Digital Photography Tips - The Big Five Of Digital Photography

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Digital Photography Tip One - Busting The Dust:

Digital SLRs with removable lenses are prone to dust landing on the sensor. Static electricity around the sensor can possibly contribute to attracting dust particles, or other elements to this sensitive area of your camera.

To get rid of the dust you can use a camera blower brush, and tilt the camera down while blowing. Take care not to get any of the hairs snagged inside!

Digital Photography Tip Two - Shedding Light On The Night:

For night photography using only a flash can leave you with a well exposed - but isolated - subject against a dark background. Most digital cameras nowadays have a slow-sync flash feature, which combines the short flash exposure with a proper exposure for the rest of the background. On a camera such as the Olympus SP500, this feature is a preset mode called “Night Portrait”.

To ensure expert nighttime shooting, a good digital photography tip is to look for a digital camera with the following features: shutter speed of up to 30 seconds; shutter priority mode; manual ISO settings at least to 400; slow-sync shutter mode.

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The Newbie Digital Camera Guide

Digital cameras are quickly becoming more and more common in the home. Digital photography is almost as common as regular photography these days. They even have digital cameras built into pda’s and phones now. With the up-swing of the quality of digital photographs, and the increasing size of memory cards, it’s no wonder.

Just about every electronic and camera company has their own digital camera, HP, Nikon, Panasonic, Fuji, Kodak, Canon, Olympus, Casio, Sony, and many more, so it can be rather intimidating trying to find out which one to buy and what features to look for. While I don’t have the resources to give you in-depth reviews and ratings, I can run through the basic features to look for when purchasing a digital camera, and show you some great deals i’ve found.

Here is a brief run-down of the things we’ll cover:

Megapixels
Zoom
Features

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10 Tips to Shoot Better Pictures with your Digital Camera

WIth the boom of the digital photography more pictures then ever are being shot everyday. The Digital Photography allows to increase significantly the picture production by lowering costs. But does the quality increase on the same ratio ? Probably not.

WIth few simple tips it is possible to take more advantage of your own equipment and increase the value of your own pictures.

1) Get closer to the Subject: 90% of the pictures are taking too far of the subject. Just step towards your subject and ensure that it fills completely your visor. It is never too close.

2) Use a tripod: take a light high quality tripod with you and use it! You will be able to capture more details of your subject and increase the sharpness, specially when taking scenics, arquitecture and landscapes.

3) Use the “Raw” mode of your digital camera: JPG pictures allows only 8 bit per channel, this means the information per channel is restricted and you may loose information when processing your picture later in your digital lab. RAW modes support the full range of your digital equipment and provides highly flexibility to re- process your pictures afterwards.

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Get the Most Out of Your Digital Camera Today!

Point and click. The new life of digital cameras gives us all the opportunity to capture images as we go. Whether you simply hit the shutter button to take pictures of your friends and family or if you want to have your camera with you at all times in order to capture the beauty of life wherever you find it, getting the most out of your digital camera can be easy.

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Exposure Bracketing & How to Use it Correctly

What is exposure bracketing?

Exposure bracketing is a simple technique professional photographers use to ensure they properly expose their pictures, especially in challenging lighting situations.

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