With digital cameras, capturing a “Kodak Moment” has never been so easy… and so difficult. It’s never been so easy because with our digital cameras we can basically snap away like madmen with a machine gun and see right there and then whether we’ve captured the moment. But it’s also never been so difficult because of the annoying thing known as “shutter lag.” Shutter lag is a digital phenomenon, and refers to the time between the moment that you hit the button to take the picture and the moment that the camera actually captures the image. Lag time...

Photography is an art, and therefore there are no set rules for getting the perfect pictures. The following tips, however, will help to improve your photographic style, experiment, and get great pictures on a regular basis. Whether your subject is a child, a pet, or nature, try some of these tips on your next photographic foray.1. Get on Their Level With a live subject it is important to get at eye-level before taking the shot. For children and pets this may mean kneeling, squatting, sitting or even lying down to get on the same level as your subject. While it is fun to experiment with different...

“Oh no! It’s only three days ’til my appointment at the photographers! I don’t even know what I’m going to wear and what about the make-up? The person who made the appointment didn’t suggest a thing.” It doesn’t come up too often, but when it does, a little knowledgeable advice would be greatly appreciated. Generally, the same kind of make-up appropriate for an evening date will also photograph well. A little darker base prevents your skin from washing out in the lights and extra cheek color is a must. Lipstick photographs on the rich side, so pick...

The digital format has taken over from film as the format of choice for camera enthusiasts everywhere. Today most non-professional buyers opt for a digital camera by default. Do you know how this immensely popular technology came into being? The father of the still digital camera was the video camcorders (VTRs) used to record videos for telecast on the television. This camera captured images by converting them into electrical impulses and saving them on to tape. However, all these cameras were Analog in nature. This changed when Nasa converted the format to digital so that it could enhance the...

There is a lot of photography accessories on the market today – some are very useful, but most of them are a waste of money. Here are five of the most important accessories for landscape photographyTripod: A tripod is important for one main reason, keeping your images sharp. Youll want to select a small aperture to maximise depth-of-field, so you should be using a shutter speed of less than 1/60 second. Its impossible to get a sharp image holding your camera in your hand at these slow speeds.When choosing a tripod pick one made out of carbon fibres, these are light to carry but are sturdy...

A common problem with old photos is that they often have un-desirable cracks and creases. These can be removed quite easily using the Clone, Healing and Patch tools found in Adobe Photoshop. The problem is that this can become a very time consuming activity if the photo in question is severely damaged. This article describes a correction method using a free Action for Adobe Photoshop that can take less than five minutes to correct the majority of cracks and creases in an old photo For several months now I have been using a Photoshop Action called de-crack, developed by Tim J. Edwards, with very...