dpanphoto
dpanphoto
David Pan
This is dpanphoto, my photography website where I share daily photos and human art. sometimes nonsense :-)
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2026-07-01Hello!I photographed the Patrouille de France in the skies above Baltimore, a city in the US. Eight military aircraft left colored trails of smoke of red, white, and blue as part of various celebrations around the US.I was...
2026-06-30Hello! This is still from the same photowalk in the park under a rainy sky. I'll keep the article short.Pro tip: typing into a search engine "anatomy of a ..." shows the technical words describing those unknown or unfamiliar...
2026-06-29Hello! I'm getting into the weeds of camera fundamentals and physics.I was talking with my friend who lent me this camera regarding the focus customization of it in real-world use after my comment a few days ago.The camera...
2026-06-28Hello! While sorting through my digital pile of files and folders, I found these old images from a New York City photoshoot.With professional gear that I borrowed for this event, I pointed the camera and got in close to a model...
2026-06-27Hello! First, a technical note: I'm using tags now. I've always organized my photos and articles behind the scenes, but I think I'm ready to let readers see the chaos of my photography sorted a different way. Linked at the...
2026-06-26Hello!I borrowed a friend's camera to test the "microscope mode" on this leaf. It worked out better than I expected; I can see the individual dots on the leaf, and capture the small raindrops.While on my rainy photowalk...
2026-06-25Hello! This is not my camera!Using a compact fixed-lens camera borrowed from a friend, I captured the underside of my blue umbrella at close distance. The black stretchers reflect the green of the grass floor below as the rainy...
2026-06-24Hello! This is now the oldest photo I've uploaded to the website.This is from my offline 2025 series, and I've talked about why I don't like looking at my past work. At least this time, I got creative with motion blur.It seems...
2026-06-23Back at the car show...Hello! First, a technical note: I've blocked AI bots from scraping this website. The arms race will continue, but hopefully I can be sure that humans are the only ones reading this.For the past week, I've...
2026-06-22Hello! First, a technical note: I've enabled personalized RSS links. I'm not sure exactly how they work yet, but if you'd like to receive articles a week before the rest of the internet without email inbox clutter, sign up and...
2026-06-21Hello! My camera is still out of order, and I'm still cleaning up my photography files.I'm also trying to get over the fact that internet strangers are outnumbering people I know in my readership audience. That's not just...
2026-06-20Back at the car show...Hello!I'm writing short articles to accompany previous photos that I thought should have been included on this website anyway. I've got a massive backlog on my computer of both recent and old files that I...
2026-06-19Hello!It's fitting that today is a federal holiday in the US, and I meant to publish article for Juneteenth today. I ended up publishing that article a few days prior, and it's more connected to the history that I learned...
2026-06-18Hello! This photo was the result of a collaboration with WikiPortraits, although not in the way one might expect.I've worked with WikiPortraits before, but this time, I was able to try a piece of every part of a long process...
2026-06-17Hello! I lied. Have another photo from the Acadia National Park. It's just too good!This time, it's the early sunrise. Even at four in the morning, the sky had brightened enough to walk around outside without needing a street...