Steel Wool Photography Shoot Dublin

Join DPS (Dublin Photography School) for an evening of light orbs, steel wool Photography Shoot with lasers on a small secluded beach in Bray near Dublin. This location shoot will allow you to bring out the more creative side of your photography. Learn how to capture and create fountains of fire and orbs of light and come away knowing the basic equipment needed and the finer points of nailing down your techniques. This is trick photography at its best. There will be two DPS tutors on hand and demos with tips and techniques will be given throughout.

We provide the Steel Wool, the fire and everything else you need for a great night of creative shooting.

See the Steel Wool Photography walk on The Dublin Photography School Website Here: http://goo.gl/BkrvY7

May 16

DPS Snapshot Photography Magazine Issue 4 Free Download Online Now

Snapshot Magazine Issue 4

Snapshot is a FREE online downloadable magazine produced by the staff and trainers at the Dublin Photography School. In each issue we will bring you guest articles from photographers around the country, we will let you know what’s going on in Dublin and around the country with photography events, seminars, competitions, exhibitions, talks and much more. We will discuss “what’s hot and what’s not” in the world of photography products as well as tips and techniques to help you improve your photography. Here it is guys, ISSUE 4 of Snapshot – the Dublin Photography School online interactive photography magazine. Once again we would like to thank all of our very talented contributors as without them it would not be possible. I am sure you will all agree with us that it is a beautiful visual display of imagery with so may great articles and tips included. Spread the word, pass it on, share it on your own pages and let’s get it out there! Available to download here: http://goo.gl/XvMFbT

Snapshot is Ireland only free online downloadable magazine produced by the staff and trainers at the Dublin Photography School.

Oct 29

A Beginners Guide To Photographing Geysers

A beginners guide to photographing Geysers

While geysers and hot springs may not top everyone’s list when they go to Iceland, New Zealand, or Yellowstone, once you catch a glimpse of these magnificent phenomenon you would be hard pressed to put your camera down.

So here is a complete beginner’s guide to how to photograph geysers and hot springs.

I was recently lucky enough to be leading a photography holiday through Iceland in conjunction with Travel Department and Dublin Photography School and had an opportunity to teach the group some of the most common ways to photograph these wonders.

1. Shoot in burst mode

Shoot in burst mode to take multiple shoots in a row

2. Turn Auto Focus to manual and Pre-focus your camera or turn on af-c, ai servo mode.

prefocus on the base of the geyser as this will stop shutter lag when the action happens

3. Stand upwind of the geysers as all you will photograph is steam downwind and if too close to the geyser may actually get a soaking.

Stand upwind of the geysers as all you will photograph is steam downwind.

4. To freeze motion you will need to set your camera to at least 400 ISO

use a high iso about 400-800 depending on the light to allow higher shutter speeds

5. Shoot in TV or S mode and set a Shutter speed of at least 1/1500 or faster

set camera dial to TV for Canon or S mode for Nikon

6. Try to compose your shoot with something to demonstrate scale

use objects such as signs and boulders to add a sense of scale

6. Water can be very bright and can fool your light meter so be prepared to review you histogram and slightly under exposure your shoot by up to a stop by using EV Compensation

Exposure compensation allows you to override the camera metering and adjust the exposure.

7. You can also add a Circ Pol filter to enhance definition by reducing glare and removing reflections and boosting colors. see a Dublin photography school video here on how to use them

A Circ Pol Filter reduces glare and saturates colors

8. There are many ways to photography these wonders of nature; this is just one simple way, once you got your safe shoots move on to experimenting with long exposures and bracketing or multiple exposures.

Should you have enjoyed this Photography Article, feel free to nip over to our website which specializes in photography courses. Here you can find a free copy of Snapshot Photography magazine, as well as information on photography holidays in Ireland, Iceland and Europe.

Stewart Kenny is a fine art landscape photographer and is head of training at Dublin Photography School. Stewart’s passion is black and white and regularly leads tours and lectures around Ireland when not providing photography courses with Dublin Photography School.

Nov 18

They say that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, but I live in Ireland… So the grass is not greener anywhere than here! As head of photography training with Dublin Photography School, one of the things that I often hear many of my students say is that they cannot wait to get away from Ireland to take a few photographs, and while I firmly believe that Ireland has as much to offer as any other country if not more, with its own unique flavour of light and colour, I can see how a change of scenery could get a photographer Motivated.

However one thing that has struck me again and again was that my students were booking holidays and trips in resorts. While these destinations are great for lounging by the pool in 30 degrees heat with a few brewskies they are less than ideal for getting the photographs we see in travel magazines and brochures. I have found over the years some photographers comeback more burned out than they went.

There a few simple reasons for this; please bear in mind this is also a massive generalisation and not meant as a be all and end all!

Resorts are not designed for the job: while most people love photography and taking pictures, ask yourself, what kind of images do most people take on holidays, pictures of friends and family kicking back, a few of a night out, and maybe some exotic sunsets shot from a delightful restaurant on the beachfront. But on the whole people go to resorts to relax and kick back, not for stunning images, and most resorts and package holidays are aimed to that end.
Most people who you travel with you are not photographers: it’s a simple fact that you will be familiar with if you’re a photographer, is that people don’t get just what’s so interesting about that rusty gate or washed up driftwood on the beach, to you it’s a photographers playground and a treasure trove to them it’s junk. Every photographer at some point or another has had the mate that will say to them “sure….i ll head out with ya photographing” after the fifteenth shot at a slightly different angle their enthusiasm is a little thin on the ground.

How many times a year do you make yourself the promise, I’m going to get out more often with the camera and really focus on my photography

Location, Location, Location: 7 days is what most people get to squeeze in their holiday fun, between flights, unpacking, repacking, cannon balling, sun worshiping and the search for a bottle of after sun, that doesn’t leave a lot of time for scouting and finding locations, and exploring off the beaten track. Being stuck in the same 5 miles of a resort is not conducive to amazing images.
Simple know how: let’s be honest sometimes it’s hard enough, trying to get your images right when you’re on the home turf, and know the location with some quality light playing ball. photographing in a different country can be an eye opening experience for a lot of photographers, the colour, intensity, angle, shape and quality of the light in different parts of the world are almost like its languages diverse and different, sometimes you just need someone who knows the lingo or in our case the light.
I can’t wait to get out to take some images: how many times a year do you make yourself the promise, I’m going to get out more often with the camera and really focus on my photography. If you can’t get out at home the odds are slim you will get out on holidays.

Is this true of all photographers on holidays you better believe i would be skinned alive if I said it was, there’s no stopping some avid snappers that eat, sleep and breathe photography. But if you find yourself in the box above, I might have a very simple solution for you, I was recently approached by Stephen Keane of Travel Department.ie for those of you who are unfamiliar with travel department have a look here. To come on board with them as a Specialist Holiday expert, in which I will be leading photographic tours around different European locations, starting with Portugal in Late Spring. Im hoping to blog more about photo tips and techniques, from simple pointers to composition techniques and much more. next article will be DSLR Vs Compact: What Camera so should i bring on Holidays!

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