Inspiring ways to improve your photos
Inspiring ways to improve your photos
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Camera designers have had a field day since the first ‘mirrorless’ models were introduced. The market has now matured to provide an interesting array of body styles that use sensors from tiny 6.2 x 4.6 mm chips to the 36 x 24mm size used in professional DSLRs. There’s a camera to suit photographers at all levels of interest and expertise, from snapshooter to professional.
Although DSLR cameras have long been promoted as providing the best image quality, many people see them as too big, too heavy and too complex. But the latest ‘mirrorless’ Compact System Cameras (CSCs) are seriously challenging most of these perceived performance advantages and providing some quantifiable benefits of their own.
Sooner or later, every photographer is sure to be asked to take a group photo, either at a family get-together or a reunion of friends and/or classmates or colleagues. It’s a daunting prospect and the larger the group you have to photograph – and the more diverse their ages – the more intimidating it can become. Here’s how to handle it and produce a well-admired group portrait…
How to make the most of photo opportunities when you’re close to water.
Using the blending modes with layers to add special effects to your digital photos.
The histogram display can provide a useful guide for setting exposures because its shape reflects the tonal distribution in your subject.
With such a range of sensor sizes and megapixel counts to choose from, how do you know what you really need? [By Margaret Brown]
Smart autofocusing can mean the difference between a usable image and a missed opportunity that will be discarded. Focusing also influences depth of field: the range of distance within a scene that appears acceptably sharp.
Don’t put your camera away once the sun goes down; there’s plenty of magic to record after dark, whether you’re in a bustling city or an isolated landscape. And you don’t require elaborate equipment if you decide to hand-hold your camera.
Today’s inkjet prints have the potential to last and retain their vibrant colours longer than colour prints have ever done in the past, thanks to on-going developments in inkjet inks and papers.
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