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Photo tip: The rule of thirds

When you're composing a photo, it can be tempting to frame the subject in the center of your shot. But is this the...
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Holiday gift ideas: Non- photo gifts for photographers

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Need to find a gift for a photographer? Or do you have people asking you what you want for Christmas and you don't...
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Photography using the Auto setting

You hear an awful lot of tips about how to use manual settings, but what about Automatic? There are a lot of good...
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Improve your photography: find the sweet spot on any lens

Even with precision manufacturing, most lenses have a sweet spot, the aperture at which the lens performs best....
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Black and white photography is the new black

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Color shots are wonderful for capturing a scene, but nothing captures emotion like black and white photography. If you've been shooting only in color...
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Election Day photo concept: Choice

In honor of Election Day and the campaigns that Obama and McCain have run, I invite all of you to experiment with a...
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Photos with purpose: Finding meaning before snapping the picture

Lately, when shooting or even when I've thought about shooting, I've focused on subject, lighting, time of day, techniques I want to try. I rarely...
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Flashpoint 35mm Film and Slide Scanner

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Like a lot of you, I have a lot of negatives and slides that I just haven't made the time to convert to digital. I...
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Lomography: Photos from the hip

Lomography is a style of photography that originated with a Russian film camera, the Lomo LC-A. A compact camera, a...
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Light Tents: How to build an inexpensive one that works!

For product photography (eBay, home stores, catalog shots and start ups where you're shooting product yourself),...
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