Photography 101
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 [...]
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Photography 101, Tips, Tutorials, Hacks
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 [...]
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Photography 101, Tips, Tutorials, Hacks
Time for lesson number two in our DSLR 101 series! Our topic today? You may have heard of it, it’s a little thing called ISO.
What?
ISO is traditionally a measure of film speed; basically how sensitive a roll of film is to light. Obviously if you’re using a DSLR you’re not [...]
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Photography 101, Tips, Tutorials, Hacks
Do you own a DSLR but use it mostly as a very expensive point-and-shoot? Time to take off the training wheels! Join us for DSLR 101! Don't worry we'll take it slow, and the little green rectangle of the auto setting will always be there for you to run back [...]
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Photography 101
Photodoto reader Geoff Coupe sent in some very helpful and detailed responses to my plea for help regarding my Great Photo Organization Project (which is still proceeding although I haven't updated the sidebar in a little while). Here are his excellent responses to my questions (and you can read more [...]
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