries. The Magazine’s editors will also select winners for five additional categories – Altered Images, American Experience, Natural World, People and Travel. Voting is open through March 29, 2013. Click through for the link and to view some of the finalist’s images.
This year the Best Photos of 2012 blog project hit a new milestone with 300 entries, topping the results for best photos of 2011, best photos of 2010, best photos of 2009, best photos of 2008 and best photos of 2007! Participants spanned a spectrum of skill levels from hobbyists to professionals and covered a wide variety of genres including landscape, macro, nature, photojournalism, portraiture, event, wildlife, fine art photography and more. There are likely many names you’ll recognize below, some famous, and many others you won’t. I highly recommend visiting each entry as I have. Even after 6 years of running this blog project I’m blown away by the talent of those that take part. It is truly inspirational to see so much creativity and beauty. If your curious to see photos I personally enjoyed look out for the entries with *** next to them.
Best Photos of 2012
Thanks to all who took part. Here’s to an even better year of photography in 2013!
Copyright Jim M. Goldstein, All Rights Reserved
Best Photos of 2012 by JMG-Galleries Blog Readers
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Over the last couple of weeks we’ve highlighted the best selling DSLRs and best selling DSLR Lenses among our readers.
Today we’re moving onto best selling* ‘point and shoot‘ cameras. In actual fact ‘point and shoot’ is not the best term for this list as really it is a list of non interchangeable lens cameras and includes compact point and shoots, super zoom cameras and more. So if it is a camera and it doesn’t have an interchangeable lens it’s here.
Here’s the list!
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*Note: these lists were compiled from reports supplied to us from Amazon.com where we are affiliates. One of the ways dPS is able to cover its costs and be a sustainable business is that we earn a small commission when readers make a purchase from Amazon after clicking on our links (including those above). While no personal details are passed on we do get an overall report from Amazon about what was bought and are able to create this list.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips.
The 18 Most Popular Point and Shoot Cameras Among our Readers
Over the weekend we released a list of the 15 most popular DSLRs judged according to what our readers have been buying on Amazon over the last 4 months*. Today we’re turning our attention to the most popular DSLR lenses.
As usual – Canon and Nikon lenses were by far the most popular so I’ve divided them into two lists but I’ve also included a third list of lenses from other manufacturers below.
Normally we don’t see a lot of lenses from other brands purchased but in the last 4 months we’ve noticed a spike in sales of lenses from Signma, Tamron and Tokina who each make quality lenses for DSLRS of different brands – many times at more affordable prices than the equivalent lenses from the main brands. Here’s the ones that we saw decent sales of:
*Note: these lists were compiled from reports supplied to us from Amazon.com where we are affiliates. One of the ways dPS is able to cover its costs and be a sustainable business is that we earn a small commission when readers make a purchase from Amazon after clicking on our links (including those above). While no personal details are passed on we do get an overall report from Amazon about what was bought and are able to create this list.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips.
29 Most Popular DSLR Lenses Among Our Readers
Every few months we like to report back to the dPS community which cameras (and other gear) are most popular with our readers. Today we’re going to take a look at the highest selling DSLRs among our readers over the last 4 months (as ranked by the reports that Amazon gives us*).
As usual you’ll see it is largely a battle between Canon and Nikon (who dominate this class of camera) and that at the top of the list we see entry level DSLRS most popular (mainly due to their price). Further down the list we see more serious (and expensive) contenders.
Note: Amazon currently have some great specials at the moment on cameras and gear as part of their Holiday Promotions.
*Note: this list was compiled from reports supplied to us from Amazon.com where we are affiliates. One of the ways dPS is able to cover its costs and be a sustainable business is that we earn a small commission when readers make a purchase from Amazon after clicking on our links (including those above). While no personal details are passed on we do get an overall report from Amazon about what was bought and are able to create this list.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips.
The 15 Most Popular DSLRS Among Our Readers
Over the last 12 months we’ve reviewed and mentioned a lot of great photographic books (real paper ones) here on dPS.
So today I thought I’d dig into the stats that Amazon give us as to what our readers have purchased after clicking through from our site to showcase the 15 most popular books bought by our readers. Hopefully it gives those of you shopping for presents for photography loving friends and family some ideas!
Check out the current best selling digital photography books on Amazon where they currently have most books at 30-50% off retail price!
Note: dPS earns a small commission if you purchase one of these books after clicking on one of the above links. This helps our site sustain itself – we appreciate your support!
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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The Most Popular Digital Photography Books of 2012 [Among dPS Readers]
Last month we asked our readers whether they were planning on buying a new camera? Just over 28,000 readers responded and the results are now in!
Looks like 55% of our readers will have a new camera in their camera bag in the next 12 months!
If you are one of them – which one will it be?
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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55% of dPS Readers Will Have a New Camera in the next Year
What does your dream camera look like? One of our more enterprising readers has sketched-out what his would look like – creating an interesting contemporary rangefinder concept. Bristling with Nikon F4-inspired manual controls, each dial and switch also has a ‘neutral’ position to allow the on-screen interface settings to take precedence. Easycass acknowledges the concept may not be entirely possible – an ‘ultra-fast’ 24-105mm lens would dictate a fairly small sensor, and autofocus rangefinders have never exactly been commonplace – but it raises questions the question: ‘What would your perfect camera be?’
