Photo HowTo

Probably every photographer trying to use wide-angle lenses noticed, that the wider angle objective is, the more distortion it causes on the scene. So what to do about it?

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Photographing clouds is very rewarding shooting experience: They are everywhere, in every time willing to pose and they are every time different. Taking photos of clouds is generally very easy, however as usually, there are some specialties which may come handy. First of all, it is not bad idea to decide, in which time of day clouds would be photographed (important for color, shadow, sun, ...). Second, how the whole photograph will be tuned (brighter, normal, darker) and if there will be some other specialties: Flying birds, only silhouettes etc.

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Many photographers are somehow afraid of using long exposures. As you’ll learn in today’s topic, there is absolutely nothing to worry about - just the opposite! If you use your knowledge in right way, your photos substantially improve.

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Shooting in winter has several of its own specialties which you must respect and understand them before you will be able to shoot excellent winter photos. Don’t afraid to take photos in winter. The fun on snow, the winter nature or photos of winter sports, these all kind of photos will be nice with a few tips.

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Almost everybody from us is from time to time forced into photographing in churches, which is place with some real photographic challenges.

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Some people find winter sport activities to be more fun than their summer counterparts. It surely depends on one’s opinion, but one thing is for sure – also many photographers prefer to shoot winter sports.

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The year 2009 is coming to its end and we should start thinking about how to take the photos of the midnight sky and the New Year's Fireworks. This kind of photos has its own magic atmosphere, so check your camera, batteries and memory cards and go ahead for fireworks photos.

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From time to time you have to do collages or some website graphic. In these cases you may find useful or needed to remove the background from the source photos. You don’t have to use Photoshop or another graphic editor with its layers, curves, selection tools or eraser. Just use a simple freeware tool and remove the background with a few mouse turns.

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What do you think of photography? Yes, that is the first question I need to ask throughout this article. You consider it an art, or something similar to that, then you are on the right track. You see, back in the old days, the only graphic art out there, which allowed us to picture things was painting.

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Whenever I discuss about digital cameras, and what cameras should one pick, I stumble upon this particular question – how many megapixels does one need. For one reason or another, there is a constant craving for higher numbers – many people use 10MP cameras, and have no use for about 50% of those megapixels.

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We all like to come out excellent in pictures, however, how often does that happen? How often didn’t we regret that silly pose, or the fact that we did not tilt our head more to the left or more to the right? In addition, that is just the beginning of it. Aside from the blemishes, and issues we all have in regards to the way we look, it is a true talent to know how to pose in a way that will be completely in your advantage.

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