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by jim on December 08, 2006
Source:www.hp.com Here's another tip about one of those often neglected options that most digital cameras offer. Outdoor holiday lights and lighted displays make his a prime time of year for...
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by jim on November 29, 2006
Source:www.jimippolito.com Here's something that will allow you to make your digital photos better, at home, and it's totally free, and fun. Chances are you got a free "image...
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by jim on November 27, 2006
Source:www.jimippolito.com Do we have any tennis players or fans out there? If so you've heard the expression "sweet spot." This is an easy and fun way to improve the pictures you get...
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by jim on November 17, 2006
Winter is just around the corner and taking pictures of snowy scenes is challenging because the excessive light reflected by snow causes your digital camera's exposure meter to register false...
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by jim on November 12, 2006
Source:www.jimippolito.com Dim light means slow shutter speeds and slow shutter speeds mean blurry pictures Above is a perfect example of an imperfect shot. I took this picture a few days ago in Zion...
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by jim on November 07, 2006
Source:www.jimippolito.com Does everything have to be in focus? Yes, if everything in the scene is important. When taking pictures of scenery you want to portray the depth and breath of the...
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by jim on November 02, 2006
Source:www.jimippolito.com Today you'll learn about the use of "selective focus" to put the emphasis on your subject, rather than an unattractive, distracting background. This technique...
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by jim on October 29, 2006
Source:www.jimippolito.com I'm not a fan of flash photography; I prefer natural or "available" light, as photographers call it, but sometimes flash is necessary, even outdoors. 1- Did...
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by jim on October 24, 2006
Source:www.brightsidetech.com Ever wonder how a pro photographer always gets the shot? Well for one thing they're pros; it's what they do for a living. But there's also a little trick...
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How to Use Nikon Strobes Wirelessly, for Free! If you're a D70/70S or D200 user (like me) with an SB600 or SB800 flash (like me), and you haven't yet had sufficient need to delve through...
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Mastering Panning - Photographing Moving Subjects: Yet another great post from Darren over at digital photography school - this one, on panning, to get a crisp clean shot of a moving subject, while...
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Creative Guy » Blog Archive » Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials: A handy wee collection of Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials, including one on colorization, and another on creating a background...
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OK, so you've decided you need a new something for your camera gear. Perhaps it's a longer or wider lens, a flash, a wee box of filters, whatever. There's a process you should go through....
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How to Crop Images: Darren hits us with another great tip over at Digital Photography School - this one on cropping. Amusingly, this is something I've been experiementing with on my own photos in...
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OK, so we all talk about learning from expert photographers - seeing what they've done, how they made the light fall on their subjects, how they arranged things just so to get the effect...
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Still Life With... (Food Styling and Photography) » My Workflow: I find insights like this into other photographer's workflows fascinating. If you're doing a lot of photography, you need to...
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Photodoto » Blog Archive » Make a pinhole camera for Worldwide Pinhole Photography day, April 30, 2006: April 30 (that's tomorrow, my time) is Worldwide Pinhole photography Day. While making a...
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PlanetNeil photography - all things Nikon: So, Neil's a bit of a Nikon fan. (ignore the hideous camera up there, he just linked to it because it's so ugly - it's not his fault that it...
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How to take great digital portraits - Lifehacker: OK, so it's probably a little bit below most of you - but a refresher can never hurt, right?......
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Instructor Insights: Photographic Technique: Tips for Sharper Images: 1. Manual Focus 2. Cable release/remote cord 3. Mirror lock 4. Learn to brace against your body This, to me, is one of the...
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Digital Camera Cleaning Techniques and Products: A dirty sensor can only result in imperfect images - little dots, or smears that aren't on the lens. If you change lenses in anything other than...
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