Best of May on The D-Photo

Hey guys. Happy new month =) May was a good month, and The D-Photo have made a lot of new friends. I did my best to provide you with as many useful articles to help take your photography, and mine, to a new level. I tried to spread the articles through multiple photography categories such as photography techniques, articles and tips, gear and equipment, and inspiration.

I hope you had fun with me and I hope you’ll have even more fun this month. If you have any suggestions or ideas on articles, categories or anything that you think might make your experience on The D-Photo more pleasurable I would definitely love to hear from you through the contact form on this site.

I kinda made a list of The D-Photo’s best articles of May, so take a look below I hope you’ll find some help and inspiration here…

Photography and Dynamic Range

Dynamic range is basically the difference between the brightest and the darkest areas in a scene. The greater the difference, the greater the dynamic range the scene is said to have. A scene with high dynamic range is also called a scene with high contrast.

Chris Weeks on Street Photography: Documenting the Human Condition

Chris Weeks is a freelance editorial photographer based in LA. His work is regularly published in Vogue, InStyle, Rolling Stone and other domestic and international big magazines. Weeks’ commercial work funds his personal projects, which revolve around shooting “street” all over the world.

Back in 2006 weeks wrote a PDF about Purism and Street Photography called Street Photography for the Purist, and posted it on deviantart.com. He not only featured his own work but many of his street-shooting friends from all over the world.

Thank You For Smoking… 40+ Amazing Photos

Little tube of mighty pow’r…
Charmer of an idle hour…
Object of my warm desire…

I know … I know… smoking kills. But guess what; it’s one of the leading causes of statistics they say. Plus, these are absolutely awesome! Check them out… Enjoy!

60 wonderful inspiring photos that involve “CAMERAS”!!

I’m the camera and the camera is me…
It doesn’t make or break me, it just helps me see…
If I could just release me, it can set me free…
A vision that reminds me of all I need to be…

Digital Imaging Artifacts: Image Noise

Noise in digital images has always been one of the most troubling dilemmas photographers have to deal with. Noise can be seen as low-frequency irregular arrangements of color patches (as illustrated in the image below), and can also be more bothering if combined with other image color artifacts.

Digital Imaging Artifacts: Blooming and Clipping

In a typical scene, ranges of light values are very wide. And if reflected from diffuse or specular objects or light sources such as the sun or a candle lit up in the dark, levels of these light values may well exceed 10 stops. When such harsh light is exposed onto the image sensor, the pixel capacity to register this info may be exceeded, and the charge may subsequently leak into neighboring pixels, thus causing blooming to occur. Blooming is usually seen as really bright areas where the charge overflow occurred.

Digital Imaging Artifacts: Defective Pixels

All pixels have some degree of dark current leakage which is visible as Digital Imaging Artifacts: Spatially Fixed Pattern (FPN) as discussed in an earlier post of this series, Image Noise. Some pixels, however, tend to cause more dark current leakage than others. These are called Hot Pixels.

Digital Imaging Artifacts: Sensor Dust

One problem introduced with DSLRs merging in the photography industry is Dust. Due to the ability to change lenses, your digital SLR’s inner built can be exposed to all kinds of dust particles floating in the air. This problem especially arises when changing lenses outdoors, in dusty environments, and when leaving your DSLR body with no lens or camera cap on.

Giovanni Orlando… 60+ Mystical Photos

Today I’m gonna be showcasing the lovely photographic work of Italian photographer and artist Giovanni Orlando. His mystical, subtle, and poetic imagery loudly scream SIMPLICITY yet indeed powerful.

If you’re anything like me, this is guaranteed to inspire you BIG TIME!! Check it out for yourselves…

Shopping for a new lens: Image Quality

The most important things to look for when purchasing a lens are: image quality, the resolution of images it takes, the maximum lens opening (maximum aperture) it offers, focusing range, and lastly the amount of magnification it provides you with (or in the case of zoom lenses, its zooming capabilities).
Today we’re gonna start with our first post in the series talking about Image Quality.