Weekly Photography Challenge – Dogs and Puppies

Last week we photographed our feathered friends, how about some furry ones this week?

Weekly Photography Challenge – Dogs and Puppies

Need some help? Try these articles:

• How to Take Better Action Photos of Dogs
• Pros and Cons of Photographing Dogs with a Prime Lens
• 10 Amazing Camera Hacks for Better Dog Photography
• How to Photograph Agility Events and Other Dog Sports
• 5 Good Reasons to Take Your Dog on Photography Walks
• 6 Tips for Working with Unruly Animals in Pet Photography

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer, upload them to your favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

Share in the dPS Facebook Group

You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

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How to Shoot a Landscape at Any Time of Day: Different Qualities of Light

If you’re not sure how to photograph a landscape, one primary factor you should consider is the current position of the sun in the sky. Here’s a fantastic 3.5-minute video by CreativeLive in which National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting shares tips on harnessing different kinds of sunlight.

“The essential ingredient in any photograph is light,” Lanting says. “There’s different kinds of light to be aware of.”

Here are the different types of natural light Lanting discusses:

• Indirect light: For example, when the scene is illuminated through fog or during “magic light,” immediately before or after sunrise and sunset, respectively.
• Front light: When the sun is behind you, the photographer, the light helps to emphasize the colors in a scene.
• Side (or cross) light: When the sun is at a 90-degree angle to the side, it helps to reveal the textures in a scene.
• Back light: When the sun is shining directly at you from within the scene, it helps to simplify the scene, create silhouettes, and emphasize shapes.

Lanting often steps through these different types of lighting as the sun makes its way across the sky over the course of a day, allowing the sun’s position to dictate how he chooses to capture the landscape.

There’s also a full course taught by Lanting at CreativeLive called “The Art of Seeing.”

from PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/2018/03/30/how-to-shoot-a-landscape-at-any-time-of-day-different-qualities-of-light/

US to Require Social Media Usernames of All Visa Applicants

The United States has just proposed new rules that would require all visa applicants to provide their social media usernames from the past 5 years. If you’re thinking of visiting or moving to the US, you may soon have to be okay with officials flipping through your online photos.

We reported back in December 2016 that the US had begun asking foreign travelers for their usernames for Instagram and other social media services in a new “optional” section of the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (which allows citizens of 38 countries to visit the U.S. for 90 days without a visa).

Now that request for social media handles may soon become much less optional and much greater in scope.

The US State Department today published public notices for both nonimmigrant visa and immigrant visa (and alien registration) applications.

The Associated Press reports that while the previous optional request applied to an estimated 65,000 per year, these new rules would apply to about 710,000 immigrant visa and 14 million non-immigrant visa applications.

Here’s what the relevant paragraph of the documents says:

The Department also is revising the collection to add several additional questions for nonimmigrant visa applicants. One question lists multiple social media platforms and requires the applicant to provide any identifiers used by applicants for those platforms during the five years preceding the date of application. The platforms listed may be updated by the Department by adding or removing platforms […] The Department will collect this information from visa applicants for identity resolution and vetting purposes based on statutory visa eligibility standards.

So the United States will determine a list of social media services that applicants are required to share usernames for, and this list may be changed over time. There will also be an optional section for applicants to share information about social media services not listed on the application.

The public now has 60 days to comment on the proposal.

from PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/2018/03/30/us-to-require-social-media-usernames-of-all-visa-applicants/

Ep. 266: Photography Could Get You Shot – and more

Episode 266 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Photographer and filmmaker, Adam Karnacz

In This Episode

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Show Opener:
Photographer and filmmaker, Adam Karnacz opens the show. Thanks Adam!

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Stories:
A real estate photographer gets shot when he surprises a homeowner. (#)

Lytro is shuttered. (#)

An update in the photojournalist whose gear was mistaken for a gun. (#)

Moment introduces an anamorphic lens and more. (#)

The story behind that familiar shutter sound. (#)

GoPro licenses its technology and introduces a budget HERO. (#)

Outtakes

My other podcast with Brian Matiash, the No Name Photo Show.

Connect With Us

Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

We’d love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome!

You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: “Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you’re listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!”

from PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/2018/03/30/ep-266-photography-could-get-you-shot-and-more/

How to Choose the Best Portrait Lens According to Three Professional Photographers

Here on dPS, we’ve covered this topic in previous articles. For example: How to Choose the Perfect Portrait Lens.

In the following videos, see which lens these photographers chose and why.

85mm versus the 70-200mm f/2.8

Portrait photographer, Manny Ortiz takes you to a live shoot in this video. Watch as he shoots the same subject, in the same location with both the 85mm f/1.4 and a 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses.

See how they differ and watch all the way to the end to find out which is his favorite lens and why.

Is there such a thing as the “best” portrait lens?

In this next video, Gabriel Sanchez (Gabe) talks about the four lenses he uses most often for portraits and which are his go-to and favorites.

He goes over the 24mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.2, and a Sigma 85mm f/1.4, and the benefits and results you can get with each lens. See why he says there is no “perfect” or best portrait lens, watch to the end.

Favorite lenses – fashion photographer

Finally, get a different point of view from fashion photographer Julia Trotti as she explains why the 35mm f/1.4 and 50mm f/1.2 are her favorite lenses.

Which lens do you use for portraits?

So at the end of the day which lens are you going to choose for doing portraits? Do you have any favorites? Tell us which lenses you use and why in the comments below.

If you’re still undecided here are some more dPS articles to help you out:

• 3 Tips for Taking Portraits with a Kit Lens
• Tips From a Pro to Help You Know Which Lens to Choose
• Primes Versus Zoom Lenses: Which Lens to Use and Why?
• Comparing a 24mm Versus 50mm Lens for Photographing People

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