Shooting

How to capture images with attractive out-of-focus areas.

How histograms can help you control key factors that affect exposure levels.

Making the most of AF technologies.

How to control key factors that affect image sharpness.

Advice on what to pack in your camera bag for your next holiday trip.

Some practical and creative tips on how to approach a popular photographic subject.

Some simple tips to help you prepare for the holiday season.

The white balance setting is used to make the colours in a digital photograph look natural under different lighting conditions. It works by adjusting the colour balance so that objects which appear white in reality are rendered white in the image. To do this, the camera has to evaluate the ‘colour temperature’ of the light illuminating the subject and correct for its relative warmth or coolness of white light.

Photographers typically recognise three types of image noise: fixed pattern noise, random noise and banding noise.