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Our new Nikon D780 gallery takes you to the Canadian Rockies for photos mountains, people and, of course, a couple of ducks. Because who doesn’t love ducks?
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The post Weekly Photography Challenge – Orange appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.
This week’s photography challenge topic is the color ORANGE!
Photo by dPS writer, Jeremy Flint © Jeremy Flint
Photo by dPS writer, Megan Kennedy © Megan Kennedy
This is a fun challenge. You can capture the color orange in so many ways. You can use macro, flowers and autumn leaves, landscapes (think orange sunrises or sunsets, or wildflowers), cityscapes, minimalist photography, abstracts or people wearing orange clothing. The orange can be a major part of the composition or be more subtle. There are so many options!
So, check out these pics to give you some ideas, have fun, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with!
Photo by dPS writer, Jaymes Dempsey © Jaymes Dempsey
Photo by dPS guest writer, Joey J © Joey J
Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.
Mastering Color Series – The Psychology and Evolution of the Color ORANGE and its Use in Photography
How to Capture the Colors of Autumn in Your Photography
How to Use Color in Your Photography to Give Your Photos the Wow Factor
How to Use Vibrant Colors in Photography with Great Success
How to Find the Best Possible Time to Shoot Cityscapes at Blue Hour
How to Take Epic Sunrise Photos with a Zoom Lens
Create Amazing Sunrise Photos with these Easy Lightroom Editing Tips
5 Reasons Why Your Sunrise or Sunset Photos Don’t Look So Stunning
Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer, upload them to your favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.
You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.
If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSorange to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.
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The post 7 Tips for Using a Tripod in Landscape and Travel Photography appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.
In this video from Julian Elliott Photography, he gives you 7 tips for using a tripod in landscape and travel photography.
You may want to know why you need a tripod at all when you do landscape and travel photography? There are times when you will want to use slower shutter speeds. For example, when doing long exposures to get silky smooth waters, shooting in low light situations, or for bracketing exposures.
So watch Julian’s video and find out some invaluable tips on how to get the most out of your tripod, how to keep it in good condition, and how to use it.
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The Nikon D780 is a two-trick pony: it combines the great DSLR experience of Nikon’s D750 with some of the great mirrorless features found on the Z6. Does it manage to do both well? Chris and Jordan seem to think so.
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Silicon Valley may be the hub for technical innovation but that’s not impressive to the Pentagon’s director of the Defense Digital Service (DDS), Brett Goldstein. He’s recruiting rapid-response ‘SWAT teams’ in-house to conquer threats posed by enemy drones. The team assembled for the first project is tasked with detecting, hacking, and jamming signals from pint-sized planes that are easy to build but difficult to detect – making them a significant threat.
How Goldstein intends to track these particular threats, primarily from terrorists, isn’t immediately clear. However, he tells Breaking Defense that ‘one of the things that I’ve been doing over the past few months is bringing in some new skill sets. It’s an interdisciplinary, multi-modal group ranging from electrical engineers to radio frequency experts to software engineers — and that is real today.’
‘We are top-notch engineers, and every engineer I assign to anything is a critical decision. That is a big investment to us and that level of engineering and technical talent… will be very high impact.’
‘We have this team, they’re working on these types of problems as we speak,’ he continues. The question remains: why not draw on everything the tech world has already built? The idea is to solve critical issues in real-time instead of waiting for solutions from the commercial sector. This approach is atypical for the DDS, who usually brings in Silicon Valley contractors. Goldstein, who succeeded founding director Chris Lynch last April, thinks that real innovation will only be accomplished with the type of long-term commitment found in developing teams with existing DDS employees.
The DDS, which is made up of 70 people, has merged with the 14 members of Rogue Squadron – part of the Defense Innovation Unit based in Palo Alto. While small by Pentagon standards, the collective consists entirely of in-house experts on small-drone threats. Goldstein will assign a half-dozen experts to work with Rogue Squadron. Goldstein plans to incrementally add on more team members.
‘We are top-notch engineers, and every engineer I assign to anything is a critical decision. That is a big investment to us and that level of engineering and technical talent… will be very high impact,’ Goldstein emphasizes. The task of getting members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps coordinated to combat threats from small drones is one the Pentagon’s top priorities. The resulting project is called Joint All Domain Command & Control.
If it all works out, members of the different forces listed above will be able to effectively communicate over land, sea, air, and cyberspace. The tech created from these efforts will be used for other threats besides targeting rogue drones. ‘This isn’t just about S-UAS; this is about broader DoD (Department of Defense) systems,’ Goldstein concludes.
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| A recent survey revealed wedding photographers spend roughly 4% of their time actually taking photos. |
UK-based company Your Perfect Wedding Photographer recently conducted its fourth annual industry survey. Although more than 300 full-time wedding photographers participated in the survey, it’s important to remember that the findings reflect a small segment of local wedding photographers and the results may be more typical for a specific region rather than the industry as a whole. That said, there are a few interesting tidbits from the data.
Here are some key takeaways:
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| According to the survey, Instagram has become the leading social source for bookings – surpassing Facebook from last year. |
Note that the above info only represents a fraction of the information revealed in the survey. Statistics on important items such as biggest expenses, average editing time, and percentage of wedding photographers that partake in online awards is also included.
Participants also shared their thoughts on this industry. ‘It’s getting more competitive with more people charging less. I would love for photographers to charge properly so the average moves from £1500. It has been this for so many years and hasn’t moved with inflation or other external costs increasing. My rate reflects my experience and the level of service but at a glance, it can be harder when someone is comparing primarily on price,’ laments one commenter.
On a more positive note, others elaborated on what they love about being a wedding photographer. ‘The wedding photography industry is more exciting than ever at the moment with amazing new talents shining through all the time. There is also a growing movement away from the staged, fake “traditional” wedding photography towards the documentary style, real and genuine moments that weddings are really all about. Artistic storytelling is becoming more mainstream and expected at last and not just a slogan on photographers’ websites,’ exclaimed another participant.
You can find the entire survey here.
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Photographer and filmmaker Sean Tucker has published a new video teaching viewers how to accurately recolor their images using Gradient Maps in Adobe Photoshop. The process involves selecting the objects to be recolored using the Pen Tool, then using the Gradient Maps to choose the target colors and transform the selections.
The new tutorial, which is approximately 20 minutes long, joins Tucker’s other videos, which include everything from discussions on ‘law and ethics in street photography’ to tutorials related to street photography, editing portraits in Photoshop, color grading footage and more.
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Canon USA has updated its authorized dealers list, removing dozens of dealers from its network. According to Canon Price Watch, this change took place on February 13 and initially involved 86 authorized dealers; however, Canon reached out on February 18 to clarify that certain dealers had been removed due to ‘administrative errors’ and that they had since been added back on to the list.
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Sources speaking to the website claim the changes were made as a way to cut Canon USA’s operating costs. Online-only dealers and small stores were primarily affected by this change. Canon says that it added back in some dealers, including military exchanges, which were initially removed by mistake.
As of February 18, a total of 71 authorized dealers had been removed by Canon, including destinations like 33 Street Camera, Maui Digital Imaging, Rochester Institute of Technology, Santa Monica Camera, Camera Center of New York, B&C Photo and more. New York and California experienced the largest number of removals.
Canon USA maintains a list of its authorized dealers on its website.
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Fujifilm’s XF 16-80mm F4 lens gives a 35mm equivalent zoom range of 24-120mm, which makes it an incredibly versatile walk-around lens. So we did a lot of walking around with it. The built-in stabilizer means the lens is more flexible than you might think for indoor shooting, and the claimed weather resistance means we didn’t let a little rain or snow shower keep us from packing it along. Check out how this lens performs in our sample gallery.
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The post DIY: How to Create a Coffee-Stained Texture for Aging Images in Photoshop appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Megan Kennedy.
As a kid, I remember coffee-staining scrap paper to create ancient maps that marked out treasure in the backyard. Nowadays, I’ve discovered that the same process can be great for photography projects too. With help from Photoshop, experimenting with textural layers is a great way to introduce an aged look to your images. But sometimes it can be hard to get a hold of quality textures on the internet. That’s where a bit of DIY comes in. By making your own coffee-stained texture, you can create seemingly aged canvases, which can then be applied to your images.
Here’s my result:
Once your coffee-stained paper is dry, scan or photograph the page/s and save the files somewhere handy on your computer.
Next, open an image in Photoshop. This will be the image we’ll apply the coffee-stained texture to. I went with the image below:
1/100 of a second f/4.5 ISO 100
With your chosen image open, add a Black & White Adjustment Layer by clicking the Black & White icon in the Adjustments panel (the names of the icons appear when you rest your mouse on them).
If you can’t see the Adjustments panel, select Window from the top toolbar and then click on Adjustments. The Black & White Adjustment Layer will non-destructively convert your image to black and white.
Toggle the Black & White Adjustment Layer settings until you are satisfied with your image.
Next, with the Black & White Adjustment Layer selected in the Layers panel, click File from the top toolbar. Then select Place… and locate and select the coffee-stained image file.
The coffee-stained texture layer will be imported over your original image.
If needed, adjust the dimensions of the coffee-stained image by dragging its corners to completely cover the entirety of the canvas.
With the coffee-stained texture selected in the Layers panel, click on the Blending Modes drop-down menu located within the layers panel. Set the Blending Mode to either Overlay or Soft Light. Overlay is a bit harsher in contrast than Soft Light, so test out both options before settling on one.
Next, select the coffee-stained texture layer and click on the Curves icon in the Adjustment Layers panel. Adjust the Curves settings until you are happy with the overall contrast of your image.
At this point, you can refine the Black & White Adjustment Layer further or even add additional coffee-stained layers to increase the intensity of the aged effect.
This is my finished result…
Here are two more images I’ve attempted to age a little with the same method…
What do you think? Up for a cuppa? If you’ve given the coffee-stained texture method a try, be sure to share your results in the comments!
The post DIY: How to Create a Coffee-Stained Texture for Aging Images in Photoshop appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Megan Kennedy.
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