Aperture and Shutter Priority Modes on Digital Cameras – PictureCorrect

Aperture and Shutter Priority Modes on Digital Cameras – PictureCorrect: "Earlier SLR cameras (film) were fully manual. A photographer needed to understand aperture and shutter speed settings and know how to use them. Then came automatic modes, which let the camera do the thinking for you. This was (and still is) a fairly reliable way of getting a well-exposed picture, but it took creativity out of the hands of the photographer. As time went by, few people learned the manual skills. So as camera technology improved, the quality of most photos actually got worse."

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How to take great pictures with your point and shoot camera

How to take great pictures with your point and shoot camera: "Almost everyone has a point and shoot digital camera nowadays. Most people use them for taking shot of family and vacation, and just everyday things to remember their life. Many of the pictures I see people taking with a point and shoot camera have flaws that make them disappointing to the person taking the shots"

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Don’t Be Afraid Of High ISO on Modern DSLR Cameras – PictureCorrect

Don’t Be Afraid Of High ISO on Modern DSLR Cameras – PictureCorrect: "As the internet grows and grows, photography tutorials are becoming more and more abundant. All that information can be a good thing, but it can also create problems as it sometimes has the magical effect of turning one’s opinion to fact over time. Read around about digital photography and you will come across the ‘stock’ advice that some people give. Over time, this gets repeated until it becomes part of the conventional wisdom about photography."

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Lighting an Airplane at Sunset for a Photography Session – PictureCorrect

Lighting an Airplane at Sunset for a Photography Session – PictureCorrect: "Most studio photography is done on relatively small scales – a person or an object is lit, usually with between one and three lights that cover the breadth of the subject. Shooting something large is an entirely different story; there isn’t a soft box large enough to cover the size of legendary photographer Joe McNally’s (unpublished) project for National Geographic Magazine, which he discusses in this video from AdoramaTV. Here, he describes in great detail his method of lighting a plane in an airspace hangar:"

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How to Avoid “Red-Eye” in Photography – PictureCorrect

How to Avoid “Red-Eye” in Photography – PictureCorrect: "oday’s photo tip is about spooky, creepy looking eyes. We all know about the “red-eye” effect ruining our photos, but have you ever seen the “green- or blue-eye” effect? This cousin of the “red-eye” effect is often seen in pet portraits. In animals, green and blue eyes are the same thing as red eye in humans."

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8 Useful Digital Camera Hacks That Don't Cost The Earth

8 Useful Digital Camera Hacks That Don't Cost The Earth: "ou can actually get more out of a photograph with a cheap homemade reflector than an expensive lens when you are on the learning curve with your camera. The good thing is that the photography community is a friendly bunch. There are some great photographers shooting out advice in some amazing photography blogs."

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The Secret of Creating a Strong Image – 5 Tips for Creating a Story in Your Image

The Secret of Creating a Strong Image – 5 Tips for Creating a Story in Your Image: "In an era when we are drowning in images and lots of people and talents are competing for the viewers’ eyes or the magazines’ attention, have you ever wondered what makes you have a longer look at an image?

Is it the person that was photographed? Perhaps a certain color or an angle?"

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How To Enhance A Sunset Photo by Digital Photo Secrets

How To Enhance A Sunset Photo by Digital Photo Secrets: " remember the first summer I got my digital SLR. Back then, I was just getting into everything you could do with, and I was positively fascinated with sunsets. I wanted to capture all of the colors, the reds, the purples, the in-betweens. The light at sunset is like nothing else. I remember religiously dropping everything I was doing and taking pictures at sunset for months straight."

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Tips for great vacation photos

Tips for great vacation photos: "When you get home from a trip, the only thing you have to remember the great time you had are the vacation pictures that you took of your trip. You want to be sure that your vacation pictures will bring back great memories every time you look at them. I'm going to show you how to take better vacation pictures with your digital camera."

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Manual Settings On Your SLR Digital Camera

Manual Settings On Your SLR Digital Camera: "Almost all digital camera's that are more than a point and shoot digital camera allow you to set some manual settings. Doing this allows you to set the aperture and the shutter speed independently of each other. The advantage of having the capability to do this is, you can adjust the manual settings to fit the situation of shooting for optimum outcome."

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10 Portrait photography tips

10 Portrait photography tips: "Top 10 tips for great portraits

10 tips to great digital portraits

If you can just remember a few of these tips, you will take a better digital portrait."

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