December 28th, 2009

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Do you understand the difference between APS-C and full frame lenses? Not sure which to buy? Is one better than the other? While I own both types of lenses, I prefer using full frame lenses on my APS-C body. See everything »
Tags: APS-C, camera, crop, crop factor, digital photography, full frame, lens, Photography, projection, sensor, tips, tricks
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December 19th, 2009

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Have you ever wished you had a macro lens but didn’t want to drop an entire paycheck on one? I’m going to tell you how to turn any lens you currently have into a macro lens. See everything »
Tags: aperture, backward lens, camera, digital photography, extension rings, extension tubes, macro, macro lens, Photography, tips, tricks
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December 16th, 2009

Our eyes automatically adjust to our surroundings in amazing ways and with surprising accuracy. The brain helps our eyes to adjust for white balance. If you look at a white piece of paper in the sunlight then take it in under the warm glow of an incandescent light bulb, you’d call it white in both places. Unfortunately, See everything »
Tags: 18% grey, auto white balance, camera, color temperature, custom white balance, digital photography, grey card, Photography, post-processing, raw, settings, tips, tricks, white balance
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December 15th, 2009

Odds are, when you first started shooting digital photos you had a simple point and shoot camera that only handled JPEG. When moving to a more powerful camera it’s easy to simply keep shooting JPEG, but you’re missing out on a very powerful tool. What exactly is so great about shooting RAW? Here’s what: See everything »
Tags: camera, digital photography, dynamic range, exposure, jpeg, Photography, post-processing, raw, tips, tricks, white balance
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