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Melody & Joshua
•November 24, 2009 • Leave a Comment
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Kelly’s Family Portraits
•November 10, 2009 • Leave a Comment
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Tips on Building your own photo book
•November 6, 2009 • Leave a CommentYou don’t have to be a professional photographer. Anyone can make one of these books. And it doesn’t have to cost a lot. There are quite a few services that can help.
This photo-sharing site makes building a book easy. Create an account and upload your photos. Then design the book right on the site.
Shutterfly is a good choice if you want a themed book. It has themes for all occasions. Choose from Valentine’s Day, travel, sports, birthdays, baby books and more. Themes offer special cover designs and page layouts.
There are several design options in each theme. But the customization isn’t very deep. That’s OK, if you find a theme you like. If not, other services offer greater customization.
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Tips on Indoor Photography
•November 3, 2009 • 1 CommentIndoor photography can be tricky. Your camera and your eye do not always see the same thing, so there are some indoor lighting techniques, some simple, and some a bit more advanced.
First, take advantage of your digital camera. The beauty of digital photography is that you can immediately view your photo after you shoot it. Take a test frame and examine it to see what your camera is capturing. Then, you can make a few adjustments, and retake the photo. Do this as many times as necessary until you get the shot you are looking for. Just be sure not to delete the good shot when you erase your test frames!
In a room with little or no light, control your flash. If you take a photo in a room without a lot of light, your camera will likely engage your flash automatically. The flash will light up your subject, but will probably leave the background black. Dark hair or dark clothing may disappear, giving you the “floating head effect.” This may be the effect you’re after, but if not, try moving your subject closer to a wall. Or moving further away from the subject. Your flash will then light up the whole scene rather than just the subject, and your photo will look less like a horror movie poster. Also, if you are shooting during the day, bring your subject closer to a window, or put the window behind your subject. This will add depth and some nice natural light to your photo.
Ajust the ISO or ASA settings on your camera. Most cameras have adjustable ISO or ASA settings. You may not know what that means, but that’s okay. The important thing to keep in mind is that the higher the setting, the more sensitive the camera will be to pick up lower light. But you will have grainier photos or more pixelization with a higher ISO so (only bump it up if you cant get a good shot with the lower settings).
The best way to determine the most desirable setting is to place the subject a few feet in front of you and take a shot at 100 ASA. Then, take the same shot at 800 ASA. The 100 ASA photo will probably have a darker background, while the 800 ASA will allow more light from the room in to make a brighter photo.
Take advantage of your removable flash. If your camera has a removable flash, try pointing the flash at the ceiling when you shoot your indoor photo. This is bouncing and it will use a lot of battery power on your flash but the light from the flash will bounce off the ceiling, which will light the scene from above rather than from the front or side. This is a wonderful way to light up a space in a realistic way.
As always, when taking photos, the most important thing is to have fun. If your indoor photos have frustrated you in the past, try some of these techniques. Whether you choose to use automatic settings or make manual adjustments on your camera, a little planning and effort goes a long way with indoor photography.
Why is it when you zoom in on a photo, the print quality suffers?
•October 30, 2009 • 1 CommentWhy is it when you zoom in on a photo, the print quality suffers?
All right, so you’ve taken a great photo, but it looks like you’ve taken it from a mile away! So you zoom in and crop it on your computer and want to print it. However, your online photo finishing service alerts you that the image quality is poor and won’t print well.
Your photo is made up of a limited number of “pixels” dots that are determined by the resolution setting you used on your camera when you originally took the photo.
When you zoom in on the photo, or “crop it on your computer” the number of “pixels” you are looking at is reduced, depending on how much you zoom in. Up close you can see the ( pixels) and the picture doesn’t look good (i.e., the resolution is poor), whereas before you cropped it, it looks like a complete, smooth image.
Your built-in digital zoom on your camera works in the same way.
You lose resolution(or pixels) when you use it. That is why it is advisable to avoid using your digital zoom where possible. You can always zoom in using your photo editing software later, but you can never zoom out from a photo already taken.
