See!! by *HP*

When shooting a close-up of people’s face, it is highly desirable to have their eyes in sharp focus and at the same time render the background blurry to [...]

This is a very well presented video tutorial of the important photography concept depth of field (DOF). Enjoy!

For some unknown reasons, Nikon decided to skip the automatic exposure bracketing feature on the D40 and D40X DSLR cameras. For people who are interested in high dynamic range (HDR) photography using D40/D40X, this is [...]

How to put pretty stuff in those drops. Tutorial below: by Steve took it

Such a beautiful photo of wafer drops! Not only you can enjoy more pretty water [...]

Poor man’s macro lens by PicMax

Reversing a lens is one of the easiest and cost-effective ways of getting into macro photography. This article discusses the choice of lens for reverse, different [...]

What you see is not what you get. When it comes to shooting with a SLR camera, this is usually true. The camera keeps the lens at its widest aperture for metering and focus operations. [...]

What is maximum flash sync speed? What does it really mean? When and why it is important for flash photography? To answer all these questions, let’s start by looking at the basic camera component related [...]

What is depth of field (DOF)? Here are some definitions. People seem to have formed some customary notions about this term but may not really understand it. Examples of them are:

Lens with shorter focal length [...]