Well we used to all go out and shoot images on our film cameras, run the film to the corner store or kiosk to get it developed and then once the prints were hand we tended to stick them away without much more than a few minutes notice. Those days are no more as digital photography has grabbed hold of the consumer marketplace. Now we have tons of images in our cameras, on our hard disks and the options of what to do with them are growing and growing every year.

Digital photography has now found its way into more than half of the homes in America. However most people still order out to get their images printed. Maybe it is not the corner film kiosk of the old days but there is still a very strong market for image printing. Nowadays you can take your images to Costco, the nearby photo store where they might have a digital printing kiosk in the store, or you can upload them to the various internet sites devoted to printing your images such as Shutterfly, Ofoto, and Snapfish to name a few.

Since the year 2000 the number of images converted into conventional prints has been steadily sliding down and could go 5% further this year. However due to the interesting rise of alternative ways to print your images the industry predicts that revenues will rise overall this year. Now why would that be?

Well it turns out that there are some very lucrative ways for companies to make money in the digital age including printing reproductions from digital photographs onto posters, stamps, postcards, T-shirts, chairs, wallpaper, and bronze plaques. Even ceramic tile is being used as a medium for digital printing as designers are using images to decorate them for spas, restaurants, and fireplace mantels.

We have now entered the era of functional art versus just decorative art. Now you can touch it and get a more personal feeling from your digital photography. In addition you can put these digital images on wood, stone, plastic, and metal as well as conventional paper of every type. Either through software on your own computer or through vendors consumers can print their images on birthday cards, calendars, and storytelling photo books that actually get used instead of being tucked away in a drawer like most of our albums of old.

The camera makers have done a fine job of selling digital cameras to the population, but now that they are so infused to the marketplace it will take some creativity to for them to make money off of these sales going forward beyond just getting us to upgrade our digital cameras every year or two.

That will require some new methods for organizing digital photos, new methods of displaying images (perhaps along the lines of the wireless digital display frames that have shown some promise of late) and the ability to print our own custom books using our own digital photographs. That is something that would stay out on display in my home!

Did you know that in the past ten years digital cameras have managed to be sold into over half the homes in the US? The prediction is that number could go as high as seventy per cent by the yearn 2009. Old line film companies like Kodak have had to scramble to move into the digital camera game, with a fair amount of success as they applied old film lessons to their line of digital cameras such as consumer simplicity first, but even they are still leaning on the sales of inks used to print images on computers to hold the profit line.

They have over 75,000 in store kiosks installed throughout the country and are planning for new ones that can handle 900 prints per hour! Retail is strong for getting your digital prints as the big stores such as Wal-Mart and Costco battle it out for your business and in the on line market the field has been whittled down to the strongest. That means that the price per print that was once in the high twenties has now dropped to around 17 cents per print on line and 21 cents per print in store.

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Panoramic digital photos cover a wide angle of view. In its extreme a panoramic photo can cover 360 degrees of view. Such panoramic photos are for example taken from a sky scraper to convey the view it provides. Most new digital cameras provide a panoramic mode that supports such photography.

There is no formal or definitive definition of what a panoramic photo is. It is common practice to define panoramic photos as such that cover a wide angle of view. How wide? A common definition is “wider than our eyes can see” – or in other worlds – provide an artificial view that otherwise we could not have gotten by just looking at the scene (without moving our head left and right or up and down of course). Panoramic digital photos can be taken in a single shot using special panoramic wide angle lenses. This technique is limited of course as for example a 360 degree panoramic photo can not be taken this way.

Another way in which panoramic photos are created is in segments – a few photos are taken in series and are later attached to each other to create one big panoramic photo. The process of attaching the photos together is fast and easy thanks to modern digital photo processing software (as long as you’re following some guidelines when taking the photos). Panoramic photos are not limited to capturing landscape or wide angle view. They can be very useful when capturing objects that are just too big to be captured from where you stand. For example if you are standing too close to a tall tower and can not retreat to a farther position – using panoramic photography will enable you to capture the complete tower (in 2 or more shots).

Most digital cameras support a special panoramic mode. In this mode the camera optimizes its optical settings for panoramic wide angle photography. But more than just setting the optical parameters the camera also provides tools that allow you to more easily take the photos series and later on stitch them together. When put in panoramic mode the camera will first let you choose if you plan to take a horizontal panoramic photo (i.e. taking photos from left to right or right to left while keeping the vertical position fixed) or to take a vertical panoramic photo (i.e. taking the photos from bottom to top or top to bottom while keeping the horizontal position fixed). You can also choose a combination.

After you choose the panoramic mode – the camera will let you start taking the photos. On its LCD screen you would always see the previous photo you took and the new photo you are taking. This allows you to easily compose each photo in a way that it complements the previous one. You would also want to make sure the photo overlaps a bit with the previous photo – this allows for easier photo stitching later on. The camera also names the digital photos files in a special format that further helps stitching.

Photo stitching can be easily done on a computer at home. Many digital cameras come with a photo stitching software. If your digital camera did not come with one you can find either free or low priced commercial software that can stitch single photos. Basically what the photo stitching software does is: based on the photo file names it orders the photos in their right order. Then it identifies the overlapping areas in each pair of photos and places the photos in a way that these overlapping areas match (this is why having a bit of overlap is important). The final step is to attach all those pairs of files and create a single panoramic digital photo.

It is a good practice to use a tripod when taking panoramic photos. A tripod will help you maintaining either a fixed horizontal or a fixed vertical position. Also it is good practice to keep the optical settings fixed between shots and to make sure that the lighting stays the same. As always practice makes perfect – go and experiment with panoramic photography and master your digital camera panoramic mode.

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Although digital photography is a new and innovative way to take photos it is still founded on traditional photography and incorporates many of the same ideas. Both digital and traditional photography need a lens with which to focus the light as well as a shutter that lets the light into the camera. The big difference between traditional and digital photography is how the camera captures the image.

In traditional photography a film is used which needs to be developed inside of a darkroom with the use of chemicals. This development process results in a “negative” which you will then to print so that you can see the picture. Digital photography uses what is called an electronic sensor. It’s this electronic sensor that catches the image of the picture. Millions of pixels make up the sensor, which then convert the light into a number. Instead of waiting for the photo to be developed a digital photo can be looked at almost immediately in the viewfinder of the camera.

Digital photographs use the number of pixels to determine the quality of the picture. Pixel count is often referred to as “resolution” and is measured in dimensions, such as 800×600. This is also known as the number of pixels per inch. A typical resolution for a computer monitor is 800×600. What this means is that the computer screen can display 800 pixels from one side to the other side and 600 pixels from the top of the display to the bottom. The total number of pixels would be 480,000. Digital photography uses resolutions that are higher than the computer monitor, often resulting in millions of pixels, or megapixels. If a digital camera has a resolution of 2048×1536 it has a total of 3.1 megapixels.

As previously mentioned, numbers represent the pixels. These numbers then determine the scale of colors that can be created. As an example, pictures that are black and white can be represented by megapixels that are only 8 bits long. As with binary arithmetic, an 8 bit number can then represent any decimal number from 0 to 256. This means that black and white pictures can have as many as 255 gray shades as well as black (0) and can also have white shades (256).

Larger numbers represent colors. For example, 16 bits per pixel can have a color scale of 65,536 different color shades while 24 bits per pixel can have over 16 million different types of colors. These days most digital cameras make use of 24 bits per pixel; however some professional cameras can have a color resolution that reaches 48 bits per pixel to create over 280 billion color shades.

The quality of a digital camera is affected by a few factors. Most times pixel resolution is considered to be one of the most important factors. You will want to choose the right pixel resolution for the size of pictures that you want to print. Remember that although the number of pixels in the photo won’t change those images with bigger dimensions will have less pixels per inch. This will result in less detail in the picture as the size increases.

Photography labs will print photos that are 300 pixels per inch. This standard measure will let you calculate just how many megapixels your digital camera should come with. The largest print you can get from a two megapixel camera (that has 300 pixels per inch) is a 5.8″x3.8″ picture. This is smaller than the standard 4″x6″ picture. A digital camera that has four megapixels will be able to print photos up to a size of 8.2″x5.4″ at about 300 pixels per inch.

You still have the ability to print larger photos. Keep in mind that photos which are printed at 200 pixels per inch will be less clear, however these photos will still be useable for many purposes. With this type of resolution you can get photo prints up to 8.7″x5.8″ with a two megapixel camera. And with a four megapixel camera you’ll be able to get pictures up to 12.2″x8.2″.

Now that you have some understanding of the differences between classic photography and digital photography you can narrow down your search for buying a used camera.

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Whenever you resize or edit a digital image, you should consider sharpening your image as a final step. If you sharpen first, and then edit your image further, you are likely to exaggerate the “artifacts” created as part of the sharepening process. Make sure you save your edited image with a different file name, or in a different folder than the original, in case better sharpening algorthims come along in the next few years – I burn my Original images to CD and also store them locally in an “Original Photos” folder. I place the edited versions in a “Photo Editing” folder.

Unsharp Mask There are many techniques for sharpening a digital image, each with pros and cons. The following steps and ideas for using Unsharp Mask apply to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Elements.

Radius: In general, if you have a low resolution image (fewer dpis) then you need a lower Radius – try setting it to 0.3; if you are working on a high resolution image, then you need a higher Radius. To avoid creating coloured halos around edges of things in your image, reduce your Radius. If you make the Radius too high, you may lose detail in light areas.

Threshold: For “busy” images, set this value to 0. As soon as you have large areas of a similar colour (e.g. blue sky), you should increase this setting to reduce introduction of noise in otherwise smooth areas.

Amount: This value will typically depend on the two settings discussed above. To reduce the constrast introduced by sharpening, try setting this value to its maximum (500%) and then find the smallest Radius at which sharpening is adequate (e.g. start at 0.1 and increase slowly). Be sure you view your image at 100% its actual size.

The exposure compensation feature of your digital camera can be a very effective way to correct the exposures you?re getting in your camera?s fully automatic mode. But it requires taking a series of photos until you have the exposure just right. Here is a simple techniques to take care of some common exposure situations that can fool your camera?s auto exposure system, without as many steps as setting up your digital camera?s exposure compensation feature. It may not work every time, and you may have to go through the steps of using exposure compensation, but it will work many more times than not.

Normally, to determine the correct exposure, your camera will evaluate the brightness of the entire scene you are shooting and will calculate the average brightness of the entire scene. This usually works in most situations, but if you are shooting on a really bright, sunny day, for example, and your main subject is in the shade, the bright sunlight can overwhelm the auto exposure feature, causing your subject to be under-exposed and too dark.

Almost all digital cameras have a feature called exposure lock. This allows you to aim the camera at one scene to let the auto exposure system calculate its settings, and then you can aim the camera again at your real subject and take a shot, while preserving the settings from the first scene. You?ll have to look in your digital camera?s manual to check how to activate the exposure lock on your camera, but for most cameras you push the shutter button halfway down and hold it there to lock the exposure settings.

For example, if a bright sky is making the scene on the ground under-exposed, point the camera down until the scene on the ground fills the viewfinder. If your subject is in the shade, point the camera at the shady area. Lock this exposure setting by pushing halfway down on the shutter button. Then reframe the scene to include the sky. This locked exposure setting may now over expose the sky, but your subject on the ground should be correctly exposed.

Using the exposure lock is a very simple technique to master that should be in the bag of tricks of every digital photographer. Happy shooting, and may all your photos be neither too dark nor too light.

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Well we used to all go out and shoot images on our film cameras, run the film to the corner store or kiosk to get it developed and then once the prints were hand we tended to stick them away without much more than a few minutes notice. Those days are no more as digital photography has grabbed hold of the consumer marketplace. Now we have tons of images in our cameras, on our hard disks and the options of what to do with them are growing and growing every year.

Digital photography has now found its way into more than half of the homes in America. However most people still order out to get their images printed. Maybe it is not the corner film kiosk of the old days but there is still a very strong market for image printing. Nowadays you can take your images to Costco, the nearby photo store where they might have a digital printing kiosk in the store, or you can upload them to the various internet sites devoted to printing your images such as Shutterfly, Ofoto, and Snapfish to name a few.

Since the year 2000 the number of images converted into conventional prints has been steadily sliding down and could go 5% further this year. However due to the interesting rise of alternative ways to print your images the industry predicts that revenues will rise overall this year. Now why would that be?

Well it turns out that there are some very lucrative ways for companies to make money in the digital age including printing reproductions from digital photographs onto posters, stamps, postcards, T-shirts, chairs, wallpaper, and bronze plaques. Even ceramic tile is being used as a medium for digital printing as designers are using images to decorate them for spas, restaurants, and fireplace mantels.

We have now entered the era of functional art versus just decorative art. Now you can touch it and get a more personal feeling from your digital photography. In addition you can put these digital images on wood, stone, plastic, and metal as well as conventional paper of every type. Either through software on your own computer or through vendors consumers can print their images on birthday cards, calendars, and storytelling photo books that actually get used instead of being tucked away in a drawer like most of our albums of old.

The camera makers have done a fine job of selling digital cameras to the population, but now that they are so infused to the marketplace it will take some creativity to for them to make money off of these sales going forward beyond just getting us to upgrade our digital cameras every year or two.

That will require some new methods for organizing digital photos, new methods of displaying images (perhaps along the lines of the wireless digital display frames that have shown some promise of late) and the ability to print our own custom books using our own digital photographs. That is something that would stay out on display in my home!

Did you know that in the past ten years digital cameras have managed to be sold into over half the homes in the US? The prediction is that number could go as high as seventy per cent by the yearn 2009. Old line film companies like Kodak have had to scramble to move into the digital camera game, with a fair amount of success as they applied old film lessons to their line of digital cameras such as consumer simplicity first, but even they are still leaning on the sales of inks used to print images on computers to hold the profit line.

They have over 75,000 in store kiosks installed throughout the country and are planning for new ones that can handle 900 prints per hour! Retail is strong for getting your digital prints as the big stores such as Wal-Mart and Costco battle it out for your business and in the on line market the field has been whittled down to the strongest. That means that the price per print that was once in the high twenties has now dropped to around 17 cents per print on line and 21 cents per print in store.

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There was a time photographers had to shoot then develop the shots to find out if the right image was captured. Some photographers refer to this as the trial and error of this art form.

Many photographers have now shifted from the old camera to the model capturing a picture digitally. This will surely give the user more time to focus in taking the shots since images that are not at par with the standards of the artist can be deleted off the camera?s memory.

Since the functions of the digital camera are a bit different, it is advisable to spend time getting acquainted with this new toy. The owner should then shoot a few practice shots to be able to get a hang of things.

If the person uses the camera a lot and may not have time to download the images to a computer, it will be good to invest in memory cards or those that have more space. This will surely keep the individual busy for choosing such a profession.

Individuals who use a digital camera no longer have to look at the lens to be able to get the perfect shot. This is because most models have LCD screen which will tell the person almost immediately if another shot needs to be taken.

Here are some tips that will aid the person in getting a perfect shot using digital photography.

1. Traditionally, people love to take a shot involving the full body into the background. Those that do this will realize that the image of those in the picture are too small so it is advisable to take an upper body shot or from the shoulders up.

2. If this is too difficult for the user, another way to get the shot will be to put the people on the picture on the side rather than the center. The owner should just zoom in properly in order to get both properly.

3. Lighting still plays a factor whether using the old or the digital camera. This is because an image with the sun behind the subject will turn out to be a silhouette while the same effect with the light in front will make the person squint unless there are sunglasses on.

The techniques in getting the right shot have not changed. Digital perfect photography has merely improved it by making this art form easily done by anyone.

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Many people buy their first digital camera but have absolutely no idea how to use it. There are many options available for learning how to master digital photography, such as, for example, the internet. The internet certainly has many sites available to help you understand your digital camera and find answers to any questions you might have. There are many books available on using a digital camera, taking photographs and editing them. Many people find they learn faster and it is far easier for them when they have one-on-one lessons instead of reading a guide. Digital photography lessons are the answer for these people.

Digital photography lessons are great for anyone that is interested in photography as a hobby, or even for people considering it as a profession. You learn important facts that allow you to take the best quality pictures possible. More people than ever are interested in digital photography, and with a few digital photography lessons they can become experienced at photography. For anyone that is passionate about photography and wants to learn how to take the best pictures possible, digital photography lessons are wonderful. Many community colleges and night schools offer lessons that are flexible and usually run once or twice a week. Even though digital photography lessons may cost a little more than purchasing a book or searching the internet, you have the opportunity to learn about in-depth digital photography. While some people will be naturally gifted at photography, most individuals will require some formal training and guidance. An instructor teaches you and offers guidance but also gives constructive criticism when necessary.

Digital photography lessons teach you everything there is to know about the camera and accessories. This will include how to maintain and care for the equipment. You will learn photography terms, equipment basics, photography applications and theory. The lessons teach you different tips and styles, such as composing and framing the subject. Other things you learn by taking digital photography lessons are:

* Proper lighting techniques ? They teach you that this is one of the most important aspects of digital photography. Lighting has the ability to make a picture look wonderful or ruin the entire look
* Identifying special elements – Being able to capture a special feeling or even a look takes practice and skill. It also takes knowledge, so you understand and are able to identify these elements. Teachers show you how to do this and explain which elements make your pictures interesting and what distracts from them

Digital photography lessons are great for a beginner, wanting to take pictures for their own personal pleasure or for professional photographers that are always searching for new ideas and techniques.

About the Author:

Terry Roberts is a professional translator and linguist, with a wide range of interests. To read more about digital photography lessons, visit his website Digital Photography Courses

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Gone are the days when one has to buy films, put up with bad or exposed shots and waste money having them developed. The creation of digital cameras has changed the landscape of photography not only for enthusiasts but also for beginners.

In fact, with the features of digital cameras, beginners can already make professional-looking shots and even put effects that are only reserved before to those who have done photography for a long time or those who have actually studied the techniques. Below is a rundown of some of the advantages of digital camera.

Zooming in

One advantage that digital cameras present is its zooming lens, that provide clarity even when shooting far away objects. Point and shoot cameras that are often used by beginners do not have this feature. Additional lens will have to be placed on the camera. But now, digital cameras have special lens that can zoom up to 8 megapixels.

No mistakes

Digital cameras allow users to erase shots that they feel are not good enough. This is perhaps one of the greatest features of digital technology. Now, people are able to choose not only the shots that they will develop but also those that they will keep. This is a huge savings not only on the film but also with developing.

No more films

With digital technology, one does not need films anymore. Picture files may be stored in memory sticks and in the camera?s internal memory. What is more, one can store digital files of the pictures. And unlike films, which may easily be destroyed, digital files are not as easily lost when stored properly.

Effects

Digital technology in cameras allow for the use of several techniques in photography that one will not be able to do if one is using a standard camera with film. One can shoot in black and white and sepia with just a click of the mode buttons. There is no need to develop them in the dark room in a special way. Digital cameras also allow photographers to shoot in macro settings, something that ordinary cameras would not have done.

No more developing

With digital cameras, you don?t have to develop the pictures anymore or use a dark room. You can actually print the pictures at your own home with the use of a colored printer. No need to go to the developing center.

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Yes, I’m obsessive-compulsive when it comes to finding and shooting framed compositions. I discovered this one last week while roaming around Plant Hall in infrared mode. I almost didn’t post anything here today, my hands are pretty cramped after creating seventy-five pages of new shopping cart code for the latest event photo gallery. I don’t think this brave new world of digital photography is necessarily easier than film, its more a matter of a different set of skills and challenges. Some days I feel like all I’ve done is traded chemistry for carpal tunnel.
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Taken with a 17mm full-frame fisheye stopped all the way down. What I didn’t realize at the time is that while I was composing this I became the subject of a shot myself…At home in my natural element. Kathy Porupski, one of my first students and possibly the busiest person I know, occasionally finds time to rip herself away from her hectic schedule and accompany me on a shoot. Children’s dance competitions are her bread-and-butter photography work but just like me she loves to escape to the wild places and shoot just for herself. This is an effective use of leading lines and of course I like her choice of subject matter. Kathy has a new website where she currently displays her dance photos for parents to buy and will soon be displaying some of her nature and fine art photos. Since I did the original design work for the site I’m more than happy to give it a blatant plug here.
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Film or digital? Digital or film? The debate rages on.

Unfortunately, due to the film manufacturers phasing out of film, the debate is about to be decided in favor of the “Digital” crowd. And photography is going downhill in a hurry!

Now, before all you digital fanatics order a hit man to pay a visit to my house, let me explain that I have no problem with digital. In fact, it is the indisputable future of my profession. I believe it can help us learn to be better photographers, and in the long run, it may save money too!

But, those very points are also our potential downfall.

The first thing everyone tries to pound into our heads is that by “going digital” we save money on film and developing. Rather than drop $6 or $7 dollars for a roll of film, we can shoot as many shots as we want and just erase the bad ones. Rather than paying $15 for developing and printing, we just print them ourselves with our computer and printer.

Ok, let’s talk cost.

If you don’t mind seeing your gorgeous sunsets, kids portraits, holidays and special occasions as a two inch thumbnail, digital is for YOU!

A cell phone with photo capacity, or a cheap – low end camera will work admirably.

But, if you actually want to SEE your photos and try to enlarge them, you’re going to end up inventing a whole bunch of brand new curse words. (As photographers, we can be very creative!)

It won’t take you long to dump that camera and go back to the camera store.

Enter the high end camera…

I have several high end film cameras. (Nikon F4’s and F5’s.) To go digital as a professional, I need a high end camera. Actually, I need two of them so I have a spare body in case one breaks down during an important assignment. The photo capacity of my cell phone just won’t do.

When comparing prices, I found the best digital cameras run about TWICE what I paid for my film cameras. I imagine the cost ratio is about the same when comparing medium level film and digital cameras.

The good news is, the high end digital photos ARE as good, but they aren’t any BETTER than film. It appears that I’d be spending a ton of money to get – what I’ve already got!

We won’t even get into the fact that you need a good computer, a high end printer and $700 worth of Photoshop. (Have you priced printer ink and photo quality paper? – WOW!)

I’d have to shoot a LOT of pictures before the savings will pay for a camera. But to be fair, sooner or later the film savings would offset the costs and start saving me money. If nothing changes!

What I mean is…

I shot my first professional photos over 16 years ago with my trusty F4. Just last week, I used it again! The SAME camera! It’s in my camera bag right now! Question – if I bought a top of the line digital camera today, do YOU think the technology will still hold up in 16 years? How about 16 months? How about 6 months?

Sorry, saving money is NOT the reason to go digital.

The next benefit to going digital is the ability to see the photo immediately. If you don’t like it, simply hit delete and try again. After all, you don’t even have to consider cost.

We’re developing a whole generation of photographers who will shoot thousands of pictures just to get a handful of good ones. How does that old saying go? “Even a blind duck finds a kernel of corn sometimes!”

They aren’t learning photography. They are learning – save or delete.

The problem is, eventually they get a few dozen decent shots. They forget about all the deleted ones and start to think they’re pretty darn good! So they go pro.

Big mistake!

Weddings are the first target of almost everyone turning pro. Let me ask – would YOU want a “blind duck” photographer shooting YOUR wedding? Or someone who learned the hard way – paying actual money for every mistake.

Weddings are the worst way to start out a photo career. Fortunately, ANYONE can make money selling their photography AND, with just a little experience they’ll eventually get good enough for weddings – if they only know a couple tried and true marketing strategies – see the resource box below.

Being able to immediately see your photos is truly the BIGGEST and perhaps ONLY reason to go digital.

The immediate feedback will take your photography to levels you would have never dreamed. If you only drop the shotgun approach, slow down and look at each picture with the question in mind – “How can I make this better?” If you approach every session thinking it will cost you a dollar each time you press the shutter button in no time you will be better than 75% of all the photographers out there.

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Perhaps one of the greatest invention in the 20st century is the digital camera. With its many outstanding features, novices in photography can produce great photos at less the effort. Not only does the digital camera provide convenience to photographers or those that are interested in the art but also savings to ordinary consumers.

There is no need to buy films or have the pictures developed in the darkroom or in the nearest developing center. One only need to click the camera, upload the files to a computer and print them out with a colored printer. Everything is so easy.

Of course, despite being so easy, there are things that one needs to know about digital cameras and digital photography. Here are some tips that will help you make the most out of your digital cameras and make the experience of digital photography truly memorable.

1. Know your camera

Without really studying the features that your digital camera has, how can you make the most out of it? Before using it, try to explore the different features of the gadget. Read the manual and take experimental shots. This will help you be familiar with the various parts of the camera. Doing it and trying it out will also help you remember the operations as opposed to just reading the text in the manual.

Reading the manual will also help you from pulling something that you should not be pulling. Often, gadgets like digital cameras get broken because owners do not allot any time to read the instructions in the manual especially the don?ts and the section where it teaches you how to take care of it.

2. Practice

There is nothing more educational than practice. Gadgets like digital cameras actually get broken not only because it is often used but also when it is not used at all. Do not keep it inside your cabinet, gathering dust. Shot away. Every chance you get, take a picture. This will help you get used to the feel of the camera and will also allow you to discover some of its many features.

3. Take care of your camera

Although it may seem a bit too much to always put it inside its case every time you are not using it or not putting it directly under the heat of the sun, digital cameras are delicate gadgets that need taking care of. Make sure that you always protect it and prevent it from hitting hard surfaces.

Shutter speed is perhaps the most creative adjustment available to the digital photographer. It allows us to freeze action or use motion blur to create a variety of effects, and is expressed in seconds or fractions of seconds depending on the length of exposure.

A high shutter speed (1/1000 of a second or higher) can freeze even very fast moving objects dead in their tracks. However, you will need to keep a couple of things in mind:

1.) You are going to need a brightly lit subject as shutter speeds this high don?t allow your camera much time to gather light for exposure. You can get around this to a degree by using a higher ISO setting, but don?t go to high, or noise will creep into your shot.

2.) If possible, set up your shot by having your camera focused on the spot where your subject is going to pass by. This will allow you to concentrate on timing your subject?s approach, giving you a better chance to trip the shutter at just the right moment.

Medium shutter speeds (1/20 of a second to 1/80 of a second) can be used to create motion blur when photographing moving objects. This gives the photo a sense of life and motion. Here are several ways you can approach this type of motion blur:

1.) With your camera stationary, trip the shutter as a moving subject passes by. This will make the subject look blurred, while keeping the rest of the shot clear?giving your subject a look of speed and a sense that it is moving out of the shot.

2.) Follow your subject through the viewfinder in a smooth sweeping motion as it approaches, and trip the shutter as your subject goes by?this is called ?panning.? This method will keep your subject relatively clear, but will blur the background, giving an overall sense of speed and movement. The timing for this type of shot takes a little practice, but the results make it well worthwhile.

3.) When shooting a stationary subject, purposely move your camera in a sweeping or circular motion to create a blur of colours and lines. This one is a lot of fun and can provide some interesting abstract results.

Low shutter speeds (1/8 of a second up to 30 seconds and beyond) can be used to create a variety of effects?here are just a few:

Note: For most of these long exposures a tripod or some other means of keeping the camera perfectly still is necessary to avoid creating unintended blur.

1.) Moving water will look smooth and silky when shot at shutter speeds of 1/8 of a second or more?the longer the exposure the more pronounced the effect.

2.) When photographed at shutter speeds of 2 seconds or greater, car lights will turn into long colourful trails?the longer the exposure, the longer the trails.

3.) When very long exposures are used (15 seconds plus) city lights will often take on a stretched, star-like appearance.

4.) Photographing city lights at shutter speeds of 1/15 of a second, or so, either from a moving vehicle, or while walking, can produce interesting and colourful abstracts (no tripod needed.)

Most digital cameras have a shutter speed priority setting, which allows you to control the shutter speed?try it?it can open up a whole new world, and its loads of fun to boot.

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Digital infrared photography is a fairly basic photographic technique that yields amazing pictures. There is a spectrum of light that can’t be seen with the human eye, but can be seen and captured through the lens of your digital camera.

Images captured with this technique have a surreal dreamy look. A picture of a green leafy tree against a bright blue sky taken with digital infrared photography becomes a picture of a brilliant white tree against a dark foreboding backdrop of sky.

This happens because visible light is ignored and only infrared light (light from the spectrum we can’t see with the naked eye) is captured. The resulting compositions are stunning. However, the technique is not difficult.

Digital Infrared Photography Equipment

Infrared pictures can be really unique. Here is a resource to learn more about the technique and see samples of what can be done with infrared photography. A digital photography course is a great way to learn this technique. There are even free digital photo classes offered online.

Modern digital cameras differ in their ability to capture infrared light. To test your camera’s infrared capabilities, point your television remote control at your digital cameras lens from 6 inches away and press a button on the remote. If you see a light in your camera’s LCD coming from your remote, you’re in luck. Your camera is capable of digital infrared photography. If you saw no light being emitted from the remote, your camera probably has an internal infrared filter installed by the manufacturer to preserve the camera’s ability to focus on images in the normal light spectrum.

Now that you’ve tested your camera, you need only two additional pieces of equipment: a filter and a tripod. The purpose of the filter is to “filter” out visible light and only let infrared light through. Filters are fairly inexpensive (approximately $20). The Hoya R72 filter is one of the more popular filters and can be obtained from your local camera store. If your camera has a thread adapter (most digital cameras do not), you’ll also need to purchase an adapter. If your camera doesn’t have a thread adapter, you’ll have to get creative to attach the filter. With gelatin filters, it’s as simple as cutting the filter to size and taping it to your lens. Your local photography store should be able to help here, also. While you’re at the camera store, pickup a tripod also. These are needed due to the increased aperture and decreased shutter speed required for infrared photography.

Shooting Techniques

Once you’ve got your camera outfitted with an infrared filter, you’re ready to go out and shoot. Landscapes with green leafy foliage and a bright sky make the best subjects when starting out. Portraits of people in sunlight also make interesting compositions. Every camera is different so you’ll want to experiment with various settings and their effect. Some cameras are capable of taking good digital infrared photography in “automatic” mode, so try that first. However, if “automatic” mode doesn’t yield good results, the following is a list of manual settings to use as a starting point:

Digital infrared photography opens up a whole new world to photographers. With just a few relatively cheap pieces of equipment, you can create stunning compositions from the world of the invisible light spectrum. This article just scratches the surface of what you can do with digital infrared photography. There is so much more that can be done within this area of photography and there is a whole array of other basic photography techniques that yield amazing results. The best way to learn how to take full advantage of your digital camera or expand your photographic skills is by taking a digital photo class. They are a lot of fun and with just a little instruction you can learn how to take amazing pictures.

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