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October 03, 2005
Every emotion and depth of feeling can be shown on the human face. To capture that fleeting moment on film is a challenge fit for the most talented of photographers. How can the average photographer improve his chances of recording that one-in-a-lifetime image or at least improve the ratio of ..
October 02, 2005
As photography itself has embraced technologies like digital, we ourselves as photographers must embrace advancing technologies like the Internet. The door has been opened to showcase your work to not only a national but also an international audience. Once online, your photographs can be viewed ..
October 01, 2005
First impressions last. The first time someone sees your house will probable be a picture in a real estate office or a snapshot taken last summer. Subjects affecting the appearance of your house are light, angle, distortion and setting.Houses consist of straight lines and geometric shapes, both of ..
October 01, 2005
Your patience and money, that is.The expected performance of digital camera batteries is often overlooked when shopping for a camera. Digital cameras are high drain devices so it's important to know how many shots a fully charged battery will deliver. Having to frequently stop and change or ..
October 01, 2005
Canon digital cameras are highly respected throughout the world. Years of refining camera and optics technology has lead to a superb line of digital cameras. Canon offers everything from affordable point and shoot models to sophisticated professional level digital SLR cameras.Canon ..
October 01, 2005
Casio digital cameras were introduced in 1995 with the QV-10, the first compact digital camera with an LCD screen. In 2002 the Casio Exilim digital cameras line, featuring megapixel technology, debuted with the EX-S1. About the size of a credit card, and at 11.3mm, it was the thinnest digital ..
October 01, 2005
Generally digital cameras are pricey, but there are decent cheap digital cameras. It just takes a little persistence finding them. Most models priced under about $75 are mere novelties and not really very usable. But from about $80 to $125 there's quite a selection of reliable cameras with a fair ..
October 01, 2005
With a little knowledge and some practice digital photography is a snap. There's no film to buy or process so it saves time and money. Shots can be viewed immediately and deleted or saved as desired. Plus digital cameras give a photographer flexibility and options unheard of until recently.Keys to ..
October 01, 2005
Photo editing software is essential to making digital photography more rewarding. Software programs range in price from free to hundreds of dollars. The first thing to decide is exactly what you need the software to do.For many, simply organizing all those digital image files is a nightmare. For ..
September 30, 2005
You've all heard the phrase, "to see light". Everything that we see is made up of light. Light has direction, width, intensity and color. While understanding all the properties of light would be beneficial to the photographer/artist, it is just as effective to recognize the effect of light on a ..
September 29, 2005
Avoid camera shake Hold the camera steady. Use both hands, rest your elbows on your chest and hold your breath as you release the shutter. Take advantage of a wall, post or any other means of steadying support. Use a tripod for shutter speeds of less than 1/60 sec. When using a lens with a long ..
September 29, 2005
The purpose of using a tripod for digital photos is to reduce the chances of blurring the pictures. Even if for most parts, the image is clear, because of the slightest camera movement, the entire picture could be ruined. That’s why you will always see a tripod or monopod in a professional ..
September 29, 2005
As a photographer, some tasks would seem to be a pleasure to perform, but one such task was fraught with danger. One day I got a call from a good client who needed me to photograph a woman for a large pastel portrait. This artist possessed a great talent for capturing naturalness in a body pose, ..
September 28, 2005
It is said a picture is worth a thousand words, but first you need a picture that says what you want it to say. Some photographers subscribe to the shotgun method: take as many pictures as possible in the shortest amount of time and one of them might be good.The opposite opinion is the control ..
September 28, 2005
With digital cameras, capturing a "Kodak Moment" has never been so easy... and so difficult.It's never been so easy because with our digital cameras we can basically snap away like madmen with a machine gun and see right there and then whether we've captured the moment.But it's also never been so ..
September 28, 2005
For all you flash-on-the-camera photographers out there, you've come a long way but there's a higher lighting plateau of quality photography called double lighting. Are the benefits of using two lights for your social events worth all the trouble and extra cost? Sure, the flash on the camera is ..
September 28, 2005
When digital cameras first hit the news, I thought, “Wow! Never to have to buy film again!" This much has remained true, but it took ten years for digital cameras to come up to the quality performed by film cameras. At first, the pixels were too few to enlarge to 3 by 5 much less an 8 by 10 with ..
September 27, 2005
The digital format has taken over from film as the format of choice for camera enthusiasts everywhere. Today most non-professional buyers opt for a digital camera by default. Do you know how this immensely popular technology came into being?The father of the still digital camera was the video ..
September 27, 2005
"Oh no! It's only three days ‘til my appointment at the photographers! I don't even know what I'm going to wear and what about the make-up? The person who made the appointment didn't suggest a thing."It doesn't come up too often, but when it does, a little knowledgeable advice would be ..
September 23, 2005
Ask yourself the question; Are you the next undiscovered photographer? Anyone can take a photograph of course, but it’s that creative spark and seeing the unseen that makes a photographer stand out and be noticed.Choose an area of photography that holds the strongest fascination to you. For me it ..
September 23, 2005
When a new addition to the family arrives, the cameras pop out like weedsin the garden. Unfortunately, most of the pictures, while enjoyed, never quite capture the cuteness of the new baby. Here are some tips to help you do the little darling justice.First, let me advise you never to use a wide ..
September 22, 2005
Photographers have been trying to utilize the light of the moon in their landscape photography ever since the photographic process was invented. It was not until World War II, however, that technology had improved enough to make night photography possible. Today, despite technological advances, ..
September 22, 2005
Putting your photos on a dvd requires two software programs. You will need one for organizing your photos and one for burning them on to a dvd. In this article we will be covering Windows Movie Maker since it is a free program that comes with Windows XP users. You can also get it free through ..
September 22, 2005
This is the second part of My Photos Aren't Sharp. You may have thought there was only one page of possibilities for unsharp photos, but there are more.Environmental ConditionsI took a roadtrip with some friends to Las Vegas back in 2002, in February. We traveled through parts of Oregon, ..
September 21, 2005
If you’re an intermediate level digital photographer, you might be looking for a good advanced digital camera. I know it’s very tough to decide on which one to buy – given that these models usually cost a bomb. A good advanced digital camera should be pretty rugged and also give you as much control .
September 21, 2005
Aberration. The inability of a lens to produce a true image, particularly at the edge of a photograph. Usually, the more expensive the lens, the better its optical quality and the fewer aberrations.Angle of View The area of a scene that a lens can cover. The focal length of the lens determines the ..
September 20, 2005
This article is intended for the DSLR camera user, who has some notion of what DOF and apertures are, in relation to imagers. However, I welcome you to read the following regardless of your photographic experience or level, because it will eventually make sense to you. Be sure to check my other ..
September 19, 2005
There is still a large population of 35mm users shooting in the photographic world. With Canon's 5D announcement, the digital enticement is certainly going to be hard to resist. Will film users convert?Full-Frame DSLR Now Within ReachOriginally, a DSLR would cost around $7,000 for a full-frame ..
September 19, 2005
This tutorial is made to teach Photoshop tutorial owners about successful optimization, submission of your tutorials and receiving the most views possible. Introduction Photoshop tutorials are made to teach your knowledge to other users who might want to learn new techniques and improve their ..
September 16, 2005
We are a two printer family. Yes, we have the "good printer" and the "little printer." The "little printer" is the budget printer and the subject of this article. Anything that's not critical as regards archival permanence gets printed in the "little printer."While the good printer is for ..
September 16, 2005
For those of us who have been around the block in reference to camera ownership, you're very familiar with the upgrading game. In fact, if you're reading this article, you're more than likely on a 3rd generation of a camera in only the last 3 years. Was it worth it? Are you getting as much out of ..
September 15, 2005
Alrighty. Now that we pretty much have an idea why we want a camera and what we're going to do with it, let's get to the next steps.Shop Smart, Shop Used-MartThis is the secret many of us photographers don't like to admit to each other but we do it anyway. You would be surprised how many cameras ..
September 15, 2005
We've discussed a few alternatives of buying used so far, but now let's take a look at the gem of all used stores: Your local Goodwill.Goodwill, Good StuffThis is another secret some of us photographers use as a resource, and I probably shouldn't be mentioning it here for the fact I'm going to have .
September 14, 2005
Ever get caught without a light meter? Stuck on an important photoghrapic expedition without a way of determining your exposure settings? Well I have, and it worked out ok, thanks to the Sunny 16 Rule and careful consideration of years of experience. Here's the story surrounding this event and how ..
September 14, 2005
If you’ve ever heard anything about Australia it may be that you’ve been told to look under the toilet seat for Redback spiders before stealing some uninterrupted time in the quietest and darkest room of the house – the Aussie outback toilet. Australia is home to some of the most-deadly insects and .
September 14, 2005
Take a photograph that is set up perfectly, composition, lighting, scale, its all right. You take the shot and feel pleased with the outcome, but how much personal emotion went into the shot?This is a question you should ask yourself every time you press the shutter down. For human emotion is a ..
September 14, 2005
One of the more stressful moments involving digital photography, is choosing the digital camera. Taking a trip to your local favorite camera store, or even surfing the thousands of merchants online, can be an experience which most of us would have avoided if we knew what we knew now.Every month, in .
September 13, 2005
GeneralShooting abroad can be a serious hassle if you don’t prepare properly. But if you follow a few guidelines, traveling with a kit is far more likely to go smoothly. Prepare and be prepared. The tips below address the most frequent problems we see.CarnetsThe countries listed below require ..
September 12, 2005
A Brief History Of Image ProcessingI remember back in February of 2001, when I purchased my first digital camera. The Olympus E-10. At the time, it was a revolutionary digital masterpiece and as close to an actual DSLR as one could get, without spending around $3000 (the Canon D30 for example). The .
September 11, 2005
I suppose we all know that the chemicals for processing B&W Photographic prints should be used at 20°C. The manufacturers of the various papers and chemicals say so. On a cold winter night, with the darkroom in a tin shed and the outside temperature down to -2°C this is not so easy to achieve.Cold ..
September 10, 2005
Ever dreamed of travelling to isolated wilderness areas to photograph the landscape but been defeated by the practicalities of getting there? Wished you had a helicopter? Wondered how you could hike with a heavy pack and camp out for days at a time?Well, this Australian amateur wilderness landscape .
September 07, 2005
Capturing the perfect wedding day video takes more than just luck. There are a number of factors involved that should be considered when you're planning your wedding video whether you're the one behind or in front of the camera. 1. Experience Make sure the videographer has considerable experience, ..
September 06, 2005
If you pay attention to some simple rules of photographic composition, rather than simply "pointing and shooting," you'll begin to notice a significant difference in your snapshots, even the ones you take of family events.1) Remember, centered photos are boring. Pay attention the next time you're ..
September 05, 2005
The path to picking a digital camera usually leads to a fork in the road. On one side is the small camera that's convenient to carry but doesn't take the sharpest pictures; on the other, a camera that crisply catches all the details and color but is comparatively bulky. Sometimes it’s our fault ..
September 03, 2005
Digital cameras ratings are great tools for deciding which camera best fits your needs and budget. Ratings consider the specifications, features, camera design and test results. These facts are then analyzed and summarized to help the reader make an objective decision.Before reading the ratings ..
September 03, 2005
Addressing a D2X Digital SLRCoolpix 8800 search, this article provides a quick comparison of the Nikon D2X digital SLR and Coolpix 8800 cameras.Nikon D2X Professional Digital SLRCheck out a Nikon D2X review or two and quickly realize this is a world class professional digital SLR. Instantaneous ..
September 03, 2005
Understanding digital camera prices makes finding the best camera value much easier. Uncovering digital cameras best buys is easier if we know what's available within various price ranges. With that in mind let's explore camera prices in more detail.Digital Cameras Priced Under $100Super cheap ..
September 02, 2005
Infrared photography is sometimes placed on the outside edge of the mainstream photographic world. To the uninitiated observer infrared photography conjures up television images of car thieves speeding away from police helicopters during the dark hours of the night, only to be caught hiding beneath .
September 02, 2005
Disposable Cameras (also called single-use cameras) first came on the market as film cameras. You would take the entire camera back where you bought it and they would crack it open, take out the film and process it, resulting in photos that were virtually indistinguishable from photos taken with a .
September 02, 2005
Disposable wedding cameras (also called single-use cameras) will never replace a professional photographer, of course. But they could save money on the overall photo budget, provide memorable fun for you and your guests, and occasionally turn up a priceless casual shot.Disposable low-price wedding ..
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