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Monthly Archives: August 2010
How Can I Get the Best Shot
The Ahwahnee Hotel is photographer friendly; just be sure not to make a nuisance of yourself. Set up your tripod so that other visitors can easily get around you. Plan to photograph the interior of the Ahwahnee in midday when … Continue reading
Digital Versus Film Quality Issues
When digital cameras first appeared, the quality of the prints was inferior to that of film cameras. Even photos taken by the most expensive digital camera could not match the quality of a photo taken even with an inexpensive film … Continue reading
Selecting your image size
When shooting fireworks, shoot at the highest resolution possible. If your camera has an uncompressed RAW format option, go with that. Otherwise, select the image setting that will compress your image the least. Compression can skew colors and reduce saturation … Continue reading
What Your Flashs Channels Are For
As long as you’re by yourself, just you and your fl ash, things are good. But what happens if you’re hired to shoot an event, like a wedding for example, and you have a second (or third) photographer shooting along … Continue reading
Posted in work with light
Tagged Flashs Channels Are, What Your Flashs Channels Are For
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Batteries
Batteries Compared to other 21st century electronic devices, digital cameras are near the top of their game. They’re not like those cell phones that still drop calls, or wireless palmtops with their slow Internet connections. Digital cameras are reliable, high … Continue reading
Posted in digital camera basic
Tagged AA-size rechargeable, AA-style batteries., Batteries for camera, NiMH
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THE LANGUAGE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
A Derivative Process Photography is a derivative process. When knowledgeable viewers look at a photograph they can usually trace it back to its technical origins. The final image is the culmination of the properties of the original subject, the specific … Continue reading
You Want That RAW?
Digital photography has more acronyms than a dog has fleas. Most of them really don’t make much sense, taken at face value. Look at the term RAW files, for example: RAW indicates that the image file is not finished or … Continue reading
Choosing a Lens
In many ways, choosing the right lens or lenses is even more important than choosing the right camera. Once you’ve selected some brand names you trust and can afford, you face another choice: which lenses to buy. Most cameras come … Continue reading
WHAT KIND OF CAMERA DO I NEED
Asking “What kind of camera do I need” may seem silly to experienced photographers. But we have taught this material, we know how many perfectly intelligent students ask it, and we have to answer it. There are two good answers, … Continue reading