CineSkates turn GorillaPod into camera dolly

CineSkates turn GorillaPod into camera dolly: If you're a videographer, and want to elevate your work from just looking competent to looking slick, one of the best things you can do is put your camera on a dolly. No, I'm not talking about a Ken or Barbie, but a wheeled camera mount that allows you to do smooth, fluid tracking shots.

DSLRS For The Minimalist - Digital Photo Pro | DigitalPhotoPro.com

DSLRS For The Minimalist - Digital Photo Pro | DigitalPhotoPro.com: "Dig into the lower-priced, but highly capable cameras that are available, and you may find that they fit your style and workflow. Top-of-the-range cameras aren’t necessarily the best tools for every professional photographer."

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Sony Alpha A77 Is About to Beat DSLRs at Their Own Game | PCWorld

Sony Alpha A77 Is About to Beat DSLRs at Their Own Game | PCWorld: "At first glance, and probably even after several subsequent glances, you might mistake the just-announced Sony Alpha SLT-A77 for a DSLR."

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10 Macro Photography Subject Ideas – PictureCorrect

10 Macro Photography Subject Ideas – PictureCorrect: Are you looking for some interesting and out of the ordinary project ideas for your close up or macro photography? Want to break away from the usual flowers, leaves, plants and mushrooms? Tired of bugs, butterflies and spiders? All of those can make great close up subjects, but certainly not unique ones. Here are a few macro photography project ideas that may inspire your creativity:

25 Classic Kids Photos to Inspire You

25 Classic Kids Photos to Inspire You: "In the coming weeks here at dPS we’ll be launching a resource for people wanting to improve their photography of children – something I know a lot of dPS readers have been asking for."

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How to Take Long Exposure Shots in Daylight

How to Take Long Exposure Shots in Daylight: "In this video Scott Kelby demonstrates how to take long exposure photos – during the day. The image he takes is exposed for a whole 2 minutes at ISO 200 and at f/11."

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Wide-Angle Lens Tips in Landscape Photography – PictureCorrect

Wide-Angle Lens Tips in Landscape Photography – PictureCorrect: "Whenever I conduct landscape photography, I always shoot in Aperture Priority mode. Reason being I am able to shoot with more choices of appropriate f-stops and depth of field. I normally use the optimal aperture of my lens, and that is between f/8 to f/14."

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Sometimes Close-ups Are Better From Far Away

Sometimes Close-ups Are Better From Far Away: When you think of close-up photography, you probably think of getting in close with a macro lens. After all, it’s called “close-up” photography, right?

Basic Photo Editing in Lightroom

Basic Photo Editing in Lightroom: With all the tools available today to retouch digital portraits, it’s easy for us to go way overboard with editing on photos. We make a few adjustments here and there, then make a few more, and before we know it, the photo looks completely different – sometimes good, and sometimes, well, not so good.

Photography Tips for Wall Art – PictureCorrect

Photography Tips for Wall Art – PictureCorrect: lmost every photographer has had the urge to mount and display his or her photo’s as wall art, either at home or maybe in the office at work. At one time or another – we’ve nearly all done it – we took one of our ‘best shots’, had an enlargement made and framed.