Photodoto | 2006

My package from Rentglass.com has arrived

Rentglass.com is an online lens rental service a la Netflix. My first rental just arrived this morning. First impression? So far, so good. The lens arrived soundly and quickly. Oh, and you Nikon guys are going to hate me. I'm the reason their Nikon 18-200mm AF-S VR Zoom is out [...]

Assignments

Weekend Assignment June 30, 2006: Fireworks and festivals

OK, so it's not exactly this weekend but July 4th is a great day for photographs. And not just for the fireworks (which can be spectacular) but for all of the great events that precede and surround them. So this weekend's assignment will be sort of a mixed bag of [...]

Reader Photos

Reader Photo: this twilight garden

this twilight garden, originally uploaded by StellaTheDriver.

Photos posted in this category are selected from the contributions of members of the Photodoto discussion group at Flickr.com.

Photography 101

RAW vs. JPG: Myths and misconceptions

Most digital cameras record JPG images because the JPG format provides a very high degree of fidelity for photographs in a very small amount of space. JPGs are high quality, small, can be viewed quickly and easily on any computer, and look great when printed. But JPGs, like all image [...]

Tips, Tutorials, Hacks

How to shoot fireworks

Independence day is coming up in the USA (July 4th) and you're bound to see a lot of articles start popping up about how to shoot fireworks. So many, in fact, that you might start to think it's some kind of dark art (Ha! Dark, get it?). It's pretty simple [...]