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  • Digital cameras responsiveness and photo shooting delays  By : Carol Pruitt
    Digital cameras have many advantages but they also have some disadvantages and response time is one of them. There are three response times that you should care about: the delay between pressing down the shutter button and shooting a photo, the delay between turning on the camera and shooting a photo and the delay between shooting a photo and shooting a subsequent one. This article explains the causes for these delays and suggests ways to overcome them.
  • Digital camera flash units  By : Carol Pruitt
    Digital cameras flash units come in many shapes and sizes. Low end digital cameras include low energy built in flash units. High end digital SLR cameras can support sophisticated external flash units which can provide superior lighting in difficult scenarios. Here are some basic facts about flash units both built in and external.
  • Different paper print sizes  By : Carol Pruitt
    In the film days photo paper sizes were developed to the aspect ratio of film negative frames. Digital camera sensors use different aspect ratios, and as such when printing digital photos on traditional paper the photos have either cut or shrunk.
  • Creative ideas for what to do with your digital photos  By : Carol Pruitt
    For the most part digital cameras are digital replacements of the old film cameras. There are however new applications that are possible with the digital media that were just impossible with the old film one. Here are some ideas for what you can do with digital photos.
  • Creating a digital photo inventory of your house or office  By : Carol Pruitt
    There are many reasons to keep an updated and complete inventory of your home or office. One reason is for easier insurance claims in cases of disaster, burglary, lost or other damages. This article will give you some tips for effectively creating and keeping such inventory.
  • Compressing or archiving what is the difference?  By : Carol Pruitt
    Many people confuse the terms archiving and compressing. While there is some connection between the two they are actually completely two different things. Here is some more information about those terms.
  • Compare digital photo printing prices before you print  By : Carol Pruitt
    Everybody knows that it makes sense to compare prices before buying. It is true when buying anything from groceries in the supermarket to a new car or a house. When printing digital photos comparing makes sense too.
  • Carrying Your Collectibles Photos on a Keychain  By : Carol Pruitt
    Digital photo frames normally look like old paper photo frame. But there is no reason why they wouldn’t be made in other shapes one of which is the keychain digital photo frame. The digital photo frame keychain is like any other photo frame but it fits your pocket.
  • Canon Rebet XTi - the good and the bad  By : Carol Pruitt
    Canon digital cameras are great. If you do not own a Canon Rebel yet your wait was worth it! Canon new EOS Digital Rebel XTi is a new design for the successful EOS Rebel line.
  • Candlelight photography – candles in photos basic concepts  By : Carol Pruitt
    Candles are a unique light source. Using candlelight to light a scene can result in breathtaking photos. Candlelight temperature is different than flash, daylight or regular bulb light. Using candlelight is hard and requires experience. This article will provide you some basic ideas to start experimenting with.
  • Behind image stabilizer lenses like the Canon EF 70-200mm IS USM  By : Carol Pruitt
    Image stabilizers are helpful fancy additions to zoom lenses. In high zoom factors every tiny camera movement is translated to a blurry photo. There are different techniques to avoid such movement but sometimes when taking photos fast without a tripod or special equipment an image stabilizer lens might be the only way to go. Here is how and why.
  • Behind image stabilizer lenses and the Canon EF 70-200mm IS USM  By : Carol Pruitt
    Image stabilizers are helpful fancy additions to zoom lenses. In high zoom factors every tiny camera movement is translated to a blurry photo. There are different techniques to avoid such movement but sometimes when taking photos fast without a tripod or special equipment an image stabilizer lens might be the only way to go. Here is how and why.
  • Basic understanding of your digital camera flash  By : Carol Pruitt
    Many of us do not think twice about the usage of our digital camera’s flash assuming that the camera will use the flash automatically as needed. Flash however can and should be manually set in many scenarios resulting in high quality digital photos.
  • Avoiding pitfalls when taking high quality digital photos  By : Carol Pruitt
    With today’s sophisticated digital cameras it is relatively easy to take good digital photos. This is especially true if you are using s point and shoot digital pocket camera. However even with such a camera you can follow some tips that will result in better higher quality digital photos. These tips become much more important when using high end SLR cameras in manual mode.
  • Auto bracketing an underused feature of many digital SLR cameras  By : Carol Pruitt
    When taking digital photos making sure that the exposure is right for the specific lighting condition is one of the most important tasks for achieving a high quality digital photo. Auto bracketing can help in hard lighting condition when finding the right exposure value is not easy.
  • Auto and manual focus modes in digital cameras  By : Carol Pruitt
    One of the important phases of shooting a good photo is focusing on the photo’s objects. Photos that are out of focus look bad and blurry. Sometimes shooting out of focus objects is done on purpose as an artistic effect but in most cases a sharp focused object is the photographer goal.
  • Are film cameras better than digital cameras?  By : Carol Pruitt
    Film cameras are becoming rare. Although digital cameras have come a long way since they were first introduced there are still photographers that prefer to use old film cameras. Some of them use film exclusively while others prefer film for specific scenarios.
  • Are digital prints any different than old film paper prints?  By : Carol Pruitt
    Everybody is using digital cameras these days. Although many people never end up printing any of the digital photos that they take others do print what is known as digital prints.
  • Amazing Action Photo Tips  By : Gen Wright
    Learn to take great action photo with any digital camera, tips and tricks from the professionals. Taking a good action shot is quite a difficult thing master the art of. First of all you have to be as close to your subject as possible.
  • A holistic approach to buying a new digital camera  By : Carol Pruitt
    Many buy a new camera based on just a few parameters like purchase price and megapixels. This is unfortunate as there is much more to a new digital camera buying decision. This article will describe a holistic approach to that decision.
  • A common photography problem: underexposed digital photos  By : Carol Pruitt
    Digital cameras are becoming more and more sophisticated. On one hand they allow high quality automatic point and shoot. On the other hand they allow full manual control of their settings. Regardless of the mode you use there are some scenes that require special care. Without such care your digital photos will be of poor quality regardless of how sophisticated and automatic your camera is.
  • A common photography problem: Shaded objects in digital photos  By : Carol Pruitt
    Digital cameras are becoming more and more sophisticated. On one hand they allow high quality automatic point and shoot. On the other hand they allow full manual control of their settings. Regardless of the mode you use there are some scenes that require special care. Without such care your digital photos will be of poor quality regardless of how sophisticated and automatic your camera is.
  • A common photography problem: red eyed objects in digital photos  By : Carol Pruitt
    Digital cameras are becoming more and more sophisticated. On one hand they allow high quality automatic point and shoot. On the other hand they allow full manual control of their settings. Regardless of the mode you use there are some scenes that require special care. Without such care your digital photos will be of poor quality regardless of how sophisticated and automatic your camera is.
  • A common photography problem: overexposed digital photos  By : Carol Pruitt
    Digital cameras are becoming more and more sophisticated. On one hand they allow high quality automatic point and shoot. On the other hand they allow full manual control of their settings. Regardless of the mode you use there are some scenes that require special care. Without such care your digital photos will be of poor quality regardless of how sophisticated and automatic your camera is.
  • A common photography problem: out of focus digital photos  By : Carol Pruitt
    Digital cameras are becoming more and more sophisticated. On one hand they allow high quality automatic point and shoot. On the other hand they allow full manual control of their settings. Regardless of the mode you use there are some scenes that require special care. Without such care your digital photos will be of poor quality regardless of how sophisticated and automatic your camera is.
  • A common photography problem: dark silhouettes in digital photos  By : Carol Pruitt
    Digital cameras are becoming more and more sophisticated. On one hand they allow high quality automatic point and shoot. On the other hand they allow full manual control of their settings. Regardless of the mode you use there are some scenes that require special care. Without such care your digital photos will be of poor quality regardless of how sophisticated and automatic your camera is.
  • A common photography problem: blurry digital photos  By : Carol Pruitt
    Digital cameras are becoming more and more sophisticated. On one hand they allow high quality automatic point and shoot. On the other hand they allow full manual control of their settings. Regardless of the mode you use there are some scenes that require special care. Without such care your digital photos will be of poor quality regardless of how sophisticated and automatic your camera is.
  • A Black-And-White Truth  By : Low Jeremy
    Despite the boom of color photography in advertising and in almost all forms of media, many photographers and photo enthusiasts remain loyal to the beauty of subjects in grayscale.

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