Mastering your camera can be a long hard slog or it can be a fun and in many cases a profitable stroll. Everything relies on how you figure out how to do the shot. Digital photography classes provide the answer that most of us are searching for.
Here's the situation…
The majority of us buy a new camera - we open the box - read only enough of the manual to learn how to turn it on and then we start shooting away!
The problem being, that with no formalized, systematic learning, we generally wind up just placing the camera on its automatic settings and figuring that's "adequate!"
It is not good enough!
True the camera on its plain programmed settings can do a plausible job in straightforward, basic conditions, but there is a whole new, creative world out there that we are missing!
To maneuver past the snapshot phase - where we check out our snapshot one time and "file it away" never to get seen again - to getting photos that get others to exclaim "WOW"… We unquestionably have to take the camera off autopilot and begin controlling the blasted thing.
That's when we start our trial and error, random strategy of attempting to figure out all the assorted knobs, dials and buttons. Some we are going to learn to understand, some we'll get a totally WRONG comprehension of, and other options we won't ever even know exist.
The dreadful news is…
Using this trial and error line of attack, we end up with huge holes in our photography instruction. It isn't that we aren't wise enough to understand, it's that we just do not know enough of what creative methods are achievable to ask the proper questions.
There IS an easy solution…
Take a formal course. In this way, the lessons are laid out in a systematic coherent manner that should plug all the holes in out an unplanned education. It's surprisingly effortless and quick!
We do not have to register in a degree program, there are tons of low priced web based courses where we can get the required information on our own schedules and at our own pace.
When seeking a web based course, don't shy from a course that starts at the very basic beginnings. It's amazing how few people truly comprehend the basics.
Two areas to stay away from initially…
Don't bother with the free "101 tips" style information. That tends to be just more of the an unplanned training we try to avoid. AFTER you finish your systematic digital photography classes, THEN is the best time for 101 tips type of thing.
Avoid courses that cost many hundreds dollars…
There's a lot of - excellent - courses that cost hundreds or maybe thousands of dollars. For the most part, they are going to be far too involved for what most of us need. You can get into one of those in case you later decide you wish to turn pro or really get into advanced techniques.
Like Goldilocks, you too can find online digital photography classes that are "perfect for you!"
Friday, August 6, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Free Digital Scrapbook Software
Digital photos are the main material for the design of free digital scrapbooking albums, yet it would be impossible to carry on with the projects in the absence of graphic softwares and computer programs. Digital scrapbooking depends on such tools for creating layouts, adding graphic textures, embellishing and even including text messages. This is the alternative to traditional scrapbooking that uses photos, paper, cardboard, stickers, ribbons, buttons and many more for creating all sorts of themed albums.
You can't start free digital scrapbooking without special software programs like CorelDraw, CorelPaint or Adobe Photoshop. As long as you find a free program that allows you to operate with layered objects while it supports PNG file formatting, digital scrapbooking is possible. Besides the software as such, you may have to use a digital camera, a printer or a scanner. If you want to try free digital scrapbooking, there is a large number of tutorials that you can use.
You just have to find the most relevant websites for free digital scrapbooking. The number of resources is every day higher and you will see that you can do a lot of reading and still not exhaust a certain topic. This hobby-like occupation has reached such an extent that you can even find digital scrapbooking kits advertised online. They include all the digital scrapbooking elements necessary, available in PNG formats. There is plenty of information on scrapbooking kits on Google. By previewing some of the content available you can actually decide whether you need these kits or not.
Free digital scrapbooking makes a really good alternative to traditional scrapbooking. It is modern, innovative and it has all the advantages technology and science can offer. You'll definitely be curious to try digital scrapbooking if you have already tried your hand at traditional scrapbooking. While some of the scrapbooking materials available are free others aren't. In some cases free digital scrabooking resources will work fine, while in other cases you may have to pay for some elements in a way similar to the purchase of regular supplies.
Free digital scrapbooking goes hand in hand with promotional advertising. Some websites may be interested in achieving exposure only, and they will thus provide some free variants of a feature-limited software. Look into these aspects a bit further and see whether free digital scrapbooking can be real for you.
You can't start free digital scrapbooking without special software programs like CorelDraw, CorelPaint or Adobe Photoshop. As long as you find a free program that allows you to operate with layered objects while it supports PNG file formatting, digital scrapbooking is possible. Besides the software as such, you may have to use a digital camera, a printer or a scanner. If you want to try free digital scrapbooking, there is a large number of tutorials that you can use.
You just have to find the most relevant websites for free digital scrapbooking. The number of resources is every day higher and you will see that you can do a lot of reading and still not exhaust a certain topic. This hobby-like occupation has reached such an extent that you can even find digital scrapbooking kits advertised online. They include all the digital scrapbooking elements necessary, available in PNG formats. There is plenty of information on scrapbooking kits on Google. By previewing some of the content available you can actually decide whether you need these kits or not.
Free digital scrapbooking makes a really good alternative to traditional scrapbooking. It is modern, innovative and it has all the advantages technology and science can offer. You'll definitely be curious to try digital scrapbooking if you have already tried your hand at traditional scrapbooking. While some of the scrapbooking materials available are free others aren't. In some cases free digital scrabooking resources will work fine, while in other cases you may have to pay for some elements in a way similar to the purchase of regular supplies.
Free digital scrapbooking goes hand in hand with promotional advertising. Some websites may be interested in achieving exposure only, and they will thus provide some free variants of a feature-limited software. Look into these aspects a bit further and see whether free digital scrapbooking can be real for you.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Photography Today
Most people today own a digital camera. The superfluous number of models on the market has made photography a hobby and activity that is no longer restricted to the professional. Further, with social networking websites and the online world, digital photos are easily shared and stored. But as with most technological developments that signify a departure from traditional or longstanding practices, a dialogue has emerged as to the benefits of digital versus film photography. The portability and ease of the digital camera makes it a more popular amateur photography option. However for professionals, there is still an argument as to the merits of both film and digital photographic cameras, with both versions still in use today. Here’s a quick rundown of the advantages of both digital and film photography.
Advantages of digital photography
Instant review of pictures. Digital cameras allow photographers to assess the lighting and composition of their work immediately after taking a photograph. If need be, they can simply recapture the image.
Fewer ongoing costs. Once a digital camera has been purchased, it costs very little to take, and store, hundreds or even thousands of digital photographs.
Various functions and settings. Digital cameras can be used to capture videos as well as photographs, and there are a number of settings through which the photographs can be taken, such as sepia and black and white.
Metadata. Digital cameras are embedded with metadata. The time, date and model of camera are all recorded with the image and form part of the image’s memory.
Digital manipulation. Once a digital photograph has been transferred from the camera to the computer, it is easy to digitally manipulate, retouch or affect the image.
Advantages of film photography
Better to capture detail. Film photography can pick up and capture greater variations between light and dark, making black and white film photography preferable to digital.
Photo quality. Film cameras produce photographs with higher definition than digital photography. For larger photographic prints, film cameras produce much higher definition and clarity than their digital counterparts.
Cost. For amateur or hobby photographers, digital cameras are affordable, easy to use and perfect for capturing special moments. For the professional, however, quality film cameras are significantly cheaper than their digital counterparts. Furthermore, because new digital models are continuously hitting the market, digital cameras tend to lose value rather quickly while film cameras usually retain their value over the years.
Aesthetics and tradition. Many photographers vouch for an aesthetic quality to film photography that cannot be replicated by digital cameras. Such advocates are also often drawn to the tradition and history of film photography.
There are pros and cons to both film and digital photography. For many photographers, however, the final decision rests on their personal style and their budget. Or, many dabble in a little bit of both! To find out more about photography and the differences between digital and film, there is a range of photography courses available. If you don’t have time to attend classes, it is possible to study via distance education and learn the ins-and-outs of the trade on your own time
Advantages of digital photography
Instant review of pictures. Digital cameras allow photographers to assess the lighting and composition of their work immediately after taking a photograph. If need be, they can simply recapture the image.
Fewer ongoing costs. Once a digital camera has been purchased, it costs very little to take, and store, hundreds or even thousands of digital photographs.
Various functions and settings. Digital cameras can be used to capture videos as well as photographs, and there are a number of settings through which the photographs can be taken, such as sepia and black and white.
Metadata. Digital cameras are embedded with metadata. The time, date and model of camera are all recorded with the image and form part of the image’s memory.
Digital manipulation. Once a digital photograph has been transferred from the camera to the computer, it is easy to digitally manipulate, retouch or affect the image.
Advantages of film photography
Better to capture detail. Film photography can pick up and capture greater variations between light and dark, making black and white film photography preferable to digital.
Photo quality. Film cameras produce photographs with higher definition than digital photography. For larger photographic prints, film cameras produce much higher definition and clarity than their digital counterparts.
Cost. For amateur or hobby photographers, digital cameras are affordable, easy to use and perfect for capturing special moments. For the professional, however, quality film cameras are significantly cheaper than their digital counterparts. Furthermore, because new digital models are continuously hitting the market, digital cameras tend to lose value rather quickly while film cameras usually retain their value over the years.
Aesthetics and tradition. Many photographers vouch for an aesthetic quality to film photography that cannot be replicated by digital cameras. Such advocates are also often drawn to the tradition and history of film photography.
There are pros and cons to both film and digital photography. For many photographers, however, the final decision rests on their personal style and their budget. Or, many dabble in a little bit of both! To find out more about photography and the differences between digital and film, there is a range of photography courses available. If you don’t have time to attend classes, it is possible to study via distance education and learn the ins-and-outs of the trade on your own time
Saturday, March 7, 2009
The Rare Breed
Every person is like I am - I vote,i.e. when I am not busy with election duty and can't cast my vote due to my govt.-sponsored job.Why is it so? Well sorry to say it - we all vote (elect)politicians.So,you would ask,what is so special with it?Well,I think that they belong to a special breed.One eminent personality(British?) had said ages ago that"politics is the last refuge of scoundrels".
But I find that all that has changed - politics isn't the last but it is the first refuge of scoundrels.The Oxford Learner's dictionary defines that a scoundrel is one who is "a person who has no moral principal and no conscience, a villain".Period.
So,what is it that we actually do?IN the third world countries it is really very bad,actually worse than that of the first and second world countries.But,there are no good or bad politicians.Why?It's because we don't have a choice.We have to vote for some candidate,whatever that means.And what happens to our vote?Some scoundrel gets elected and gets the authority to rule us for the next four or five years.
I don't intend to say that all politicians are teribble.there are always exceptions - and they prove a rule - that there are a few hundred real imposters or good actors who are,as is known to us,good actors.So good they are as actors that they are actually liked by all and sundry.You see,we actually elected them.This goes on.The vicious cycle - get elected,share the loot,bag the loaves and fishes of office - and come back to the voters at the fag end of the term.It's marginally different in the developed nations.
It doesn't matter whether these nations need a saviour.No amount of underdevelopment will move these heinous creatures.They are after the gold.It's the best 'get rich quick'schemethat is available to all.Who knows,if I get a chance to contest elections,I too will become one of these scoundrels.No doubt about that.
Is there any way out?I don't think so.There's no doubt that all countries need good rulers,good quality representatives.But as long as there is no check or safeguard,HEAVEN help us.
So,Dear GOD,help us.Amen. http://www.labnol.org/india-blogs/indian-bloggers.html">Best Blogs
But I find that all that has changed - politics isn't the last but it is the first refuge of scoundrels.The Oxford Learner's dictionary defines that a scoundrel is one who is "a person who has no moral principal and no conscience, a villain".Period.
So,what is it that we actually do?IN the third world countries it is really very bad,actually worse than that of the first and second world countries.But,there are no good or bad politicians.Why?It's because we don't have a choice.We have to vote for some candidate,whatever that means.And what happens to our vote?Some scoundrel gets elected and gets the authority to rule us for the next four or five years.
I don't intend to say that all politicians are teribble.there are always exceptions - and they prove a rule - that there are a few hundred real imposters or good actors who are,as is known to us,good actors.So good they are as actors that they are actually liked by all and sundry.You see,we actually elected them.This goes on.The vicious cycle - get elected,share the loot,bag the loaves and fishes of office - and come back to the voters at the fag end of the term.It's marginally different in the developed nations.
It doesn't matter whether these nations need a saviour.No amount of underdevelopment will move these heinous creatures.They are after the gold.It's the best 'get rich quick'schemethat is available to all.Who knows,if I get a chance to contest elections,I too will become one of these scoundrels.No doubt about that.
Is there any way out?I don't think so.There's no doubt that all countries need good rulers,good quality representatives.But as long as there is no check or safeguard,HEAVEN help us.
So,Dear GOD,help us.Amen. http://www.labnol.org/india-blogs/indian-bloggers.html">Best Blogs
Friday, March 6, 2009
The War of USA
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
A Bolt From The blue
Today's armed attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team has shocked one and all.Imagine a team going in a omnibus to play a cricket match and suddenly sourrounded by well-armed gunmen.These miscreants begin to fire at the team.A few players are injured.Five cops are killed.We see TV shots of the gunmen,armed to the teeth with assault rifles and grenades,running around with ease.Kudos to the cops who made the supreme sacrifice to prevent a mayhem.
First and foremost,it reminds one of 1972 Munich Olympics,when Palestinian gunmen took 16 sportsmen hostage and later flew out with them.They were killed without any resistance.There was no way in which they could have been saved.The Israeli athletes were unlucky.
Back to Lahore.The policemen who made the supreme sacrifice deserve a salute of the highest degree.They prevented the killing of the Sri Lankan players with the bravery of the highest order.Its true that a few Sri Lankan players were shot.But the timely action of the cops prevented more casualties.Otherwise,this day,the 3rd of March,2009 would have become the worst day in the sporting history of the world.Just imagine the headlines the following day in the press - "Sri Lankan cricket team gunned down"
God bless the cops.Their heroics will not go unsung.They deserve posthumous medals for their bravery and their sense of obligation.The world SALUTES them.Best Blogs
First and foremost,it reminds one of 1972 Munich Olympics,when Palestinian gunmen took 16 sportsmen hostage and later flew out with them.They were killed without any resistance.There was no way in which they could have been saved.The Israeli athletes were unlucky.
Back to Lahore.The policemen who made the supreme sacrifice deserve a salute of the highest degree.They prevented the killing of the Sri Lankan players with the bravery of the highest order.Its true that a few Sri Lankan players were shot.But the timely action of the cops prevented more casualties.Otherwise,this day,the 3rd of March,2009 would have become the worst day in the sporting history of the world.Just imagine the headlines the following day in the press - "Sri Lankan cricket team gunned down"
God bless the cops.Their heroics will not go unsung.They deserve posthumous medals for their bravery and their sense of obligation.The world SALUTES them.Best Blogs
Monday, March 2, 2009
Of Friends
Friends are for real.Even if you meet them after 15 years.They still have the affection.It's like a real company.Long lost friends are like old wine,they get better with age.They go out of their way to help you.
But why am I writing about long lost friends?It's simple.I relocated.And at the age of 35,it's a cumbersome process to make new friends.At this age,only one's colleagues are one's true friends.Because they stay with us all day.Working and spending time together sure makes for some friendship.Thus,one's colleagues are the only friends one has.And if they are kindhearted,then God bless them.They will go out of their way to help you.
My past has a somewhat exciting phase about female friends.There were scores of girlfriends.I was so accustomed to their company.It made me feel on top of the world,at that time.Now,in a new town,I don't have even one.I don't intend to profess that I am a lady killer of some sort.But it's a fact that I had a lot of female friends,more than male friends.
With increasing age,that has stopped altogether.I no longer enjoy the attention of ladies,young and not so young.Moreover,my spending less time out in the pubs has also taken it's toll.I have become a loner in some way or the other.
How do I get rid of this problem?I intend to start dating again.Ours being a commuter town,it becomes empty during office hours,one has to set a perfect time in order to meet sweet ladies.So I will get back to my earlier form I guess sooner or later.It hurts when one sees a pretty thing go past by in the company of some other guy.Isn't it disgusting?
So I have made up my mind to try seriously to restore the whale of a time I had.
Lastly,I need God's blessings.://www.labnol.org/india-blogs/indian-bloggers.html">Best Blogs
Amen.
But why am I writing about long lost friends?It's simple.I relocated.And at the age of 35,it's a cumbersome process to make new friends.At this age,only one's colleagues are one's true friends.Because they stay with us all day.Working and spending time together sure makes for some friendship.Thus,one's colleagues are the only friends one has.And if they are kindhearted,then God bless them.They will go out of their way to help you.
My past has a somewhat exciting phase about female friends.There were scores of girlfriends.I was so accustomed to their company.It made me feel on top of the world,at that time.Now,in a new town,I don't have even one.I don't intend to profess that I am a lady killer of some sort.But it's a fact that I had a lot of female friends,more than male friends.
With increasing age,that has stopped altogether.I no longer enjoy the attention of ladies,young and not so young.Moreover,my spending less time out in the pubs has also taken it's toll.I have become a loner in some way or the other.
How do I get rid of this problem?I intend to start dating again.Ours being a commuter town,it becomes empty during office hours,one has to set a perfect time in order to meet sweet ladies.So I will get back to my earlier form I guess sooner or later.It hurts when one sees a pretty thing go past by in the company of some other guy.Isn't it disgusting?
So I have made up my mind to try seriously to restore the whale of a time I had.
Lastly,I need God's blessings.://www.labnol.org/india-blogs/indian-bloggers.html">Best Blogs
Amen.
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