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If you are dedicated to photography and wish to make it a serious hobby, consider purchasing a manual focus or single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. Although the pictures are more difficult to take since you must set aperture and shutter speed manually and you must also adjust the focus, you will have gr... More...

Introduction Digital camcorders make shooting video and editing it on your home computer a breeze. You can create movies and output them to tape or DVD, or post them on the Web. Whether you want to record shots of your new baby or you dream of becoming a true auteur, this guide will teach you what ... More...

OK, so you aren’t a professional photographer. That doesn’t mean you can’t take quality photos. Follow these tips and you will see dramatic results! Instructions Difficulty: Moderate ... More...

Surely you've seen television commercials in which everything is rendered in black and white except for one item--a person, perhaps, or the featured product--that appears in full color. The trick is effective because your eyes are drawn to the splotch of color image in a sea of gray. And really, the... More...

I've heard it said that life is like the movies, and it's true. I don't mean in the life-imitates-art way, or how people always tell me that I'm a sexy cross between Mel Gibson and Russell Crowe. I mean that our eyes see reality in wide-screen, but our cameras take pictures in pan-and-scan 4:3, like... More...

Why should cats, dogs, deer, and birds get all the attention? Bugs, spiders, bees, and other little creatures make great subjects, too. You just need to know how to use your camera in the tiny world of macrophotography. Virtually every digital camera on the market has some sort of close-focus mode.... More...

Digital picture taking has taken over the way we take pictures. If you don't like the shot, nothing is wasted but a few seconds of time to delete the shot and take another one. Those of us who still have several canisters of undeveloped film now have pictures stuck on their hard drives. Wal-Mart onl... More...

Let's say you have some files or pictures on a memory card or memory stick and you want to lend it to someone or sell it. How do you permanently delete files from the memory card to prevent recovery? Instructions Difficulty: Easy ... More...

If you were very, very good this year, Santa might have brought you a digital camcorder for Christmas. He might have even brought you one if you weren't so good: In November, I saw a survey that found that 6 percent of those polled were considering giving a video camera as a gift. If you're one of t... More...

Parents have only one chance to capture their baby's first steps in life. Whether you're a new parent or you're just interested in learning about photographing infants, here are some tips for capturing great moments. Instructions Diffic... More...

It's been a few months since I answered some reader questions, so I've opened up the mailbag once again. Here are the answers to a few questions I often get asked about camcorders and digital video. What's the difference between digital and optical zoom, and which is better? Optical zoom is the mo... More...

Digital picture frames are an innovative way to display multiple pictures in one frame. A digital picture frame saves space and is easily modified to show new pictures. Making a digital picture frame takes a basic knowledge of electronics, but don't let your modest skills stop you from trying to cre... More...

Read this guide to learn how take better pictures, or photos, with your digital or film camera. Learn about composition, light, color and more. Instructions Difficulty: Moderately Easy ... More...

A photogram is making a print in a photo lab without using a camera. By placing objects onto a piece of light sensitive paper in a darkroom, you can use an enlarger to cast light onto the paper and capture the silhouettes of the objects. Instructions ... More...

Here's an interesting tidbit from the world of science: Every light source, from the sun to a candle to a light bulb, puts out a somewhat different range of colors. What looks like pure white under one kind of light appears blue or red in a different light. Our eyes do a pretty good job of adjusting... More...

A lot of folks have had brushes with fame. When I was in sixth grade, to celebrate the U.S. bicentennial, I was assigned the task of writing a letter to the mayor of Jersey City. I was amazed to get a reply, and I treasured that correspondence for years. But as it turns out, that's nothing compared... More...

minimum specs required for buying digital camcorder Instructions Difficulty: Easy Steps ... More...

I tend to change the file format of my photos frequently--usually from JPEG to TIFF or JPEG to Adobe Photoshop's PSD format. Why would I do that? Usually, to preserve image quality. Every time you edit and then resave an image in JPEG format, for example, it loses a little quality (depending upon h... More...

Here's how to keep your camera in tip-top shape. Instructions Difficulty: Easy Steps ... More...

A few months back, I wrote a column about copying my home movies to DVD. It generated a lot of questions from readers, so this month I'm digging through my mailbag. Here are the answers to some of the questions you asked. I've got home movies on Super 8mm film: How do I copy them to DVD? Many fami... More...