By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity , How-To
In the art world different mediums and techniques of paint are used. Most of the mediums are opaque and forgiving. Take oils for instance – should an artist make a mistake, he may wait for the oil to dry and apply another layer/layers of oils over it and correct his mistake, as the medium itself […]
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By Paul Perton | Art & Creativity
When you’ve exhausted just about every idea, tired of yelling at your similarly incarcerated family, got over Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and bored friends and acquaintances with e-mails and text messages, it probably time to get lateral. I’m also fed up with re-editing images chosen in Lightroom and imported as otherwise new RAW files into […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Welcome to another DS collective blog post. This time, we are each paying homage to a master of the craft we admire by sending in pictures in which we imitate that person’s style, in one way or another. Copying has long been a method of learning certain techniques and, while it doesn’t necessarily strengthen your […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
Having made the case for London as the perfect canvas for color and monochrome photography, I’d like to share a final set for this year. London has been an important part of my life this year as both my children have now moved there (more or less) permanently. As I look back to […]
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Adrian Turner: I recently wrote about my lack of inspiration following a particularly challenging period in my life, that left me feeling emotionally drained and creatively barren. My inspiration came from an hour of introspection whilst I photographed abstract architecture in Singapore, and led to a reassurance that all interest in photography was not dead. […]
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By Steffen Kamprath | Opinion
What is WIP Work In Progress (WIP) is a new series I just came up with. The goal is to share ongoing long-term concepts and photo series. We at DS talked a lot about personal development as a photographer, and, in my opinion, there’s little more pro than thinking in series and concepts spanning over […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
Exploring the creative limits of a lens is tremendous fun. Having been seduced by the enveloping softness of the OTUS 85/1.4’s rendition, I decided to embark on a mission with little chance of success: learn – in less than 2 weeks – how to exploit that lens’ atypical imaging characteristics to the full. This morning, […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion
Zeiss’ 55mm Otus doesn’t stir me much. Of course, I want one; I’m a photographer after all. But I’ve got an ancient 50mm f1.4 manual focus AI Nikkor that delivers fantastic images and I still haven’t learned to get the best out of it yet. Besides which, it was a US$96 eBay buy. Zeiss’ monster […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion
In the couple of weeks since I got back from Greenland, winter has arrived full-on in the Cape. The weather has gone from it’s usual late autumn balmy to wet, overcast and decidedly chilly. The thermometer plunged to 1C the other morning; a definite reminder of my recent Arctic trip. So, it’s been a couple […]
Continue readingBy pascaljappy | Interview
For this second episode in our new series of interviews of the great photographers of our time, I’m really proud to publish a long and fascinating discussion with Michael A. Smith and Paula Chamlee. Michael and Paula are husband and wife and live in the USA in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania. They work with large […]
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