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07.04.2008 Family Photos

I was recently browsing through my collection of family photos. Unfortunately far too many of them exist only in a digital format on a DVD disc. I should definitely print more. Browsing through my family photos made me recall why I enjoy them so...

 

12.01.2008 Bad Photos

Picture 1 was taken in Greece on the Island of Lesbos in the town of Molyvos. It was late and me and my wife were heading back to our hotel. It was very dark and the harbor was...

 

03.01.2008 High Speed Sync for Flash

When I started using a digital entry level SLR camera I was shocked when my camera refused to use flash with higher shutter speeds than 1/200 sec. At first I thought there was something wrong with my camera. I went through the manual and online information and I found an answer that there is no...

 

18.12.2007 SLR Camera or Bridge Camera?

About four years ago there was a debate in Digital Photography Review (among other places) about whether Canon EOS 300D is a better camera than Sony DSC-F828. The essential...

 

03.11.2007 Radial Blur in Photoshop

Not long ago I found myself out of ideas when it comes to photography. I couldn't find anything interesting to photograph. I had this one idea of a...

 

06.10.2007 Photo Processing in Photoshop

Here I discuss about digital photo processing in Adobe Camera Raw 4.0 and Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended. I will discuss my typical digital photo...

 

14.09.2007 Long Exposure Photos

Exposure means the total amount of light that the sensor of a digital camera receives. Exposure can be controlled with sensitivity of the sensor (ISO), aperture of the lens (f-number) and...

 

28.08.2007 Camera Raw Fill Light Saves the Photo

Camera Raw is Adobe's Plug-In software for Photoshop which provides capability to open raw files. Raw image provides flexible processing possibilities due to its great color depth. In Camera Raw there is...

 

17.08.2007 Photography With a Table Tripod

When I am on holiday I like to carry my camera everywhere but I don't always feel like carrying my tripod with me because of its weight and size. However, I still like to be prepared to photograph with slow shutter...

 

10.08.2007 Silhouette With Digital Camera

While I was on holiday in Greece, after photographing multiple sunsets I decided to try, for the first time, to create a silhouette picture with a digital camera. I have never before taken silhouette photos on purpose...

 

29.07.2007 Panorama of Castle of Molyvos

While on holiday in Greece I decided to try for the first time to create a panorama photo which consists of several photos. I had read about the subject so I knew the basic principles about photographing panoramas: To make post processing easier one should keep settings of the camera the...

 

19.07.2007 Diffraction with Small Apertures

Unprocessed photos taken with small apertures tend to sometimes look a little smooth compared to photos taken with larger apertures. The smoothness in photos taken with small apertures can be caused by diffraction.

Diffraction means bending of wave as it passes an edge. In this article I observe the effect of diffraction in...

 

02.07.2007 Lupinus polyphyllus

I was celebrating Midsummer at my mother's and I had dragged some photography gear along:, Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM, Lens: Canon EF-S...

 

19.06.2007 Sunset in Phuket

Picture 1 was taken on the Phuket island in Thailand. The sunset seemed promising and I stayed on the beach with my camera waiting for that most favorable moment. The sun was just...

 

12.06.2007 Cathedral of Palma

Picture 1 is a photo about the cathedral of Palma in Majorca. The construction of the cathedral began already in 1230 and continued for hundreds of years. How such a sight...