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Sherry Osborne
// February 8th, 2010
This guest post was written by Sherry Osborne. Sherry is unable to leave home without at least one camera hanging off her shoulder. She posts photography tips geared to beginners several times a week at photoblog.net. Contact me if you are interested in guest writing for Photodoto. -John
I don't know if this has ever happened to you but one of the worst feelings in the world (photography-wise at least!) is discovering that your memory card has become corrupted and you've now lost all the photos you recently took. It happened to me on my old point and shoot card but [...]
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Grab bag, Tips, Tutorials, Hacks
Ray Davis
// February 4th, 2010
I've mentioned before that I'm often inspired by this blog and yesterday's post was a TTV photo, which inspired me to tell you, dear Photodoto readers, how to create TTV photos. Luckily for you it's very simple, in principle.
TTV stands for "Through the Viewfinder" and to create one of these photos you need two cameras. Basically you set up your digital camera to shoot through the viewfinder of another camera. It sounds simple but requires quite a bit of patience to get it set up correctly. The best advice is to give it a try and practice until you get [...]
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Photography 101
Laura Charon
// February 3rd, 2010
This guest post was written by Laura Charon. Laura is an avid photographer who has been taking pictures for years--first with an old brownie camera and more recently with a Canon Digital Rebel XTi. You can read more of Laura's posts at Beyond Megapixels. Contact me if you are interested in guest writing for Photodoto. -John
Congratulations! You're ready to take the next step with your digital photography, and start earning some money with it! There are two avenues you can pursue -- you can sell the photographs that you take, or you can provide your photography skills as [...]
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Grab bag
Ray Davis
// February 2nd, 2010
If you're following along with DSLR-101, if you're a more experienced amateur, or even if you don't own a camera and just like to look at pretty pictures check out this website for some inspiring interviews with professional photographers. I'm going to call it inspiration Tuesday. Enjoy. Be inspired. Go play with your camera.
Photo by:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfiupublicradio/ / CC BY-NC 2.0
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Photography 101, Tips, Tutorials, Hacks
Ray Davis
// February 1st, 2010
We’re continuing with our DSLR 101 this week and today we’re explaining white balance.
What?
White balance is responsible for keeping your photos the correct temperature. A low colour temperature creates more red, a higher colour temperature more blue. Digital cameras create the correct colour temperature by picking the part of the photo that it thinks should be white and filtering the light to make that area white.
Why?
If you want natural looking photos you need the correct white balance. In other words having the correct white balance prevents your photos from looking too cold (blue) or too warm (red). Although your camera [...]
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