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Do you enjoy shooting close-ups? But hate shelving $$ to buy new equipment?

Here’s an easy way.I have been using the Nikon Closeup filter for couple years now. Unlike ordinary magnifying glasses, where lines near the edges could be distorted, the Nikon Closeup has been designed for this purpose.It doesn’t matter whether you have a SLR, […]

Ah… This is one of the easiest way to create drama, contrast in your photos.
Photographed at dusk or dawn, natural light will tend to take a hue, a bluish or reddish tint. Contrast this with the warm glow of of a tungsten (oops, in this environmentally challenged days, go for warm glow energy saving bulbs), […]

When taking pictures, it is worthwhile remembering your camera is just a piece of equipment. Yes, it has some smarts, but that is still no substitue for the human brain — you.
One of my pet peeve is improperly exposed photos. Now as smart as we would like them to be, except for the most advanced […]

I just have to show everyone the new pair of speakers I built, so I decided to lug them out for a photo shoot. Available light is still best!
However, as I placed them in my car porch, the much brighter background poses problems to me.
If you just Point and Shoot, this is what you’ll get.

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With autofocus, you shouldn’t have any focussing problem. But sometimes they do crop up.
Most cameras use the viewfinder center as the focus area. Any subject placed at this spot will be focussed sharply.
This is bad for composition as it encourages you to “use your camera like a gun”, resulting in dull photos with subjects […]