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Nature photography
Sep 17th
One of the best things about summer is that you don’t have to be inside a school building all day long. You’re free to do what you want, and to explore. Hopefully this summer you’ll get some time to be in nature: Go for walks in the forest, go camping with your family, or even just sit around on your lawn. Nature has always been a popular subject for photography. Birds, trees, mountains, flowers — how can you go wrong? You might be tempted to leave your camera at home. Afte Read More
Taking great photos at theme parks
Sep 17th
If you’re an amusement park fanatic, you’ve probably been anxiously waiting all winter for summer to arrive. Now you can finally drag your friends and family on all those exciting and scary roller coasters! But just because you’ll be spending a large portion of the time hanging upside down, don’t think that you shouldn’t bring your digital camera to capture some of the fun. Strapped in There are many ways to protect your camera while you are enjoying yourself on all the thrill Read More
Digital photography on the road
Sep 17th
If you’re traveling for the summer, you’ve got the perfect excuse to grab your digital camera and take some great pictures. Perhaps your family is going away on vacation to a theme park or to the beach, a national monument, or somewhere exotic. Or maybe you’re just going to visit your family in another town or another part of the city. No matter what you’re doing or where you go this summer, it’s the perfect season to practice digital photography. There’s no school and you have ple Read More
Digital camera accessories
Sep 17th
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 increase your photographic possibilities by trying some out. Add-on lenses either screw onto the front of your camera’s existing lens or snap right onto it, and accessories ma Read More
Taking great fireworks photos
Sep 17th
Everybody loves fireworks. But they are hard to photograph. Even with the bright colorful light, the darkness of night presents a few challenges. With some planning and the right gear, you can have photos worth bragging about. 1. A tripod. To photograph fireworks, the camera’s shutter has to be open for one second or longer. That means the camera can’t move at all or else the picture will be out of focus. A tripod keeps the camera perfectly still. What you’ll need… Read More
Taking a good picture…
Sep 12th
Just like when you get a haircut, you can make photos look better by cutting them. It’s called “cropping.” Knowing what and when to crop can make the difference between a good photo and a great one. Cropping gets rid of extra parts of a photo and focuses on what matters. There are a couple of different ways to crop a photo. The first is with the camera. The other is with image editing software like Adobe Photoshop Elements. Crop with a camera • Look through the viewfinder or LCD Read More
Shooting silhouettes
Sep 12th
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. Any photograph with the foreground in shadow and the background lighter is really a silhouette. A silhouette is a dramatic departure from a standard photograph. Usually Read More
Family portraits
Sep 12th
Everybody’s scrapbook has at least one, and nearly everyone remembers it from childhood: the dreaded family portrait. With everyone dressed their best, the annual trip to the mall for the professionally arranged portrait is part of many families’ traditions. Even though the family portrait is cherished, the pictures from a sitting at the portrait studio aren’t always the most creative. It’s easy, though, to take a family portrait that’s both interesting and time Read More
Taking artistic photographs
Sep 10th
Have you ever wondered why professional photographers hold their hands in a square in front of their faces before snapping a picture? No, they’re not going out of their way to look totally lame; there’s actually a legitimate purpose to this. They want to figure out if the subject is going to look good in a frame. And that’s the question you should ask yourself before you take (or create) an artistic photograph: "Will this look cool if it’s framed and hanging on a wal Read More
Say goodbye to red eye
Sep 10th
Ahh, the gross red-eye…we’ve all seen it. You snap a photo of friends at night and they have red eyes. How does this happen? A quick biology lesson Red eyes are worst in dark rooms. The pupils of your eyes get bigger and smaller depending on the amount of light. Lots of light makes them smaller. Low light makes pupils bigger. When you use the flash on your camera, the light reflects off the blood vessels inside the eye. That’s where the red comes from. Quick tips • Use the cam Read More