Are you a beginner to photography ? Check the links below : Understanding exposure : part1 - part 2 - part 3 Aperture, shutter speed and ISO, the big 3 that usually cause the most confusion early on. If you can get a grasp on how the big ...

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Definitions What is Dynamic Range? What is the unit of Dynamic Range? What is an HDR image? But aren't we confusing dynamic range with bit-depth here? Shouldn't 24-bit be higher than 16-bit? I'm lost with all those bit numbers! High ...

Getting started using white balance, tone & vibrance presets. Monochrome: Using the Black & White conversion, tints & vignette presets. Color Effects: Using HSL presets and manual adjustments. See it in Action: Full w ...

"White balance (WB) is the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo. Proper camera white balance has to take into account the "color temperature" o ...

By 'exposure' we mean the amount of light that falls onto the film, or CCD if you are using a digital camera. In modern cameras the exposure is usually set to automatic by d ...

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"For a correct exposure you want all the channels in all parts of the photo to be below the point they max out and loose detail. As a starting point you need to set the color balance of the camera to match the color of the light so when a bri ...

" Of the many different types of lens filters available to outdoor photographers, the polarizing filter is probably one of the most popular, if not definitely the most versatile. So what exactly does a polarizing filter do? Well, in ad ...

Consider if the subject in the foreground was holding a piece of the white background seamless paper next to their face with only the key and fill lights on. When the exposure for the face was correct the paper would be reproduced as white wo ...

"Photoshop and Elements allow for layer blend modes that change the way layers react with each other. Some of them you will use in every day work. If you have a photo that is too dark, for example, many times a q ...

Shooting in full manual mode will always be the best way to get the most creative shot since you are in control of everything. But there are instances when you just do not have the time to fiddle around with the proper combination of ISO, ape ...

Shooting Mode: Manual Shutter Speed: 1/80 sec. Aperture Value: f/4.0 ISO Speed: 80 Exp. Compensation: White Balance: Auto Some samples from the new Canon PowerShot  G-10 camera © Canon