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by jim on July 24, 2008
One of the best ways to improve your digital photographic skills is to engage in an exchange with other digital photographers. I can't tell you how much help I was able to get with film camera...
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by jim on July 05, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Mark Goddard Taking baby pictures is something I haven't done very often and, in fact, the last time I did it was with a film camera. So it's time to check out...
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by jim on June 26, 2008
Adorama Photographic has been an integral part of the bustling New York City camera scene for many years and it still is a one stop camera shopper's paradise. Before we go any further I want to...
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by jim on June 11, 2008
Except for the most basic of snapshots most digital photographers realize that the creative process does not begin and end with the click of a shutter. With film, or "wet process"...
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by jim on May 26, 2008
© eva serrabassa If you have a kid or kids then chances are you also have a digital camera. Because my father was an avid amateur photographer I have plenty of well done pictures of myself and my...
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by jim on May 21, 2008
I found a website that's actually also a blog that is ideal for digital photographers of all levels of competence. This blog has a facility for posing questions and from what I can see the...
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by jim on April 30, 2008
New models of anything, cars, cameras, appliances, and computers, e.g. are always appealing and hold the promise of better performance. Usually that is the case, but sometimes the new isn't any...
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by jim on April 14, 2008
"Contrast" is the difference in color and light between parts of an image. If all parts of a photograph, be it color or B&W, were completely and equally illuminated, or at the same...
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by jim on April 10, 2008
These days more and more couples are having their weddings photographed by friends and family rather than by a pro. The decision to do so is usually dictated by economics and if you're asked to...
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by jim on April 04, 2008
Here's a subject with which I personally am unacquainted but it is quite popular so I though I'd check out the subject of taking pictures of pregnant women. I didn't realize that it was...
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by jim on March 26, 2008
Using a bad digital photograph to make something creative and artistic is an idea that I have plenty of raw material available to work with. Everyone takes a bad picture from time to time; in fact,...
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by jim on March 20, 2008
There are plenty of "tips" for taking better digital photographs; but this list is one of the most complete and useful I've ever seen. In fact, this entire website,...
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by jim on March 18, 2008
"Macro" photography is described by Wikipedia as: "Macro photography refers to close-up photography; the classical definition that the image projected on the "film plane"...
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by Dominic Rivera on December 13, 2007
A photo taken with a fisheye lens has a certain appeal. The price of a fisheye lens isn't that appealing, however. It's a little expensive. Thanks to Photojojo.com for sharing with us this...
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by Dominic Rivera on December 10, 2007
After over three months and nearly 100 posts, "100 in 100: 100 Photography Tips in 100 Days", Adorama's ongoing series of free photography tips for snapshooters and digital camera...
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by John Mello on October 31, 2007
As Michael Fletcher admits at the Photodoto Web site, improving a color photo by converting it to black and white seems counter-intuitive, but his techniques appear to work. What he does is turn a...
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by John Mello on October 23, 2007
From time to time, I get the urge to experiment with artificial lighting, but then I take a gander at the cost of studio lights and retreat back into my world of natural illumination and built-in...
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by John Mello on October 21, 2007
As convenient as smaller digital cameras are to carry, one thing that's always bugged me about them-aside from the tiny controls better suited for fledglings than the fully fledged-is how...
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by John Mello on October 07, 2007
I'm not a home improvement kind of guy, but I can't resist browsing in a hardware store from time to time. A recent post by Jim Dennewill at his Slightly Out of Focus blog reminded me why....
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by John Mello on September 12, 2007
You've probably seen and touched enough hardware and software to know what they are, but you may be a little fuzzy about something called firmware. You can think of firmware as software on a chip....
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by John Mello on September 07, 2007
A common affliction of photos taken with a built-in flash-whether that flash is built-in to a film camera or a digital one-is flash washout. It can be caused by your camera being too close to a...
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by John Mello on September 03, 2007
Battery life can turn any digital photographer into a worrywart. My solution has always been to carry an extra battery with me. But considering the cost of batteries for some cameras, it's easy...
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