Sell Your Photos Online Step 1: Decide on what type of market is suitable to sell your photographs. Many people look to sell photos online, and this can be done via stock photography (or microstock) websites, an online portfolio and print-on-demand, to...
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How to Transfer Photos from Camera to Computer Step 1: Install your digital camera software before you try to transfer photos. Install the accompanying digital camera software first before attempting to connect the camera to the computer via an USB po...
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Making double exposures with a film camera used to be tricky. To take a good multiple exposure, for example, your camera needed to have a special control that prevented the film from advancing while you captured each frame in the series. And you needed to underexpose each frame by just the right amo...
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Step 1: Identify Images The first step is to identify images that work together and decide what type of output you desire. You can save your images in an image format as we will do in this article or save your images in a movie or flash format. These VR movies are used to create a variety of web ap...
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Step 1: Captain Beefheart's Magic Band Spring for good tickets or find a way to get on the stage. I took this picture of Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band from the stage wings with ISO 400 film and a 50MM lens. It was easier to get back stage in 1970 then it is today. If you can’t find a way backstage...
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Step 1: Making a video requires the aquisition of gear. You first need a video camera. Getting a digital video camera is best--or if you have an analog camera get a PC to TV card or USB upload cable to be able to upload and edit on your computer. You can also use a webcam with a microphone--make s...
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Step 1: Web with grass background. Spider webs with dew on them are more visible in photographs than a plain web. This means getting out early before the sun dries everything out. Step 2: Use the macro setting (close-up) on your digi...
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Purists will tell you--they certainly tell me--that photography is all about pressing the camera's shutter release. Every week, for instance, I get e-mail from readers who claim that any photos that have been edited should not be considered for the Hot Pic of the Week contest. But not only is editi...
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With the digital camera revolution, a plethora of online digital print services popped up offering an easy way to print those countless photos that seem to endlessly accumulate in your camera. Basically, all the services do the same thing, but somewhat differently and with a little effort you can de...
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Thanks to e-mail, some say that the art of the handwritten letter is dead. And they might be right; I buy a lot fewer stamps these days than I used to, making high-tech services like Stamps.com, where you can make legal postage stamps with your own photos, almost like buying buggy whips that have be...
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It's a new year, and a new set of questions have found their way to my inbox. Send me your questions about digital photography. I reply to as many as I can, and I round up the most interesting ones about once a month here in the newsletter. You can also read more frequently asked questions online: ...
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Winter snow can be a challenge for a photographer. Winter light is “cooler” in nature and the bright reflections from snow and ice tend to make the final image too “bright." Bracketing exposures helps when photographing outdoors in the snow. Some modern digital cameras can be set to automat...
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Sharing photos by sending them as e-mail attachments is so 2003. Nowadays, the place to store and share digital photos is on the Web. Here are some ways to share, tag, and otherwise explore a world of photos in your Web browser. Upgrade Your Flickr Experience With Free Tools These tools and tips tak...
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Whether it’s made by Sony, Samsung or The Sharper Image, some digital picture frames claim to hold up to 2,000 pictures. But many shoppers are surprised when they begin to upload photos and get a Memory Full message way too soon. Follow these simple steps to clear up the confusion and fit more pictu...
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The holidays might have tapered off a few weeks ago, but I'm still paying for them. Indeed, my checkbook has an "out of order" sign on it, and my teenage daughter has offered me a short term, high interest loan to see us through the winter. Perhaps I exaggerate a bit. But if you are in mo...
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The one feature most digital camera buyers give the most thought to is camera resolution, or the amount of dots (pixels) the image contains. This is important because the more dots you have, the sharper the image will be. The amount of resolution you need from your camera will depend on what you pla...
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Have a digital photo question? Send me your comments, questions, and suggestions about the newsletter itself. And be sure to sign up to have the Digital Focus Newsletter e-mailed to you each week. Just about everyone I know got a digital camera for the holidays this year. For some folks, it was a r...
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With advances in technology, it is easier to take better photos. Yet, we need the right equipment and a little know-how to make the most of our digital memories. Instructions Difficulty: Moderately Challenging ...
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The holidays are over. Now what do you do with all those photos sitting on your digital cameras? Maybe you have photos from last year's vacation or the kids' birthdays. Don't let those memories you've captured waste away and don't take the chance that your photos are lost forever due to a faulty ...
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Photographs help us to memorialize special times, places, events and people in our lives. Digital photography gives us the capability of capturing and viewing moments and memories in seconds and storing these images for a lifetime or longer. But the prospect of purchasing a digital camera can be da...
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