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Cleaning a DSLR Sensor

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A couple of weeks ago I decided to clean the sensor in my Nikon D70 dSLR camera after taking hours cleaning up sensor dust spots on over a hundred images using software. Hopefully, you haven’t seen sensor dust too much. The images I had were shot with apertures of f/16 and f/22 with a lot … Continue reading "Cleaning a DSLR Sensor"
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Cloning Around

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A couple of months ago I started using Apple’s Aperture 2 photo application. The photo editor in Aperture is much better than anything I’ve ever used. While not a true graphics editor like Photoshop, Aperture does have some tools which are helping me make great photographs from not-so-great ones. Like this photo of a performer … Continue reading "Cloning Around"
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Photographic Innoventions: Disneyana Photography

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Let’s talk about how to use your digital camera to easily and inexpensively take photographs of your valuable Disney collections and memorabilia which has been coined Disneyana. Here’s the items we’ll need this week: a digital camera of any kind, a tripod for the camera, a remote shutter release (or use your camera’s timer), a … Continue reading "Photographic Innoventions: Disneyana Photography"
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Photographic Innoventions: More Bouncing Light

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Last week, I went over how to use an external flash unit or speedlight to bounce it’s light to improve on flash photography. We learned to vastly improve the look of the classic straight on flash look. Very easy if you have a ceiling less than 20 feet high. However, if you are having breakfast … Continue reading "Photographic Innoventions: More Bouncing Light"
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Photographic Innoventions: Bounce Flash

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Many photographers don’t like to use flash. After learning all the ways of exposure, ISO settings and the use of the exposure compensation button, flash poses another learning curve. I’m here to tell you, learning to use flash is not hard and can give you another tool for getting professional-looking photos at home and in … Continue reading "Photographic Innoventions: Bounce Flash"
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Photographic Innoventions: Your Pictures in HD

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Did you get a new High Definition (HD) TV for Christmas? You might want to pull out it’s user manual and see how you can get your digital photos to display on it. Most come with a way to hook up your camera or computer directly to a video input. Some, like the Samsung DLP … Continue reading "Photographic Innoventions: Your Pictures in HD"
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Photographic Innoventions: Photo Gems

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Parasols in Liberty Square.Nikon D70/80-200D, 1/200s, f/5.6, 200 ISO, +0.3 EV, 135mm Focal Length When I can, I like to find Photographic Gems at Walt Disney World. Gems can be found literally around each and every corner. Remember to look not at just the overall scene but at parts of them. This is how I … Continue reading "Photographic Innoventions: Photo Gems"
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Photographic Innoventions: dSLR Chistmas Gift Giving

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I’ve been looking at all the Day After Thanksgiving sales brochures online over the past few days. There are some great deals coming out for the digital camera owner on your list. Here are some of ideas: Camera/Lens Dependent Gifts Memory Cards Rechargable Batteries UV Lens Filter Circular Polarizer Lens Filter Non-Dependent Gifts Micro-Fiber lens … Continue reading "Photographic Innoventions: dSLR Chistmas Gift Giving"
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Photographic Innoventions: Adding Light to the Sun

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Earlier, I showed how the use of software can add light to a badly underexposed photo. What if I told you there was a way to do the same thing using your camera and not having to do any post-processing in software. Would that be worth something to ya? Looking at the photo below taken … Continue reading "Photographic Innoventions: Adding Light to the Sun"
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