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10 Tips for Saving Your Camera

Camera damage is devastating! If you are like me you go everywhere with a camera. I would be lost without it. The one time I did damage a camera it cost me a lot of money and I was without … Continue reading

Glossary – Common digital photography terms

Glossary index – select a Letter… A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y     Z The Visual Dictionary of Photography The … Continue reading

Some quick tips for still life inspiration and shots

Get some easy but creative still life shots I love shop windows. I especially like those boutique type shops where the owner has a sense of art. Shop window displays are by nature well designed, artistic and attractive. Well, they … Continue reading

Practicing and Improving your Panning – Seven Hints

Hints to improve your panning (Action shots Part 5) In the article Action Panning Shots with Motion Blur we looked at basic panning technique. In this post we look at some things you can do to improve your panning shots. … Continue reading

CD Play – Fun with Light and Reflections

An opportunity to do abstract photography The back side of a CD has wonderful light properties. View it from an angle towards a bright light. You will see great reflections. CDs provide flashes of multi-coloured light. The image above shows … Continue reading

When do you know you are a hopelessly addicted female photographer?

Her… You go on a first date with lingerie that has little cameras printed on it. Finally the lingerie drawer has to go and your light modifiers now have a proper place. You don’t go to a chick-flick with the … Continue reading

The red eye effect

Red-Eye And How To Stop It Just occasionally photographers are presented with an image showing the ‘red-eye’ effect. This strange effect introduces a new dimension into the photograph, often ruining it. It’s caused by a beam of light from a … Continue reading