10e20 has a blog post titled 21 ways to shoot better photographs. This one is apparently popular on Digg. Those are indeed some nice tips on how to find creative ways to capture the subjects using your camera. Good luck remembering all 21 of them!
Spokane, Washington & Northern Idaho area TV station KXLY reported a story about one newlywed couple who took more than 200 photos on their once-in-a-lifetime honeymoon trip to Belize last week only to have that camera stolen soon after they landed in Spokane Tuesday night. Police did recover some stolen items, including two disposable cameras. The digital camera may never turn up again.
The lessons? You should never leave valuable items in vehicle, even for a short period of time. Beside that, here are some tips for keeping your digital camera and photos safe while traveling. Read More…
Posted in Tips and techniques on July 27th, 2007. No Comments.
If you have an adventurous soul and love photography, photographing ghost town may be a good experience. Many people love the freaky eerie feelings at abandoned places, similar to the horror movie thrills. If you fall in to this type, here are some resources and tips for you. Read More…
Posted in Tips and techniques on July 27th, 2007. No Comments.
This article on Yahoo! Tech site can get you started. After you read through the article (and all the links within), go to Digital Photography School to learn more.
Have you got gigabytes of photos on your hard drive that you have not done much except posting online and emailing friends/family? Here are some ideas for you:
- Print your own US stamps (real!). Celebrate and share the special moments in your life with unique personalized US postage at yourstamps.com.
- Get the cute Moo cards. You can order custom StickerBooks, MiniCards, and NoteCards for many creative purposes. They ship globally and the site is easy to use with the ability to pull your photos from Flickr, Fotolog, VOX, LiveJournal, etc.
- We love to print. Blurb allows you to print bookstore quality books from your photo. QOOP helps users to customize, publish, and sell your photos. Imagekind prints your custom framed art. Zazzle has a dazzling collection of products to offer: T-shirts, posters, bags, hats, mouse pads, mugs, etc.
- Make money with your photos. Microstock (what’s that?) sites are probably the easiest to get started. A list of sites you can check out: iStockphoto, Shutterstock, Dreamstime, Fotolia, Bigstock, Canstock, LuckyOliver, and more…
- Create fun scrapbooks. Learn the tricks in CNET online class.
- Make a picture puzzle. Check out this unique idea.
- Create DVD slideshows. Check this link for a list of softwares you can download and try.
- What’s your idea? Please comment bellow or drop me a line at picmax at gmail dot com.
Have you earned a reputation as a “photographer” among family and friends because you carry a fancy DSLR camera such as Nikon D200? It is possible at some point someone will ask you to photograph their weddings or other special events. Here are some camera setting tips for Nikon D200 and SB-800. Try it out. You may have to tweak some settings to suit your tastes and the exact shooting conditions on site. The basics should also apply to other camera and flash models with appropriate adjustments. No weddings to practice? Try it on the next party.
Do you have a set of camera and flash settings that worked well for you? Please post in the comment area to share with others or drop me a line at picmax at gmail dot com.
Posted in Tips and techniques on July 20th, 2007. No Comments.
In macro photography, diffused light is the best quality light you can have to avoid shadows and hot spots. I saw this post at my favorite photography forum. By placing a diffuser made from a plastic milk jug over the lens hood mount, the light from a flash unit can be diffused to produce a desired soft light. Check out the post with photos of the setup and an example photo.
Photos of smokes are intriguing and beautiful. I found this nice short tutorial on Flickr describing how this is done. With some photoshop job, they can be so colorful.
Another good piece on smoke photography can be found here.
