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From Digital Media Thoughts: Answer me this my fellow digital photographers: when you come back from shooting a bunch of photos with your camera, do you keep them all? Or do you delete some of them? I’m not talking about the blurry ones, or the ones that are too dark to be rescued. I’m asking …
Chris is off on vacation this week, so I’ve chosen 5 of his tips that have been very popular. You can read those tips by clicking the links below, or you can view the entire Digital Photography Tips category on the PCIN.net Update blog. Shooting at Night, Part 2 Shooting At Night, Part 1 Curves …
Last week I talked about some of the equipment that will be helpful when taking photographs at night. This week I will build on that by discussing some of the techniques that can be used. Manual mode is necessary for proper exposure when shooting at night or in low light situations. Any of the program …
Last week I discussed using s-curves and diagonals in your photos for a more attractive image. This week I will start to discuss night photography, specifically, some of the equipment that will be helpful when shooting at night. Night photography poses some challenges for the photographer. Unlike during the daylight when light levels are high, …
In the past, I discussed compositional tips such as the rule of thirds, moving in and moving out from your subject. This week I will discuss S-curves and diagonals and how they can improve your photography. Photographs are static images. To add life to them, we need to make use of compositional elements. Of the …
I haven’t tried the software, but it sounds interesting: SetNameToTime is a program designed to batch rename digital camera pictures using free text, counters and information extracted from the file’s exif header. The new file names is based on the new name format settings controlled by the user. The new name format is specified using …
As winter moves forward and the days continue to grow colder, outdoor photography is more and more likely to include snow. This will pose a problem for most cameras, either digital or film based. A blanket of snow will play havoc with the metering system in your camera. Your camera will measure the brightness values …
I recently had the opportunity to review Microsoft Digital Image Suite Plus. This is Microsoft’s digital image editing product, digital image library and Pinnacle System’s Studio 10. The image editor provides advanced image editing capabilites including curves support, channel controls for high quality black and white images and support for Canon and Nikon RAW images. …
Last week I talked about framing for printing. I had expected to have a review of Microsoft Digital Imaging Suite Plus to discuss today, but had problems with hardware for the video portion of the review so that will have to wait until next week. The software consists of both a still image editor and …
I talked about white balance and how you can use it to achieve proper colours in your images, as well as how you can take advantage of it to produce better photographs. This week I will discuss changing the aspect ratio of your final image. Aspect ratio refers to relationship between length of the two …