If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Digital photography was quickly embraced in several professional fields of endeavor where the cost of $12,000–$30,000 cameras was easily outweighed by the convenience of having digital images instantly. I list these in detail in Mastering Digital Photography, but here’s a [...]
JPEG, RAW, white balance, sensor dirt…with digital capture you need to understand many new terms and make decisions that will influence your picture-taking. Here we look at some of these issues so you can ensure your camera is working the way you want it to.
Choosing a file format
Before you take a picture with a digital [...]
The type of light falling on your subject makes a massive difference to the colour of the scene. The light in the middle of the day is much more blue than it is at sunrise or sunset, while a household bulb produces light with a strong orange cast. This is due to what’s known as [...]
The differences between digital SLRs and the camera you were using before you saw the light depends on where you’re coming from. If your most recent camera was a point-and-shoot digital model, you know the advantages of being able to review your photos on an LCD an instant after you took them, and, if you’re [...]
Owning the right digital photography equipment is necessary whenever you want to make it successfully wether you’re a newbie or a pro. If you are going to become a pro with your digital photography then you had better be ready to spend a fair deal more on kit than simply someone needing to try this [...]