Your Camera's Settings: P mode - Digital Photo Secrets

Your Camera's Settings: P mode - Digital Photo Secrets: "Do you own a digital SLR and wonder what its “P” mode does? If you’ve been using automatic settings your entire life, and you aren’t quite ready to learn everything you need to know about manual photography, this mode will come in handy. Your camera’s “P” mode has a lot to teach you. In this article, we’ll show you why."



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How to Photograph Windows and Doors - Digital Photo Secrets

How to Photograph Windows and Doors - Digital Photo Secrets: "You already know that light is the most important element in every single photograph you take. Sometimes you’re lucky enough to find great light, and your photos practically take themselves. At other times you are stuck with some really challenging light, and you’ve got to employ some strategies to make the best out of the situation."



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Three Things You Can Do Today to Become a Better Photographer Tomorrow - Digital Photo Secrets

Three Things You Can Do Today to Become a Better Photographer Tomorrow - Digital Photo Secrets: "I call it “beginner’s rut” – that mode that so many new photographers get into when they’ve become pretty comfortable with their new camera, they’ve set it up to be just about as automatic as it gets, and they are more or less happy with their results."



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How to Improve Holiday Light Photos Using Lightroom’s Spot Removal Tool – PictureCorrect

How to Improve Holiday Light Photos Using Lightroom’s Spot Removal Tool – PictureCorrect: "Lightroom’s spot removal tool is a neat little fixer for removing spots and blemishes from your images. But did you know you can also fix your holiday lights with it? Intrigued? Well, photographer Paul Burwell has a smart trick to share, just in case you’re planning to photograph your home decked out with Christmas lights:"



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Frost & Ice Photography Tips – PictureCorrect

Frost & Ice Photography Tips – PictureCorrect: "In previous articles we’ve considered photography tips using water as an ideal photo subject during warm seasons when it involves waves, waterscapes, waterfalls, reflections, abstracts, spray ‘n splash, bubbles ‘n foam, puddles, condensation, hail, mist and fog to help us out of the photo doldrums. Now, let’s consider some of its cold season photo ops for doing that."



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Understanding Camera Lenses - Digital Photo Secrets

Understanding Camera Lenses - Digital Photo Secrets: "One of the many revelations that photographers have is discovering the difference between letting your camera decide how to do something, and telling your camera what to do.” – James Brandon"



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How to Give Your Subject a Sense of Scale - Digital Photo Secrets

How to Give Your Subject a Sense of Scale - Digital Photo Secrets: "The trouble with photographs is the size we print them at. If you get your prints done at the local pharmacy or from online services like Shutterfly or Snapfish, the chances are pretty good that you order most of them at that old standard size of 4×6."



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13 Tips for Doing Action Photography in Bad Light | Photography Tips & News

13 Tips for Doing Action Photography in Bad Light | Photography Tips & News: "Sometimes I feel cursed. Like any parent I want to take pictures of my kids doing their activities. However, I have a daughter who is a gymnast. For a photographer, that is a toxic combination of very fast action with generally poor light. But then it gets worse. My other daughter is very involved with her school’s theatre program. That means I’m trying to take pictures of her acting, singing, and dancing in the worst light imaginable."



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Tips and Tricks for Sunset Photography – PictureCorrect

Tips and Tricks for Sunset Photography – PictureCorrect: "In Malaysia, the best day for photographing a sunset or sunrise is a day when it is unbearably hot. This is because the sky is so clear that it is almost cloudless, therefore the sun’s heat rays are at their maximum intensity. So the next time you feel that the temperature is shooting up, pack your tripod and head for your favorite photography location!"



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The 7 best iPhone photography apps of all time

The 7 best iPhone photography apps of all time: "From the 2-megapixel camera that shipped with the very first iPhone to the stunning 12-megapixel shooter on the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, it's difficult to imagine a feature being more influential than the iPhone's camera. Perhaps more than any other aspect of the iPhone, its camera has influenced some of the most popular and widely loved apps we have today."



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