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The Benefits of Underwater Digital Cameras

Underwater digital cameras are fun and easy to use under the water and great above the water as well. Use your underwater digital camera in all kinds of weather, for many activities and in a variety of locations that could be either wet or wild.
Are underwater digital cameras better than the film underwater cameras? […]

Megapixel Cameras: How Many Megapixels Do You Need?

Knowing which megapixel camera to buy can be intimidating. There are literally hundreds of models of digital cameras out on the market today. How can you know how many megapixels you’ll need?
Megapixels: The More the Merrier
For the most part, I would suggest that you get the highest megapixel rated digital camera you can […]

Your Camera and Condensation

It’s cold here. And, where there’s cold there’s condensation. Small droplets of water form where warm air meets a cold surface. In camera terms. That means any part of the kit that is exposed to cold air.
This explains why my viewfinder got all steamed up when I started using my camera yesterday (ok, I had […]

Tame Those Memories

Family vacations, summer weddings and family reunions are in full swing, and the warm memories and envelopes of photographs are ever growing! You certainly intend to organize them — but the boxes in the attic are full of intentions, and now the photograph CDs are being to pile up! What can you do […]

Digital Photos: Printing on a Budget

We are a two printer family. Yes, we have the “good printer” and the “little printer.” The “little printer” is the budget printer and the subject of this article. Anything that’s not critical as regards archival permanence gets printed in the “little printer.”
While the good printer is for archival, arty work, we bought the […]

How to Encourage Portrait Sittings

You never need to be in a position that you have nobody to sit for your portraits.
Your nearest and dearest will, no doubt, have been the subject of your photographic attentions for a while. Some of them may feel a bit jaded and disinterested in the whole process especially if you have used them as […]

Compact Digital Camera or Digital SLR - Which Is Best For You?

With so many people buying digital cameras these days, it’s obvious that the switch from film photography to digital photography is well underway. But which kind of digital camera will work best for you?
For most people interested in just getting great looking snapshots and family photos, a compact digital camera will probably do the job […]

Photography - Photographing Children

Ever see the movie where the photographer is trying to take a family photo and the kid is doing everything he can, short of starting World War III, to keep that photo from being taken? Every tantrum in the world ever taken is captured in that one scene. Very funny, yes. But […]

Improving Our Landscape Images.

All the world’s cameras, films and other photographic equipment are no more than tools for making landscape pictures. Cameras don’t think for themselves. Whether we use digital or film camera, the same photographic principles apply.
We don’t have to stick to many rules to produce great landscape images, but knowing what they are will make your […]

Photography Contest - a fun and rewarding experience

Do you like to take photos? Are you always standing by with your camera waiting for that moment that is meant to be captured on camera? You may even be taking photography classes or maybe you have already completed a photography course and you want to share your photos with others. You may want to […]