What Is Canon’s Auto Lighting Optimizer?

What Is Canon’s Auto Lighting Optimizer?: "As camera manufacturers started realizing the limits of digital camera sensors, they started trying to increase their range. Today’s sensors have a range of around 7-9 stops of light, depending on the manufacturer. It is said, at any given point in time, the human eye can see about 14 or 15 stops of light."

Casio EX-H30 Review | PhotographyBLOG

Casio EX-H30 Review | PhotographyBLOG: "The Casio EX-H30 is a new travel-zoom camera offering a 12.5x wide-angle zoom lens with a focal length of 24-300mm and CCD-shift image stabilization."

Panasonic Lumix G3 – PictureCorrect

Panasonic Lumix G3 – PictureCorrect: "Panasonic today announces a new addition to the LUMIX G Series of Compact Systems Cameras (CSC), the LUMIX DMC-G3, the company’s smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens camera with a viewfinder to date."

Backlit Silhouette Portraits: Photography Activity – PictureCorrect

Backlit Silhouette Portraits: Photography Activity – PictureCorrect: "This is a portrait of a person or thing, taken with bright back light, causing the subject to be rendered as a dark shape You’ll need:"

6 Tips for Photographing Large People

6 Tips for Photographing Large People: "The first thing to acknowledge here is that large people know that they’re large. As with any body type (skinny included) their body image may cause them to believe that their either larger or smaller than they are."

The Joy Of Photography Experimentation

The Joy Of Photography Experimentation: "One of the great aspects of writing for DPS is the large audience it entails. One of the great challenges of writing for DPS is the large audience it entails.

This post will not be for everyone and I do apologize. Not every post can be. For those who are set in their ways and only wish to see absolute perfect exposure in every single shot, ever, then you can skip this post. I’m going to talk about messing up and getting things wrong, on purpose."

Advantages and Disadvantages of Various ISO Speeds – PictureCorrect

Advantages and Disadvantages of Various ISO Speeds – PictureCorrect: "Are you aware that ISO speeds of different levels each have their very own pros and cons? If you do not know it already, there is no perfect ISO rating for whatever situation you may be in."

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 [REVIEW]

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 [REVIEW]: "So why would you consider a simple point–and-shoot digicam? Like this one.

A few reasons: the FX700 has a 5x Leica zoom with a 35 SLR equivalent wide end of 24mm; an excellent pressure-sensitive touch control system; Full HD video shooting; high burst rate; and more …"

HTG Explains: Cameras, Lenses, and How Photography Works - How-To Geek

HTG Explains: Cameras, Lenses, and How Photography Works - How-To Geek: "Confused by that digital SLR you have, and all the photography jargon that goes along with it? Take a look at some photography basics, learn how your camera works, and how that can help you take better pictures."

Anna Gay’s Picks for Self-Portrait Challenge #3: MOOD

Anna Gay’s Picks for Self-Portrait Challenge #3: MOOD: "For our third and final challenge, we looked at “Mood” as your theme for taking a self-portrait. I was really touched by all of the posts in this thread, because I saw so much honesty from all of you, which was the main point of this exercise – to pull a real emotion from inside of you in order to convey it through a self-portrait. Thank you all so much for your hard work this week, but especially on this challenge, because all of you showed something of yourself, and a lot of you shared very personal stories with us, and that can take a lot of courage."