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Over the past couple of weeks, I have talked about framing your subject for printing and cropping your photos using software. This week I will talk about getting close to your subject. Moving in on a subject is a quick and easy way to make a more dramatic photograph. It isolates your subject eliminating a …
Last week I discussed framing your image for printing by allowing enough room in the viewfinder to allow you to print a variety of print sizes. This week I will talk about how to crop our image to obtain the highest quality print. If you remember a few weeks back I talked about camera resolution. …
Last week I finished up my two part series on digital camera features. This week we discuss sensor proportion (aspect ratio) and framing your shot for printing. Digital camera sensors come in basically two rectangular shapes. Digital SLR’s use a sensor that has an aspect of 2:3. Most other digital cameras use a ratio of …
PCIN reader Jim Kniskern sent the following email to us with some very good information about photo printing in response to our tip feature in our PCIN Update issue 360. Feel free to leave any comments on what he has to say. Chris: On reading today’s item on having commercial prints made in preference to …
Last week we discussed digital camera resolution. This week, I will talk about the some of the other features commonly found on digital cameras and what to look for when purchasing a digital camera. You will often see the zoom capabilities for a camera listed with two or three different numbers, something like 12x zoom, …
I have been asked several times what equipment I use, and what to look for in a digital camera. We’ll start with the easy one, my equipment. My digital equipment consists of a Canon EOS 10D which is a 6.3 MP digital SLR with a APS-C sized sensor. My lenses are a Canon 28-80 EF …
As an amateur photographer who likes to compete with my work, I have been a member of a few websites where I can compete with my photography, or show it off. http://Photosig.com has a very large member base that allows me to present my work to a group of people and have them critique the …
I recently had a print made from my digital camera. The lab incorrectly processed the print larger than I wanted, and I was afraid the image would have lost quality. If I had this worksheet by craigfroehle.com, I would have known the print would still look great (which it did). The Digital Photo Printing Worksheet …