Capturing great landscapes can be tough. Individual elements may be beautiful, but the overall picture can still look… boring. Easy improvements can be made, for example, by ensuring a tripod is used, even on bright days, allowing a small aperture to obtain optimum depth of field. A digital photography guide provides details about the steps to take to align your…

Few would argue that more people than ever can take pictures of real quality, as digital photography and the equipment available opens up opportunities for the keen amateur. Modern digital SLR cameras are boasting more and more megapixels and features, which can almost make photography seem too easy. However, there is functionality and easy to grasp techniques that many budding…

“I would love to be a better photographer…if only I had a better camera.” This is a comment I hear every day in my gallery. What many people don’t understand is that the type of camera you use is not the key to improving your photography.

Pride makes it hard to admit that we are just not very good…

After the camera itself and then the lenses, a tripod is probably one of the most essential pieces of equipment for any serious photographer. They stabilise the camera, which is essential for in my photographic situations, especially professional ones.
The obvious use for a tripod is for taking night shots. Night shots need much longer shutter speed times, to let…

If you’re anything like me you see an African wildlife photographer on the TV and you wish it could be you. Out there in the bush with lions, elephant, cheetah, rhino, hippo. The amazing, evocative sights and sounds. Well what if it could be you? What if you found out that all you needed was the enthusiasm?

Well, not…

Canon has been at this for a long, long time and they realize what it is their customers want, need and expect from them as one of the most well known camera purveyors in existence today.
With the inception of their vast EOS system that is already loaded with more options for photographers of every level comes yet another add-on…

While I normally prefer a status LCD to this method, I do like the way Olympus built its status screen, since you can quickly navigate through the screen to change any of the settings included in that view. Of course, there are also hard buttons for commonly changed settings, such as ISO, white balance, and AF mode, in case you…

 

A digital camera is a camera that captures images on a light-sensitive sensor. It can record video or still photograph, or both. It has many features that are not available in film cameras such as displaying an image on the screen right after it was taken, the capability to save thousands of pictures, the ability to revise and…

Those who love to capture the moments of life in a crisp, sharp detail, for them there can nothing be better than owning a digital camera. A digital camera never runs out on performance as they don’t have any ‘negative’. But before buying one, you need to consider a number of things as it will surely be a lifetime possession.…

Digital cameras have been around for since the early 1950’s. It was then used to capture live images from television cameras. By 1960’s, the US government and NASA began to use digital imaging for spy satellites and space exploration, respectively.  In 1991, Kodak, a premier multinational corporation recognized for its innovation and expansion in the field of photography, released the…