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Jun 13 2011

Featured: Robot Photography by Thomas Jackson

Thomas Jackson has created some of the most amazing, unique robot photography that you can check out on his website and in his fantastic photography book, The Robot Book. Some are hauntingly beautiful. Some simply astounding. In his photos, nature meets technology in the most spectacular way.   Highly recommended!

May 09 2011

Capturing graduation memories for life

A child’s graduation is a time for celebration for the whole family. And just about every family wants those moments captured for life. But we’ve all watched grainy, out-of-focus videos that sometimes even miss the graduate’s big moment on stage. Even if you’ve never picked up a camera, with a few simple tips, you can [...]

Jun 29 2010

Eight ways to improve your vacation photos

You might think it would be strange to ask an international aid photographer about the best way to take those family holiday photos, but Philip Maher, communications director at Christian Children’s Fund of Canada, has travelled to 80 countries in his lifetime while taking pictures in every conceivable environment. Maher is a professional photographer and [...]

Aug 24 2009

4×5 Cameras Are Still Going Strong

4x5 Press Camera

The view camera was one of the earliest camera designs and among serious photographers and hobbyists is still very much alive and well today.  Particularly the 4×5 view camera has a prominent place in the modern film camera market.  There are a lot of reasons for this including freedom for creativity and quality of the [...]

Jul 27 2009

Digital vs. Film Photography – What’s Your Best Bet?

50 mm Lens

There’s a good chance that today’s high school students do not even remember film cameras-loading the roll of film, taking the pictures through a viewfinder, getting it developed, and receiving both the pictures and negatives in return. However, all of them probably have cameras on their cell phones and another digital camera of their own, [...]

Jul 16 2009

Great Nature Photography On A Cloudy Day

Misty weather in the Pyrenees by iammi-z

Nature photography relies on your sensitivity to the natural light above all else. You have surely heard that for good landscape photography, you generally want sunny conditions, early or late in the day when the light is low and soft. However, this does not apply to every situation, and busy lifestyles do not always allow [...]

Jul 05 2009

Five simple tips for great summer photos

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(ARA) – Do you ever wonder how professional photographers capture such amazing images? It doesn’t take a fancy camera or expensive photo-editing software to get incredible photos you’ll be proud to share with friends and family. Tracey Clark, a professional photographer and founder of the popular online photography community ShutterSisters.com, offers five simple tips to [...]

Jun 30 2009

Top 5 tips for creating an amazing photo book

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(ARA) – In today’s digital era, it’s easy to design and publish your own photography book at an affordable price. In fact, Americans will produce 17 million photo books in 2009, according to a Futuresource Consulting estimate. Wedding books, family photo books, and artistic collections of photos published in a coffee table book are especially [...]

Nov 29 2008

The Advantages Of Using Digital Camera Carrying Cases

Digital camera carrying cases may be cumbersome to some camera users but they can also be very useful for others. There are actually more advantages to using digital camera carrying cases compared to not using one. Digital cameras have many different functions and their manufacturers would like us to believe that some are tough but [...]

Nov 27 2008

Specialist Will Know More About The Best Digital Camera Battery

The point of personal photography is that you can always take pictures at your own leisure. That is why so many people are purchasing digital cameras. However it seems that society has fallen into a jack of all trades, whereby consumers will end up buying products from any shop even though it is clear that [...]

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