Correct exposures make good photographs so it’s important to understand the controls that determine image brightness.
Bokeh
Photographers often use the Japanese term, ø¢â‚¬Ëœbokeh’ to describe the quality of the out-of-focus areas in an image produced by a camera lens using a shallow depth of field. Though it’s difficult to quantify, some lenses produce more attractive bokeh than others.
Ambient Lighting & Digital Camera Performance
Photographers can become obsessed by lighting, yet many of us ignore the effect the angle of the sun can have on the pictures we take. Most people know the best times for photography are early in the morning and late in the afternoon, and many are aware that the low sun angle produces elongated shadows, which lend definition to subjects. But sun angle can have other effects on the ways in which digital camera sensor records the tones in image files. Understanding these effects can not only help you to use your camera more effectively; it can also illustrate the value of having equipment reviewed in the lighting conditions that apply where you live.
Basic Composition Strategies
Photography has always been the art of selection; as the photographer, you choose what is in each image you capture – and also what’s left out. And it’s the skill with which you make these choices that determines whether other people will react favourably to your pictures – or view them with indifference.
6 Tips for Surf Photography
PANASONIC FEATURE: Panasonic’s Lumix 12 megapixel DMC- FT1 sets a new benchmark in the waterproof/shockproof compact category. Not only is it rugged enough to survive a tumble from your pocket, it will stay watertight at depths to three metres. And, because it’s not much bigger than a pack of playing cards, it stows easily and is light and small enough to take anywhere.
Insider: Ten Bad Habits to Avoid
Taking digital photographs can make even experienced photographers let some aspects of their practice slip occasionally. Being able to shoot and review on the spot, and the enormous scope for post-capture tweaking of images can make digital photographers careless. Standards slip and before long you find the shots on those memory cards don’t meet your expectations. Or maybe, there aren’t any shots at all!
Insider: How Useful is In-Camera Face Detection?
People are the most common subjects for everyday photography – with pets as a close second. Consequently, it’s no surprise to see the development of systems that make it easier to identify faces and adjust the focus and exposure of a camera to produce well-exposed and in-focus pictures.
Firmware Updates
Although firmware is defined by Wikipedia as a combination of hardware and software, when applied to digital equipment it generally refers to small software programs that control the operations of various internal components. Residing in the interface between the camera’s software and hardware, it is embedded in the microprocessor chip(s) that control all the device’s operations.
