Society & Culture  & Entertainment: How to Understand Histograms and Get Better Images

How to Understand Histograms and Get Better Images

A very useful tool found on most cameras today is the histogram.What is a histogram and why should I be interested?A histogram is a graphical chart which shows areas of brightness on an image (or tonal values) which ranges from pure black (left-hand side) to pure white horizontally (right-hand side)

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: 8 Wedding Photography Tips for Beginners

8 Wedding Photography Tips for Beginners

If you're getting ready to take pictures at a wedding, check out these 8 wedding photography tips to make sure you're properly prepared to capture memories of this important day. With these 8 wedding

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Headshot Guidelines

Headshot Guidelines

Headshots are an essential part of an actor's career. They allow casting directors to see your personality at a glance, and they serve as a reminder of what you look like after your audition. Headshots can mean headaches for some actors, but with a few basic tips you'll find these vital photos are a

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: A Basic Digital Photography Class - Learn Important Hints and Tips

A Basic Digital Photography Class - Learn Important Hints and Tips

Photography is a wonderful hobby that allows you to create beautiful memories, shoot artistic scenes, and capture the beauty of nature (sometimes all in one shot). However, many people believe that the 'art' has been taken away from photography with the advent of digital cameras.

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Top 5 Photo Accessories

Top 5 Photo Accessories

There is a lot of photography accessories on the market today - some are very useful, but most of them are a waste of money. Here are five of the most important accessories for landscape photography.

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: How to Control Exposure in Digital Camera - Guide for Beginners?

How to Control Exposure in Digital Camera - Guide for Beginners?

Once you have bought a new digital camera, two traditional fundamentals in photography are of utmost importance for beginners to understand. They are lighting and proper exposure. We would go into some basics such as shutter speed, aperture and ISO which would eventually affect the pictures taken w

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Canon Camera Tips

Canon Camera Tips

Canon manufactures some of the most respected digital cameras in the industry. With the technological advances in the last 10 years, even the more inexpensive cameras have lots of features and manual controls. Most digital cameras are designed in line with older, analog cameras, so the principles fo

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Digital Photography Tips - Creating a Routine

Digital Photography Tips - Creating a Routine

Digital photography tips will help you become a better photographer. Creating a routine will help you to make fewer mistakes and to be prepared to make photographs anytime. As a professional photographer I am often ...

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: How to Take Multiple Shots With the SL620

How to Take Multiple Shots With the SL620

Introduced in 2009, the Samsung SL620 is a user-friendly point-and-shoot digital camera that takes quality pictures using basic yet creative enhancement options. One feature of this model is the ability to shoot multiple photos with a single press and hold of the shutter button, increasing the odds

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Physics of Colors - Tinted Simplicity of Nature

Physics of Colors - Tinted Simplicity of Nature

Mastering colors in photography is an art only proficient photographers can boast. From a physics point of view, however, color is well known since the beginning of the 20th century. Starring in this brief physical explanation are: electromagnetic radiation, photons, wavelength and energy.

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Depth of Field - Digital Photography Tutorial

Depth of Field - Digital Photography Tutorial

One difference in "snapshots" and really great photos is the composition of the shot. Unless you're shooting an outdoor landscape, you can improve most photos just by getting closer to your subject. Depending on the ...

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Ideas for a Photography Series

Ideas for a Photography Series

A photography series is a group of photographs sharing a subject or a theme. The photographs should look unified as a group; they should (usually) all be either color or black and white, printed at the same size and format, shot with the same or similar cameras and mounted and framed the same way. F

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Mature Modelling: Advice For The Over 40's

Mature Modelling: Advice For The Over 40's

If you've dreamed of gracing the catwalk since you were a little girl, the dream doesn't have to be over just because you're in your 40's. For such a long time, teeny-boppers have dominated the industry, grabbing all the modelling contracts, campaigns and designers attentions. Bu

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: How to Clean the CMOS Sensor on a D30 Canon

How to Clean the CMOS Sensor on a D30 Canon

When you have dust on your CMOS sensor, you basically have two options to get it cleaned: first, you can send it off to a repair shop, or you can clean the sensor yourself. A senor cleaning at a camera repair shop will often cost around $50 and you could be without your camera for a few weeks. Clean

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Find Markets Abroad

Find Markets Abroad

Michael Sedge has been selling his photos and articles to foreign markets for more than two decades. His book (THE WRITERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS GUIDE TO GLOBAL MARKETS), can open the door to these markets for other photographers.I talked with Michael and asked him about marketing to foreign buyers.

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Focusing your Digital Camera on Moving Objects

Focusing your Digital Camera on Moving Objects

Focusing is an important part of shooting a good photo alongside with composition and lighting. Focusing on static objects is relatively easy either by manually focusing or by using the camera auto focus feature. Focusing is much harder when the objects are constantly moving.