The latest edition of the Windows Secrets newsletter has a link to a neat Flash activity that lets you “operate” on a stuffed rabbit. You should check it out. It always amazes me what people are able to program and put on the web!
Today’s tip is a simple one, yet effective one.
A bride and groom can be one of the hardest subjects to expose well. The bride is usually dressed in a very white gown and the groom, a very black tuxedo. Together it is an exposure nightmare. One trick to helping with this is to place the bride furthest from the lightsource. Her gown will act as a reflector and pop a little bit of light back into the groom’s tuxedo, thereby helping with the exposure dilemma.
Until next time, Happy Shooting.
I’ve reviewed several products from Paragon in the past. They just recently released Hard Disk Manager 8.5. It is Windows Vista compatible, and allows you to perform various partition operations (resize, remove, copy, etc) as well as perform backups and restores.
I haven’t tried the product, but I’ve been impressed with their previous products, so I wanted to pass this information along.
The latest version of the Remote Desktop Connection software from Microsoft supports Windows Vista. There are a few different features with it that my be causing you some frustration. A good place to start is at the Terminal Services Team Blog. They have a Vista Remote Desktop Connection Authentication FAQ that answers some useful questions about the new authentication features.
There has been a lot of feedback about the new authentication features introduced in the latest version of the Remote Desktop Connection client. These features are part of our efforts to improve security for Terminal Services (TS) in Windows Vista and Windows Server code name “Longhorn†, however some users have run into a variety of problems that have caused frustration. In order to alleviate some of the frustrations, below is an FAQ on various symptoms users have run into, along with solutions and workarounds.
The old saying is April showers bring May flowers. Today I offer a couple tips to help you capture the beauty in those flowers.
1. Try to avoid full sun. Shooting in full, midday sunlight will produce high contrast photos with distracting shadows. If you have to shoot in these conditions, try to use a diffuser on your flower.
2. Use the Macro mode of your camera. Using Macro mode on your camera (or a dedicated macro lens) will let you get in close to capture some of the finer details of the flower. (example)
3. Change your f-stop. Adjusting your f-stop can make the difference between a single bloom in focus (example) with a small f-stop (large lens opening) to capturing a large variety of flowers in focus (example) with a large f-stop (small lens opening)
4. Get down low. Photographing your flowers at their height will present more pleasing images than shooting down on to them.
5. Get down really low. If you are shooting taller flowers, try to get down below the bloom and shoot up into the sky. This will frame your flower on a nice blue background, assuming your have a cloudless day. (example, shot with the camera almost on the ground)
As with all things photography, most importantly, have fun.
Until next time, happy shooting.
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