Pose for Effortlessness

Posing is a subject that stumps quite a lot of photographers. Whether our first or thousandth time working with people, sometimes we just look at our subject and draw a complete blank. It’s a scary moment. There are a number of great articles on some of the basics of posing on dPS already, and I recommend you check them out.

Even with an understanding of the rules of flattering portraiture, I’ve seen plenty of photographers grabbing their subjects and moving them ..read more

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (7-13 Mar ‘10)

Weekly Assignment

This week we repeated an old assignment that we had a lot of fun with the first time around, Jump. We wanted you to get your feet (or someone elses’ feet) off the ground and into the air. We wanted to see people jumping and having fun, and let me say, there’s just something about people jumping that seems to get them to smile! And the sheer joy on the subject’s face in our winner’s shot was one of ..read more

In Which the Fujifilm XP10 Toughcam Mocks My Sedentary Lifestyle and I Tell It What’s What

In Which the Fujifilm XP10 Toughcam Mocks My Sedentary Lifestyle and I Tell It What’s What

Mountain climbing. Cliff jumping. Cross-country skiing. Those are the kinds of activities the XP10 would be great at capturing. But I stay in my pajamas until 4:00 PM and do not appreciate the XP10’s implicit condescension.

Who do you think you are, XP10? Just because you’re a 12MP point-and-shoot capable of withstanding 3-foot drops, 10 feet of water and 14-degree temperatures, you think you’re better than ..read more