Digital Camera , Photography Blog

So you’re spending the summer visiting national monuments — nothing beats a trip to the Liberty Bell or the White House or the Capitol building for your summer vacation. If you’re going to be stuck in the car visiting our country’s national treasures, be sure to bring along your digital camera and make the

Point-and-shoot digital cameras are designed to take great pictures, right out of the box. Some digital cameras are made to extend your picture-taking fun, thanks to add-on lenses and accessories.

If your camera is designed to work with accessories (check your owner’s manual or the box your camera came in), you can

Looking for ways to get more creative with your photography? An easy way to make an interesting and artistic photograph is by turning a portrait, landscape, or just about any kind of picture into a silhouette.
Silhouetting is an easy technique to make a photograph stand out. You’ve probably seen lots of silhouettes before.

by Jeff Keller, DCRP Founder/Editor

Originally Posted: September 5, 2009

Last Updated: September 5, 2009

The Panasonic Lumix

The Nikon D3000 represents Nikon’s attempt to put a DLSR into the hands of people who would normally feel out of their depth with that kind of high-end camera.

While there are lots of great digital SLRs out there, nobody has quite worked out how to make them really easy for novices.

Even confident and creative

Shutter
The shutter is a complicated mechanism that precisely controls the duration of time
that light passing through the lens remains in contact with the digital image sensor.
The camera’s shutter is activated by the shutter release button.
Prior to the digital age, the

If you’ve previously shot film and are new to digital media, this chapter is for you. Here you’ll find basic information

about the types of digital cameras, camera components
and concepts, and shooting tips.
People take photographs for many different reasons. Some take pictures for scientific