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- Composition in the Field: Grand Central Station $99
- Color Management $65.00
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ABOUT US
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INSTRUCTOR TIPS
Tricks from the Pros
Learn some composition secrets from the pros - our DPA Instructors from around the country! They'll show you how to get closer, experiment with different angles and points-of-view, and bring energy to your images.
A CAPITAL IDEA - Putting the Panasonic TZ3 Through Its Paces in Capital Reef National Park
Tips for better landscape photography with point-and-shoot cameras!
A MONUMENTAL CAMERA - Putting the Panasonic TZ3 Through Its Paces in Monument Valley
Tips for better landscape photography with point-and-shoot cameras!
A Postcard Home
The physical and mental transition of arriving in a foreign culture is probably one of the most visceral things a person can do. It is an over stimulation of the senses that is twisted together with the emotional polarities of great excitement and bewildering confusion. Somehow all the weeks of preparation appear to have only scratched the surface of an incredibly complex culture — such as Japan — and suddenly the sights, sounds, tastes, and textures of your life have access to dramatically different source materials, compared to what’s at home.
A Visual Haiku
This assignment is intended to encourage approaches to the seeing and interpretation of subject matter with as little visual information as possible. It is a technique that can be used not only in your own backyard, but while traveling too. This may sound ridiculous, but have you ever felt overwhelmed arriving at a beautiful location, and then not knowing what to photograph? Then consider this.
An Approach to Subject Matter and Composition
I frequently think of the camera as a sketchbook that allows me to practice compositional strategies and sharpen my awareness of how to organize space within the frame. When those moments in life that really matter occur — personally or professionally — I must have my camera ready, in addition to the lessons of how “studies” like these inform my approach to image composition. So when I happened upon this scene during a walk about on the grounds of the abandoned Delaware copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, I had to bring the Lumix L-1 up to it.
Angled Composition
I call this the "MTV" filter. Even the most mundane subject matter can be energized by angling the camera diagonally one way or another.
ANYTHING can be a Photograph!
This shot was taken in the most recent DPA Intermediate Philadelphia workshop as I illustrated that, yes, ANYTHING, can be a photograph!
Back Up Your Photos
Back Up your Photos: You should have a minimum two copies of everything, plus ideally a third copy off-site in the event of fire or theft.
The photos that appear here were shot by Wolfgang Kaehler, DPA instructor in Seattle. These beautiful and historical images are from a restored schoolhouse on the Tall Grass Prairie Nature Preserve in Kansas. Wolfgang has traveled extensively, to over 200 countries, and has an archive of over 500,000 images. That roughly translates to 320 images per week, for 30 years. And that 1/2 million images is just the selects, not counting the deleted images. You can be sure Wolfgang has multiple redundant back-up systems for his extensive photo library.
Balancing the family vacation and photography
Photography is a lonely art. It is best practiced when you have time and light. But doesn’t it seem that it is only on vacation that we have time and light AND a mind that is more relaxed and open?
Camera Care on the Road
Chuck Place offers a couple of tips on how to keep your camera in shape while traveling.
Capturing Crowds
Change Your Point of View
We are used to seeing the world from eye level with an undistorted natural perspective, so if you want to bring a fresh look to the scene, you have to change your viewing angle and/or lens perspective.
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