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Get To Know Your Camera - Jessie Eldora
Using a multi-mode digital camera. Take a little time with your new digital camera. Sometimes people buy the wrong camera which is not suitable for their needs. If this is the case with you then you can turn it around. Lets say you bought more than a simple model. There is all these different... Submitted 10 days 20 hours ago.

How To Create a Unique Fantasy Photograph Without the Expense of a Photo Shoot! - - LeahG Artist
There are a variety of ways to create a unique fantasy photograph and the easiest is where you simply add your own head to a pre-existing photograph and blend it to make it look authentic. This is a fairly simple process and can produce good results but the photograph will never be unique as... Submitted 208 days 4 hours ago.

War and Photography - - Patrick Simons
Written accounts of war go back centuries. Artists and poets have long romanticized war. Photography tells the truth, at least it did until the advent of digital. Unlike the older mediums, photography has profoundly impacted the public perception of war. It was photography that first brought the... Submitted 2 years 76 days ago.

Aperture Experiment - Photography - Jessie Eldora
It seems like beginning photographers often struggle with the idea of aperture and how it affects their photographs more than any other concept. Here’s a great way to really nail the idea down. Choose an object you’d like to photograph. Set it outside on a bright day - we’re... Submitted 66 days 23 hours ago.

A Photographer Without A Fancy Camera - - Rebecca McKeown
I am a photographer. I don't say that often enough, but it's true. I love taking photos and one of my (many) acts as a freelance journalist is that of the photojournalist. The second semester of my freshman year of college, I took on the role of photo assignment editor, where I took, assigned... Submitted 150 days 11 hours ago.

Seeing the Lord - Patricia Leahy
I don't remember when I picked up a camera. I have photo albums by the hundreds back from the days of film - yes, film! Some of you reading this may not even know what film is, but I digress. I've been told for years by friends and family that I'm a pretty good photographer and that I've got a... Submitted 150 days 21 hours ago.

Flower Power - Patrick Simons
One would think a photographer with over six hundred flower pictures in his catalog would actually know something about flowers. Alas, this is not the case with me. I recognize common blooms, but I'm completely lost when it comes to anything exotic. I've thought a great deal about what it is that... Submitted 2 years 80 days ago.

Master Works: The Mississippi Photographs of Dorothea Lange, 1937 - - Walter Rhett
4th of July, 1937;Hillhouse,Mississippi Two photographs taken in Mississippi in 1937 by one of America's photography masters lay in the Library of Congress archives for half a century. Today, I am proud to present these two photographs. I am excited about the remarkable story these two... Submitted 2 years 313 days ago.

Some Thoughts On Barns - Patrick Simons
From the colonial era, to the industrial revolution, America was mostly rural America . Nothing symbolized this period more than did the great American barn. This image endures, even as we enter the twenty-first century. From New England , the south, the Midwest , the Great Plains and the far... Submitted 3 years 23 days ago.

The Power Of Black And White - Patrick Simons
In sterile, dictionary language, photography might be defined as, "the process, of recording visual images", or words to that effect. I didn't actually look up the definition, but you get the idea. In any event, rigid definitions don't exist when you're talking about art. Which is the superior... Submitted 3 years 23 days ago.

Taking Better Photos Part II - Danny Boxberger
In Part II of Taking Better Photos, we are going to try to get a bit more in-depth, with taking better photos. The light measurement systems built into cameras, are to help you avoid mistakes. They allow you to take pictures in wide ranges of light conditions, and produce accurate exposure.... Submitted 3 years 96 days ago.

Wedding Photography Tips Only the Very Brave Will Attempt It - Lance Carr
There's nothing worse than terrible shots or no shots of one of the most momentous events in a person's life. A wedding may be made in heaven but disaster is in the details. Skip some important points and you can wish you were in the trashcan with the rubber chicken and leathery lettuce. Here are... Submitted 3 years 117 days ago.

Introduction to Digital Photography - Gladys Choo
Digital photography is often confusing to many people who are starting out to pick up photography as a hobby or just trying to learn how to take better pictures. Although most digital cameras available on the market allow you to simply point your camera and quickly snap a picture with the touch... Submitted 3 years 323 days ago.

Sublime Layout with One Picture - - Soren Breiting
How to get the most out of using just a single picture (photo or art) on a page? The page can be a page in a magazine, a book, a folder /announcement or a web page. Using just one photo or picture may be seen as a challenge. But the difference and impression between using no pictures and a... Submitted 4 years 97 days ago.

Ten Tips for Photographing Wildlife, by Nature Photographer Stephen Oachs - Stephen Oachs
Tip 1: Miss the eyes and you've missed the shot. Getting the eyes in focus is key to capturing a photo of an animal. It's human nature to look at the eyes. It's how we determine emotion and how we connect. When I was in Homer, Alaska, I came across a moose on the move. Given it was early morning... Submitted 4 years 204 days ago.

Photography Amateur to Photography ‘Professional” Is Not A Straight Line - Lessons Learned - Kalem Aquil
Five years ago I returned to the world of photography after a 20 year absence. Then I was a ‘s truggling-professional’ photographer. I gave a face to the following type jokes: Question – What’s the difference between a professional photographer and a McDonald’s... Submitted 5 years 152 days ago.

Pet Photography 101 - How to Photograph Your Pet Like a Professional - Vincent Strangio
Being that I photograph pets (and only pets - no humans) for a living I am always being asked by people how they can get their pets pictures to look better. Although, there is no simple answer to this question, there are a few things you can do which, I believe, will greatly improve your results... Submitted 5 years 175 days ago.

Digital Noise - What Is It? What Causes It? And How Can I Get Rid Of It? - ziv haparnas
Digital noise in photos taken with digital cameras is random pixels scattered all over the photo. It is a similar effect as “grain" in film photography and it degrades the photo quality. Digital noise usually occurs when you take low light photos (such as night photos or indoor dark scenes) or... Submitted 5 years 193 days ago.

Taking Portrait Photos with Blurry Background and Understanding Depth of Field - ziv haparnas
We have all seen beautiful photos where the object is perfectly focused while the background is blurred. Such a photo can be very dramatic and might seem to be hard to shoot. In this article we will give you a few tips on how to shoot blurry background photos that will impress your friends and... Submitted 5 years 193 days ago.

Understanding Photo Printing Paper Sizes or What is 4XD? - ziv haparnas
What is an aspect ratio? Every photo or movie has an attribute called an Aspect Ratio. The aspect ratio is the relation between the horizontal and vertical sizes of the photo. To calculate the aspect ratio simple divide the width or a photo by its height. For example TV in normal mode has an... Submitted 5 years 193 days ago.

Spiders Really Do Live Under Toilet Seats - Phill Petrovic
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... Submitted 5 years 227 days ago.

Infrared Photography and the Car Thief – Successful Digital Imaging - Phill Petrovic
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... Submitted 5 years 227 days ago.

Photo Trip To Ben More, Isle of Mull, Scotland - - Phil McDermott
Ben More, the highest point on the Isle of Mull is the only Hebridean ‘Munro’ outside of the Isle of Skye and is therefore held in high regard on the island. Its huge bulk dominates the southern half of the island and is clearly seen when passing through Glen More on the road from Craignure in... Submitted 5 years 321 days ago.

The Art of Backlighting in Photography - - Phil McDermott
Contrary to popular belief stunning photographs can be taken when shooting into the light. Whilst this may contradict advice given to beginners to always shoot with the light coming from behind the camera the art of backlighting is a technique that can produce wonderful images. However, many... Submitted 5 years 332 days ago.

Discovering Patterns in Nature and environmental Photography - - Phil McDermott
"Always remember the importance of detail". I can still clearly hear these words that were repeatedly drummed home by my college lecturer. Whilst they seemed unimportant and irrelevant to me at the time, they have over the years taken on a much greater significance and have become ingrained in my... Submitted 5 years 332 days ago.