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Canon 55-200 Zoom Lens

Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at 11:40 pm  
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Photography experts would always be one in saying that what brings about a picture of top quality in terms of lightness, sharpness and color is the lens of a camera. This is the part the sees thru the image that will be caught and produces a picture that preserves the moment or the topic. As time rolled by and the technology of the planet improves, one or two inventions have also been made in this line to the advantage of the industry. Lenses as we know it’s not anymore the straightforward round device attached to a camera. There are now several attributes that must be considered when selecting a lens.

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For one who is only starting out in the craft, choosing the proper lens for his camera can be a little difficult. The most expensive ones aren’t always the best so one needs to be more discriminating with the features of a lens before buying it. What a photographer wants is a lens that gives sharpened picture that shows so very much more than the objects itself. There is a extensive list of lenses available in the market so finding the right one will require time. From among the many however , a Canon 55- 200mm lens is among the best.

at first glance, a Canon 55- 200 mm lens would not seem as reliable as the other kinds. This is as this product is comparatively smaller that the other brands. Besides, the lens is extraordinarily light in weight so one would think that it isn’t sturdy in any way. Truth is this lens is lighter as the material that holds it is made of plastic for convenience and potency and so that the person that has can carry it around with ease. The undeniable fact that it is littler and lighter however doesn’t reduce and performance and the quality of the result. In fact, this lens is among the most acclaimed ones in manufacturing the best looking photographs all around the globe. The nice thing is that the lens is very easy to operate so features on focus, zoom, sharpness and color can be maximized even by amateurs or people who are only starting in the field. Even from a distance, pictures can be captured with enough lucidity and color that it might appear the person taking the picture was just in front of the object when it was taken. The lens is also in a position to catch every movement of an object so it goes with the thrill and action a photographer is into.

except for all of these, a Canon 55- two hundred mm lens also gains edge among the other brands re sturdiness. Although it is light in weight, one can be guaranteed the lens will serve for a few years with only a minimal upkeep required. It is ideal for pro photography as well as a buddy to travellers and frequent travelers who need to capture the beauty of the place he visited. In sum it’s a trustworthy piece and is worth one’s hard earned money.

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The Basics of Black and White Digital Photography

Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at 2:56 am  
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Black and white photography can convey images and emotions that just can’t be duplicated in a color photograph. You can capture a sense of a simpler place and time with a colorless photo and digital camera with black and white capability will give you feed back when taking these types of pictures instantly. Not all digital cameras do these types of pictures but image manipulating software can do it for you.

Getting your black and white photos looking their best can be accomplished through several techniques. Image manipulation is one such technique that can create truly unique images. Using this technique you will need to convert JPEG images, which are 8-bit images, into 16-bit color images.

Another technique that can be used along with image manipulation when working with black and white digital images is correcting the colorcasts. Colorcasts are caused by poor light conditions but they can be changed by using image editing software such as Photoshop Elements or the Imaging Factory. These types of software let you manipulate photographic images by allowing you to convert and fix mis-lighted areas to get good looking black and white photos.

Another technique is to set your digital camera to “evening or night shot” mode. This converts any pictures taken into monochromatic images. By removing the saturation on these types of images you will get a black and white picture.

Many of today’s newer cameras also have a black and white setting that makes taking these types of pictures rather simple. Just point and shoot and you have that old-fashioned shot or interesting landscape scene you just can’t get with a color picture.

Black and white digital photography can be a truly great alternative way to capture the images of life.

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Accepting Responsibility, the Cornerstone of Success in Photography

Saturday, January 16th, 2010 at 7:05 am  
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Responsibility for Success or Failure

A good friend of mine called me today and let me know he had just been laid off. He was in a high-paying management job, and his boss came in today and out-of-the-blue fired him. That has to be devastating.

When I think of all the down sides of working for someone else it reminds me of how fortunate I am to be self-employed. If I put in the work, I get the reward. There are no office politics to deal with, no personality conflicts, and no one I have to count on to pull me out of a jam.

I am totally responsible for my own success or failure. No one can fire me.


Blaming Robs You of Your Power

While it is true that no one can fire me, my career does seem under threat. Photographers, particularly long-time stock shooters, are having a difficult time. My own income is down almost thirty-percent…which isn’t too bad by a lot of accounts. But if you truly accept full responsibility for your self, there is no blaming.

I don’t blame the micro stock shooters and I don’t blame Getty or any of the other agencies. Blaming others just robs you of your power. That doesn’t mean I like the downward price pressure from micro stock competition, or the fact that Corbis just lowered my royalty percentage, or the fact that Getty is now sending me royalties of less than a dollar per license. It is just that complaining about it not only doesn’t do any good, but it actually directs my energy away from dealing effectively with the new realities.

Responsibility Means Learning

Accepting total responsibility for your success or failure is perhaps the key step for successfully competing in photography today…at least if you want to make a decent living at it.

To succeed in the face of the kind of overwhelming competition that is emerging in this flickr, iStock, and Internet era requires total commitment. It means a whole lot more than making great photos. It means learning about distribution, learning about the market, and learning your craft.

Sometimes it means learning something difficult to learn that you may not end up using at all. I am learning SEO. I have been learning Final Cut Pro and have no idea if I will eventually end up needing it or not. I haven’t yet tried shooting video with a DSLR, but I am going to because I think I would be remiss if I didn’t explore that possibility. I am taking full responsibility for my future as a professional photographer.

Industry Assessment, Opportunities, and Strategic Thinking

Being responsible for your future means realistically assessing the photography industry and where you fit in, where the new opportunities are, and which ones you are both suited for and interested in pursuing.

I believe that strategic thinking is going to get more and more important. It used to be, with stock, you just had to make great images, or heck, even not-so-great images, and send them in. In my mind there is no doubt that this business is just going to get harder and require more and more strategic thinking.

If you are not ready to take total responsibility for your photography future then your future might be in serious doubt.

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Valentines Day Gift Ideas For Your Boyfriend

Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 9:57 am  
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gifts for men and boyfriends

Personalising Gift Items With Photos

The greatest aspect of photo gifts is the level or personalisation or customisation that they offer. If, you find it especially difficult to pick the right gift or you want to do something extra special this Valentines Day then photo gifts are perfect. You can use any picture or photo including pictures of the two of your together or favourite artwork. You can use designs including love hearts and lips, which are typical Valentines designs but will look incredible when combined with your photo.

Adding Text To Your Items

Once you’ve decided on the picture or pictures to use in the creation of the design, you should also decide whether you want to add any text to the design. Some items do include specific aspects of the design where you can add a text message or greeting but you can add text to any design and have it printed on any of the photo gifts that are available. The more romantic and beautiful the text, the more effective the photo gift is likely to be.

Converting Pictures Before Adding Them To Photo Gifts

As well as using individual picture sand photos to create a unique design, you can convert them in one of several ways. Colour images can be converted to black and white or sepia, or they can be converted into a pop art reproduction. Alternatively, choose a number of your favourite pictures and then have these converted into a single photo montage. The montage can then be added to any photo gift and looks especially effective as a canvas print.

Canvas Prints

The canvas print is the simplest of photo gifts in many respects but is also one of the most effective. A picture is printed on natural canvas; the rough texture of the canvas seemingly gives the picture a three dimensional look that simply can’t be achieved by printing on paper or poster paper. The canvas print is also a great use of a montage or pop art reproduction and you can add a text message to the reverse of the picture. Once printed, the canvas will be stretched across a gallery grade frame and spacers added to help retain the rigidity and structure of the whole canvas.

Photo Calendars

Photo calendars are another very popular photo gift item. They naturally lend themselves to the inclusion of multiple pictures and designs. As well as designing the front cover by using a photo and title, you can also design every page of the calendar with a photo and a caption to accompany it. You can have the calendar start in the month of February too and the quality of the materials and printing means that photo calendars will continue to look great for many years to come and not just for the twelve months that it will be used.

Whether you’re looking for a Valentine’s Day gift or different gift ideas, the Bags of Love website has gift ideas for the whole family and for any occasion.

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My Introduction to Shooting Slow Motion Video

Thursday, January 14th, 2010 at 3:44 pm  
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Balloons, Butane, and Balls of Flame

This was a test, so I only filled the balloon about half full of butane. I ignited my long handled butane lighter, the kind you light barbecues with, and slowly advanced it to the balloon. I’m not sure if there was any sound or not, I was too fascinated by the ball of flame that engulfed my arm in a flash, then melted away leaving only the smell of burned hair, to hear it. Hmmm, I think maybe I should come up with a different way of igniting that butane filled balloon!

Slow Motion Video at 1000 Frames per Second

David Fischer, a friend of mine and long-time still photographer and motion director, and I, were in David’s studio in the middle of a slow motion video shoot. We were shooting footage using the Phantom HD High Speed video camera.

This amazing camera can capture HD footage at 1000 frames per second. When the video is played back at slower rates, say 30 frames per second, you have ultra slow motion video. We were also beta testing Grand Vitesse Systems software with the new user interface and the next generation hardware of the GVS9000 2XU 444 VTR which is due to be released in January 2010.

Flight of a Ladybug in HD

The combination of the Phantom and the GVS9000 VTR made shooting truly a breeze. The camera shoots in 4 second bursts (32 gigabytes of data) and captures continuously. This means you can set the capture time to actually start at up to, well, almost four seconds, before you hit the record button.

That is hugely important when shooting action that can be impossible to predict, such as the flight of a ladybug from a finger. Before you capture a scene you can set the frame rate from 24 fps to 1000 fps, or even much higher if you don’t need the HD resolution. Once you’ve captured your four seconds it only takes a couple of moments to play it back.

A simple slider allows you to set the play back speed, which is then color-corrected and converted to the desired codec, or format, on the fly. The whole process is incredibly simple and efficient and really allowed us to focus on the creative aspects of our shoot. Like figuring out how to ignite the gas-filled balloons with out injuring ourselves!

Phantom HD, GVS 9000, and Ease of Use

Using the Phantom with the GVS9000 2XU 444 VTR was incredibly easy. My experience with video prior to this shoot was limited to a Panasonic HVX-200. While I have been shooting still images professionally for over thirty years, I am still very new to motion. I found using the Phantom with the GVS9000 system to actually be easier than shooting with the Panasonic!

Custom Soft Boxes and Lots of Light

One challenging aspect of shooting ultra high-speed (slow motion) video is that of lighting. To shoot at such high frame rates requires a lot of light. Most of our clips were shot with 10,000 watts of tungsten light.

Our primary light source was a custom built soft box with five 2000-watt lights mounted inside. Depending on the shot, we would sometimes throw an additional 4000 to 6000 watts of light onto the background and or add some 1000-watt lights back on the subject for a rim light or highlight effect.

Monitor Calibration and Exposure Confidence

An important consideration is monitor calibration. The GVS 9000VTR software provides a histogram, Waveform, Vectorscope and many more options to facilitate accurate exposures. It even offers the ability to capture RAW to compressed format to see a visual difference in quality before you save your shots.

Because we were using a dual monitor set up and did not go through the calibration process, the result was a rather large discrepancy between our two monitors, and resulted in a less than comfortable confidence in our exposures.

It needs to be mentioned that exposure is very important when shooting with the Phantom and frequent white balancing is a good idea. Fortunately both white and black balancing are simple to execute.

 Vast Storage Capability

Another feature of the GVS9000 VTR that really helped our production efficiency is the vast storage capability in such a compact and portable unit. We were able to shoot RAW all day without interruption and without fear of running out of hard drive space. The configuration we were using featured a storage capacity of 4,000 gigabytes with hot-swappable drives and RAID level 5 protection. The GVS solution can transfer massive amounts of data at incredible speeds.

The Extraordinary In the Ordinary

Shooting with the Phantom was truly a case of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. In one case we decided to shoot tumbling dice. I dropped a single die, from two or three inches high, onto a marble surface. I had to drop them from a low height because if the die moved an inch closer or further from the camera, we would lose our focus.

The die clattered about for just an instant and stopped. David and I looked at each other, agreed that there wasn’t anything exciting about that particular bit of action, but decided to play it back anyway to check focus. It was mesmerizing! The die hit the marble surface, rose up and almost out of the frame, came down with a slow, lazy spin, hit the marble popped up, and just hung there spinning for what seemed like forever. Totally cool!

Water Balloons and Woman’s Hair

Whether it was a water balloon bursting and leaving a teardrop shaped body of water hanging, seemingly frozen in the air, a cat twisting to land on its feet, or a woman’s hair undulating in the wind, the Phantom allowed us to see things as we had never seen them before. The GVS9000 VTR gave us the capability to quickly see our captures and make adjustments without interruption in our flow. It is hard to stress how important that is for both our creative process and the bottom line.

This slow motion experience is a great example of my approach to stock video. Shooting video for stock makes sense if you have passion for what your shooting, and/or you can take advantage of an appropriate still shoot by adding video, or as in this case, an unusual opportunity presents itself.

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Photography. Is it (still) Art?

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 8:03 pm  
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by Jeremy Myers

Historically, saying something artistically significant with photography has always been a tough proposition. Years of technical work perfecting a craft, a compulsion to photograph, raw talent and a burning need to make a statement were always the baseline requirements. Few attained the goal of Jedi Master.

In the age of digital, it’s equally difficult to reach the heights. Excellent craft, compulsion to work, talent and having something significant to say are still in the mix. But now I believe a new factor has been added; the requirement for novel subject matter.

I’m in the process of putting together a business plan for a photographic rep firm. Part of what I’m doing is looking at the work of photographers who are not well known, but who have nevertheless developed a good craft and make lovely images.

After looking at thousands of images, what I’m absolutely struck with and never expected to encounter is the banality of the imagery being produced. And I use the word banal in the exact dictionary sense: “dull or stale because of overuse, trite, hackneyed, commonplace”. Not that these aren’t technically well done wonderful shots of beautiful landscapes, buildings, social man and female bodies. But damn, if I see one more print of a mountain stream done with a time exposure and a 90mm Schneider Super-Angulon lens, I think I’m gonna puke.

Twentieth century photography was absolutely ablaze with a galaxy of talent including the likes of Edward and Brett Weston, Paul Strand, Bill Brandt, Imogen Cunningham, Bernice Abbott, Gene Smith, Ralph Gibson, Diane Arbus, Danny Lyon, Sally Mann, Eliot Porter, the list goes on and on. Each one of these artists and many more not here listed produced or are producing a unique corpus of work.

Unfortunately some of the newer folks seem to be producing work that is entirely derivative in nature and this is particularly prevalent in landscape work. I can literally group many of these shots into individual categories and trace their direct lineage back to the original work by another artist. Sun bleached tree backlit against dark polarized lake. Dark prairie field with dramatic thunderhead. Twisted nude with side lighting against black velvet. It’s as though the camera is being placed at an identical GPS coordinate, same film, same time of day, same print treatment as the ‘original’. Oy….

I think part of the reason for this is that there are far more shooters per unit of subject matter than When A. Adams and E. Weston were running around the countryside with 8×10 view cameras. It may simply be that photography and image making have become an identifiable lifestyle inhabited by lots of people versus the relative few who came before. Ansel is famously quoted as saying that craft must be mastered to produce art. Now that we have a lot of people who have mastered the craft, is it still art?

Jeremy Myers is a wedding officiant and is the owner of Lyssabeth’s Wedding Officiants. Visit his websites at: Lyssabeth’s Oregon Wedding Officiants , Lyssabeth’s Colorado Springs Wedding Officiants and Lyssabeth’s Monterey Wedding Officiants .

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Proud Photography – Is There Any Good In Proud Photography Course?

Monday, January 11th, 2010 at 9:22 pm  
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Photography enthusiasts have something to rejoice! Proud Photography the single online site that is dedicated to complete professional photography course brings an interactive course that can teach beginners as well as experienced photographers to improve all their skills. It is one of the best online photography lessons sites that simply don’t finish the courses but also access and evaluate the learning of every student. Mini test is conducted after completion of one lesson and if they are satisfied they move to the next.

Visit Proud Photography for more information.

Besides that, the good part of Proud Photography is that there is not time limit to finish the course. If you are a slow learner you can take the lessons and learn skills of photography according to your pace. There is no hurry, no extra pressure or criticism for your slow learning. The course is divided into thirteen sections:

* Introduction to Photography and General Terms

* Digital World

* Exposure Control: Shutter Speed

* Exposure Control: Aperture

* Composition

* Advanced Flash Photography Resource

* Black and White Photography

* Travel Photography Part I

* Travel Photography Part II

* People – Portraits

* People and Environment

* Various Tricks and Techniques

* Common Pitfalls

Every lesson is taught personally by a personal tutor and they upload images and pictures to understand the terms, techniques and tricks better. You get feedback on your work with constructive criticism to improve your work. There can be no other place to learn photography online than Proud Photography. After you have completed the course you would be give a certificate along with 500 MB of gallery space in the site to display your talent and best pictures clicked by you.

Proud Photography also offers Homework and Quizzes for better understanding and learning of photography. Such interesting activities create positive attitude towards the programs and students take keen interest on the course. This is the place to learn and take all good things about photography.

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Stock Video vs. Stock Stills

Monday, January 11th, 2010 at 7:11 am  
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Stock Video Plans In 2010

Recently I was asked what my plans for video, specifically stock video, are for the coming year. I have to say that most of my intention for video, at least for the foreseeable future, is wait and see. In 2009 I submitted close to two hundred clips to my already existing fifty or so clips with Getty Images.

 

Getty has put up about a hundred of those clips thus far, and I expect probably another thirty to fifty clips will go up in the coming months. The new clips were all slow motion videos shot with a Phantom HD camera at 1000 frames per second. To rent the equipment for shooting those clips would run around $5,000.00 a day, but I was fortunate enough to be able to use the equipment as part of a beta-testing project for GVS Systems and their GVS 9000 2XU 444 VTR hardware/software set up for capturing vast quantities of data at very high through put rates.


No Photoshop, No Room for Mistakes, Less Production

This Phantom shoot is a perfect example of how I intend to pursue stock video. When the right situations come along I will take advantage of them. I do not plan on investing in stock video the same way I approach stills.

 

With video there is not room for mistakes, I can’t save things in Photoshop, and I get a lot less done. The editing process is slower too. So for the same amount of effort I produce a lot less video material than I can with stills.

 

Fewer Sales, And a Passion for the Single Image

From what I can gather about my own motion sales, and the sales made be others I am in touch with, videos still do not return as much as stills. Sure, a clip can sell for a lot, but at least with my own experience, there are way fewer sales.

 

There is a lot of hype about the exploding use of video, and lots of excitement about even greater use with hardware developments like tablets and so forth. Everywhere you turn video is being used; on gas station pumps, on cell phones, in the bank while you stand in line for a teller.

 

But I have little faith that I know what to shoot, and that I can do as god a job as people who are either video pros or have a passion for it. My passion is still for the single image.


Limited Stock Productions

I have truly enjoyed shooting the slow motion video. Heck, for that I might even have a so-called passion. But it still doesn’t make financial sense for me to pursue it. A year from now I might know whether shooting more of it will be worth while; but at the current cost of shooting truly slow motion video, and until I get some idea of the returns, I just can’t see diving in any further.

 

If you do have a passion for video, then I would recommend adding it into still shoots for which it would be appropriate. If you intend to add video to your assignment work, then that might be another reason to engage in at least some limited stock productions.


Submission of Video Material Is Exploding

Another factor for me to consider is that the submission of video material is exploding. Getty sent me an email explaining that in the last several months they have become overwhelmed with submissions…from hundreds of clips a month to thousands. I bet the same thing is happening in micro as well. I wouldn’t be surprised if the supply of video is now burgeoning much faster than the demand!

 

Cool Slow Motion Clips

At any rate, if the right situation or the right shoot comes up, I will engage in some video production. But as far as planning on shooting video in 2010…it is a wait and see game for me.

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Understanding Digital Photography – Make Sure You Get A Memory Card

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 at 9:47 am  
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Understanding Digital Photography – Why You Need To Purchase A Memory Card

If you’re preparing to buy a latest electronic camera for your photographic wants then you need to look after certain features. Memory can be regarded as one of the most vital sides of a digital camera. The electronic camera stores all its photos in its memory. But the memory has a certain limit. This is the reason you would like to give additional attention to the memory card. Imagine this situation , you have gone on holiday and clicking the footage with your digital camera. You can click just 20 to thirty photographs at one go.
But what if you would like to shoot more images? Will you let all of your fun and excitement get drained away because your digicam doesn’t have enought memory? The answer to this problem lies in buying an extra memory card or a camera with higher memory capacity, but it’d turn out to be a bit pricey affair. So it is generally recommended that you buy an external memory card or memory stick to meet your demands of more storage space. Using memory cards and sticks implies you will not have to trouble yourself with the storage issues and you can click as many pictures as you desire. One of the main reasons of buying these external memory cards is the limited space for storage of the digital cameras. If your position is rather average, then you would not get a camera with over 32MB of storage-which means up to eleven footage. On the other hand the higher capacity digital cameras would not cost less than $500. Likewise these memory cards are comparatively expensive and are deeply compact.

There are a lot of different forms of memory cards available in the market. Being widely available, the best part of this card is that it is compatible with the best of the digital cameras. They’re definitely very fashionable and are typically brought in use by people at large.

They are thought to be one of the littlest memory cards. You can use them in differing kinds of digital cameras or telephones or MP3 players or cameras too. The prior incorporates an additional write protected switch for the protection of info. You have to also check out all the different memory options that are present in the camera that you are thinking of purchasing.

There’s no certain number of footage that you can keep in your memory card. The quantity of pictures that might be stored depends on the sort of footage. It also further depends on the specific file sort of the photographs and also on the compression rate of each picture.

Don’t worry about the costs as they are typically reasonable.

To find out more about memory cards or to see the lastest memory card on the market check out, Understanding Digital Photography – The Best of CES 2010! .

Hello everyone. I love photography and I believe digital photography is an art, but it most certainly doesn’t have to be complicated, no matter how frustrated you may get taking digital pictures. I hope the information you read here will help you take beautiful pictures. Check out my lens, Understanding Digital Photography!

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Part Time Photography Business – Turn Your Hobby Into Serious Income

Saturday, January 9th, 2010 at 1:18 pm  
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Starting your own photography business can be as straightforward or as complex as you make it. It’s not relevant if you are concentrating on like by beginning a wedding photography business, youngsters’s portraits, family photographs or perhaps by photographing antiques.

Film cameras still have a place, however digital cameras are just about considered’standard’ anymore. The bigger the mega-pixel, the bigger the picture that may be printed and still look great. An SLR camera allows better footage and different lenses, much like film cameras. However they also are much more pricey.

You’ll need to avoid getting a pocket’point and shoot’ camera. They’re great for fast snaps, except for beginning your own photography business then you need to be taking quality pictures and you definitely desire something that can take quality footage.

There’s a difference between optical zoom and digital zoom can be confusing if you’re new to digital photography. Optical zoom implies it makes use of a series of lenses to magnify the image, just like a film camera. Digital zoom means the computer in the camera ‘enlarges’ the image. The more that you zoom, the lower quality the image will turn out. So when given a choice, go for a large optical zoom.

It’s a good idea to have a digital video camera in your arsenal too. You never can tell when you will be asked to capture video for a party, anniversary, marriage or other special event.

A digital camera also can reduce the requirement for some of the appliances you’ve got to carry, but a tripod will probably be a welcomed edition. An external flash, different lenses if you have got a digital SLR camera, and all of the other trappings are still a great thing to have. In fact , a digicam may help you overcome poor lighting conditions, but nothing will beat junking the poor lighting conditions without delay.

For getting going it’s important to get into the habit of always having a photographer’s mindset. Remember to have your camera on you (whenever possible) and to keep the batteries charged. There’s nothing worse than running out of battery juice in the middle of an event.

You should also have at least one extra memory card in case you fill yours up. It’s easy to do especially when you capture video.

Don’t be shy about taking out your camera and snapping photographs. If you are in doubt you can always ask the host if they mind if you snap some photos.

Starting your own photography business can earn you some great cash, but even then, concentrate on what’s actually important ( no pun intended ) and let the details work themselves out. The more pictures you take, the better you will get. There’s several good reference books on digital photography to enhance your skills.

Tom Blair is a digital photography buff who’s dream of starting his own photography business full time.

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