iPhone apps let you do time-lapse photography
0The iPhone continues to amaze, with more and more interesting apps coming out every week. A couple of recent ones make it easy to take time lapse photos with your iPhone to amaze your friends.
All of us have seen time-lapse photography but only a few of us have ever done it. Now, thanks to a cell phone which is also a computer and a camera, anyone with an iPhone can take time-lapse photos like a pro. These apps allow you to program the video feature of your iPhone to take a photo every X seconds or hours and to take X number of More >
Seamless wireless photo transfer from your camera
0Many of us, especially iPhone and Android users, have become addicted to being able to upload photos to the net directly from our phones. Did you know that here was a device that would allow you to do that from your camera?
With smartphone cameras in the 5 megapixel range and up, and all those computer-driven features available, a lot of us have been using our phones more than our cameras. The quality of the smartphone photos has gotten better and we have become more and more accustomed to being able to share our shots with others More >
Rephotography is a great way to look at the past
0Rephotography involves finding the subject matter or place of an earlier photograph and taking an updated shot today. Usually the earlier photographs are from a significantly earlier period in your life or the existence of your subject matter.
During the Great Depression, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and Resettlement Administration employed photographers to document the problems and programs of the time. The photographers of the project such as Dorthea Lange, Walker Evans, Russell Lee, Arthur Rothstein and John Vachon More >
How to properly use flash on your DSLR camera
0Blown out faces and awful red eyes. It’s a crime committed with flash. For many this is the story, this is the saga of flash, but it needn’t be.
Your flash will not light up the entire auditorium, no matter how much you want it to; it just isn’t going to have enough power and no amount of flash will do it. There are times of course when it’s just not appropriate to use flash. There are also times when you just don’t want to use flash; flash would ruin everything.
But, using flash is a lot more than just popping it up and letting it More >
5 Essential Music Photography Tips
0New to the world of live music photography? Here’s five basic and essential concert photography tips that every new live music shooter should know, whether you’re just shooting from the crowd or have just scored your first photo pass.
Think of this as a follow-up to the completely non-technical post, “6 Tips Every New Music Photographer Should Know” – but if you are new to music photography, be sure to check out that post as well.
What follows are 5 technical tips, but don’t worry – they’re all More >
Make a Raincoat for Your Camera
0A camera raincoat is a homemade waterproof covering for your camera that allows you to shoot in inclement weather without exposing your camera to adverse conditions.
Why Does My Camera Need a Raincoat?
Photos taken in bad weather are often dramatically striking—precisely because we don’t often see such photos. Using your camera in inclement weather can be dangerous to your camera if you are not careful. If you want to capture a great shot in bad weather, though, you’ll need to get out of the shelter and into the middle of More >
Keep your Camera Dry, Cool, and Clean
0Your digital camera is a delicate piece of electronic equipment and needs to be treated with respect if you are going to maintain it in good working condition. Developing good habits to start with will assure that it stays operational. One of the main threats to electronics is the environment. Severe heat and cold, rain, and dust can wreak havoc on your camera and need to be protected against.
How Do I Protect My Camera?Common sense tells you that it’s a good idea to bring an umbrella if you think it might rain. If you must, shoot More >
Keep Your Camera Handy—Safely
0When you are moving about with your camera, you need to know the best ways to protect it while still allowing for convenient access. You may often need to travel over some rough terrain—from an overcrowded gathering to an overgrown path in a forest—to get the shot you want. If your camera is not protected properly, it can suffer some serious damage. Take some simple precautions, and you’ll be prepared to deal with almost any situation.
Having your camera easily accessible will give you an advantage when the unexpected shots pop up. More >
About Image Quality Settings
0In addition to giving you a choice of resolution settings, most digital cameras let you choose what they call “image quality.” Why provide two settings that seem to amount to the same thing? Because they are really two independent factors, each of which contributes to overall image quality. Resolution is one of these factors.
The degree of “lossy” compression used in writing the file to JPEG (for Joint Photographic Experts Group) format is the other.
JPEG is the image file format that is most often used by digital cameras, because More >
Why Is Resolution Important?
0The more resolution (pixels) your camera can capture, the finer the detail in the photograph and the more information you have to work with later in editing or printing the image. Due to the rapid advancements in digital technology, today’s digital cameras are approaching the quality of conventional film—and may soon surpass it. Higher resolution means sharper and more detailed pictures.
The resolution ultimately affects output (this applies to printers, film recorders, video, or the Web). Every type of output demands a certain More >
