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Before and After Photos
Before and After Photo, is where I make some small changes to an image, to make it more eye catching. I would love to hear some feed back. Read More ...
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Photographic Cameras
The camera or camera obscura is the image-forming device, and photographic film or a silicon electronic image sensor is the sensing medium. The respective recording medium can be the film itself, or a digital electronic or magnetic memory. Read More ...
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Newspaper Photography
What is the editor of a weekly Print Newspaper is after.
First, you should get yourself a Digital SLR camera. Some newspapers supply you with a camera, it is always a good idea to have your own, practise makes perfect.
Next, do not try to include everyone in the photo. You may think you are doing all 18 committee members a favour by squeezing them into a presentation shot. Your not. And you are helping anyone else either.
They will be so small and anonymous in the published photo that even their mums will not recognise them.
Two is plenty in a newspaper photo. And three is really a crowd.
If, for example, a Rotarian threaten togaval you into the obituary column if you do not take a group photo, then you may have to compromise your principles and photograph the whole bunch.
But there is still a way to savethe picture if you are prepared to take charge and organise. The trick is to devise an arrangement that makes the group compact.
So order people around until they are sitting, standing, squatting, Kneeling, Leaning or lying just where you want them to.
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Which Digital Camera should I buy?
Are you ready for the answer!
Next, There are some questions you should ask yourself.
1. Where do I intend to take my photography?
2. Am I going to take better happy snaps (photographs of family or friends)?
3. Do I want to be an amateur photographer (I would like to take up photography as a hobby or as an Interest).
4. Do I want to become a professional photographer (make a living out of my photography)?
Happy snappers these days, have the hardest decision. There are so many comparable brands of camera out these. Prices range from $100 to $999. If you are buying a camera just to have for those odd occasions, then you would spend at the lower end. The more you want to use the camera and the more creative you want to get, the higher up the price range you go. Remember be honest with yourself, it's no good spending $899.00 on a camera that is going to sit in a cupboard when you only needed to spend $299.00. The opposite applies, a $299.00 camera will not have the same features as a $899.00 camera, in most cases.
Amateur photographers, will at least need a SLR camera, with a price range of $1000.00 to $3500.00. You could use a camera under this range and still get good results, as an amateur you will probably want to push the envelope further the more you learn and experiment. The same applies the more you use the camera the higher the price range the more durable the camera.
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Digital Photo Recovery truths and myths.
There are some myths about whether photos can be recovered when lost or deleted from your memory card. Here's how I see it.
With lost photographs sometimes the camera can't see the folder or image on the card. In all the years I have been taking photographs, I have never lost a photograph that I was not able to recover. I have heard of others that have lost images. Some people have bought me their memory cards and said there were no images on their memory card and I have been able to find them.
I've also had photographs corrupted. I was getting at least 1 out of 200 photographs corrupted and no one else was having the same problem, that was when I was shooting with my Canon 10D. At first, I thought it was the camera, but after reformatting my computer, the problem went away; it was a computer virus.
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Photography Courses, Do I need to do a Photography Course?
The next question you should ask yourself is where do I want to take my photography? Do I just want to take better happy snaps, or be a better amateur photographer? Or become a professional photographer? Once you have answered that question, we have a platform to work from.
We have all taken a good picture at sometime, but can we take a good photograph on demand? Could you have taken that photograph on a different day or time, with a different person or location, with a time limit and a customer or editor breathing down your neck?
If you only plan to take better happy snaps, a Basic Photography Course would be fine, most Educational Institutions run a Basic Course or have specific workshops around the photography you want.
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Wedding Photography for Amateur
The volume of emotion at a wedding is usually far greater then at any other occasion. To the amareur photographer this is doubly important. First, you will see more potential pictures then you can probably take. Second, the picture you do take can have a rich significance in the years to come.
Since everyone wants to have a good time, including the photographer, try to plan ahead. Figure out what activities you want to photograph and ask the bride for a timetable and a list of the locations. Check to see if you can take the picture in the church-particularly if you plan to use flash. If you feel strongly about planning, visit all the locations beforehand to choose picture-taking spots and to choose what setting to use (if there is a possibility of using natural light). Read More ...
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Bad Weather Photography
People look their best out of the sun. Their faces open up with bright, natural, unshadowed expressions. Light overcast days are perfect for outstanding portraits. Just make sure that your background does not include much dull sky and more in close to your subject. You may even find that rain and snow give people, kids especially, an opportunity to wear colorful clothing and engage in activities you will want to capyure. In rain or snow, take care to protect your camera. Keep is warn and dry under a jacket.
Scenery takes on a very different appearance on a dull day. Although the sky appears gloomy and grim, the colours of grass and trees, red barns and white fences can appear brighter. Fog will lend an ethereal quality to many scenes-subject may appear partly shrouded in mist. Subject may appearbluish in the pictures made while the sun is hiding. Attach an 81A filter or ajust your camers setting to get your camera to warm up in colour a bit. You will not need to change your exposure.
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Twelve tips to help you take better photographs
The twelve key photo tips are a useful checklist to review when taking photographs, Most are suggestions rather then harden rules. Simply keep them in mind. They will strengthen photographs when used appropriately.
1. Show One subject clearly.
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