DO respect the signage. If a sign says, “No Photography,” then put your camera away. If a sign says, “No Flash Photography,” then turn off the flash! It’s pretty straightforward, and those signs are there for a reason. If you want a photo of that Monet, go to the museum store for a print. It …
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Focus stacking is a technique used to increase the shallow depth-of-field effect (sharp foreground, soft background) in a photograph. At normal shooting distances and magnifications, a shallow depth of field can be achieved by simply taking the lens down a few stops. But for macro photography, where objects appear larger than they do in real …
In the world of online sales, product images are essential to draw in the customer—but bad product images can just send them clicking the back button. A good product photo will have all of the elements of good photography in general, like proper exposure and lighting. But product photography also involves more than just a …
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Back before digital cameras, photographers weren’t finished after just taking the photo. The image was developed, fine tuned and perfected in the dark room, and each photographer did their developing a little differently, depending on the result they wanted. In a digital camera, a JPEG file is automatically processed, but a RAW file isn’t—giving the …
From rolls of film to tiny SD cards housing thousands of files, photography storage has always been physical, something touchable. But, while an SD card may take up much less space than a box of 2,000 prints, physical storage is still finite and it can still be lost, damaged or stolen — not to mention …
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With digital camera technology developing so rapidly, even last year’s cameras feel outdated. The latest and greatest advancements quickly become old news, leaving you to decide whether to settle for the older model or upgrade to the shiniest new digital camera. It’s likely that you want to buy the newer – and supposedly better – camera, …
Digital cameras prompted a lot of changes—but one of the biggest is the expanse of editing options. Novice users don’t have to just accept what turns out on the film anymore, digital images can be fine tuned, even without any experience. From one-click fixes to step-intensive specific edits, editing digital images isn’t just for the …
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If there’s one question that will start a riot in a group of photographers, it’s “what camera brand is best?” Okay, so that’s (hopefully) a bit of exaggeration, but it’s a highly debatable topic. While there is no right answer as to the top camera brand, each manufacturer offers a certain set of characteristics that …
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Creating panoramas used to involve hours in the darkroom, and even early in the digital photography revolution, an elaborate stitching process inside image programs. Now, most cameras are capable of taking panoramas, even wide 180 degree and even 360 degree images—in-camera, with just a few clicks. But, like any automated camera mode, the panorama feature …
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Nothing is quite as majestic as sparks dancing across the sky — or quite as hard to photograph. Shooting fireworks combines several difficult aspects of photography, shooting in the dark, shooting motion and shooting unpredictable subjects.While photographing fireworks may take some trial and error, with the right gear and tricks, you can shoot an entire …
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