Photographing excited (and constantly moving) costume-clad children at night can pose a few challenges, but taking great Halloween pictures can be a snap if you use a few simple techniques. Use that Jack-o-lantern! Jack-o-lanterns can serve as great props as well as a creative light source for super-spooky shots. You can pose your children close to the jack-o-lantern—either with the pumpkin below their faces or in a silhouette pose, and [...]
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Although shooting into the sun or a window with the sunlight shining in should be avoided, you are sometimes forced to take your picture under these conditions. If your not careful the light coming in from a window can fool your light meter. When taking a shot, say for example a portrait of a person with a window behind them, do a light meter reading with the meter pointed directly [...]
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ISO sensitivity expresses the speed of photographic negative materials (formerly expressed as ASA). Since digital cameras do not use film but use image sensors instead, the ISO equivalent is usually given. What ISO denotes is how sensitive the image sensor is to the amount of light present. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive the image sensor and therefore the possibility to take pictures in low-light situations. And, where you [...]
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The importance of photography We surround ourselves with images taken with all kinds of recording devices, devices that are intended solely for the purpose of memorializing the moment and in some cases, devices that are used only because of their convenience of use. I refer to the use of cell phones with inadequate cameras that have in effect become the “Polaroids” of our times. In the “old days” people used [...]
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On all Grey Market cameras Mack Camera service contracts will start from the date of purchase! —- Warranty and other expenses Will you need to buy power adapters for this item once you get it home? What if it breaks? Will your warranty still be valid once you have returned home or will you be stuck with a broken camera? Some items will come with an international warranty card, but [...]
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Out of Focus or Blurry Images Blurry images may be caused when there isn’t enough light for the camera to set a fast shutter speed. The camera’s shutter opens and has to stay open for up to several seconds for enough light to hit the CCD to capture the image. Most people cannot hold a camera perfectly still for more then 1/60th of a second. In addition, when the telephoto [...]
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Red-eye effect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The red-eye effect in photography is the common appearance of red eyes on photographs taken with a photographic flash when the flash is too close to the lens (as with most compact cameras). more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eye_effect
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Bulb (photography) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Cable release) Bulb is a shutter-speed setting on an adjustable camera that allows for long exposures under user control. When set on “B”, the shutter will stay open as long as the shutter release button remains depressed. The “T”, or Time, setting, on the other hand, requires one press to open the shutter and a second press to close it. more [...]
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How does the resolution setting son your digital camera affect your final prints? Have you ever taken a great photo with your digital camera, it looks great on your computer screen but when your print it, it looks like a bad mosaic? This is most commonly due to a low resolution setting on your camera. Most professional photo printers print between 150 and 300 pixels per inch or “ppi” to [...]
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Did you know that red eye is caused by the flash bouncing off your subjects’ retinas? Sometimes when you take a photo you will notice that the subject’s eyes appear to be red. This is due to the flash bouncing off your subject’s retinas. Some ways to reduce red eye when you are taking a photo: Increase the ambient light in the room (i.e., the light from sources other than [...]
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