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Tips and techniques for photographing star trails (contd) ..




Tip 936 (Understanding what causes star trails): You see those beautiful star trails, and it seems like the movement of stars causes the whole beautiful effect. In fact, what your open camera shutter (and the sensor inside) captures is the movement of the earth, since the stars are stationary, while the movement of the earth [...]


5 Photo Tips for buying a better camera (contd..)




Tip 836 (Look for the performance of the auto-focus): For most people indulging in photography, an auto-focus is one of the most commonly used functionality (it is most professional and semi-pros who use manual focus); and for point and shoot, auto-focus would be almost 100% of the usage. In such cases, it is important to [...]


How to take photos of the moon – Improve your photo shooting capabilities and your technique (contd..)




Tip 711 (Use RAW when possible): RAW allows you to adjustments in non-destructive (non-lossy) mode. When you are taking photos of the night, and with the moon, there is a strong chance that you will want to do white balance adjustments, and for doing those adjustments in the camera, you need to shoot in RAW.

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Taking great photographs of a hockey game (contd..)




Tip 591 (Learn about shutter lag): In many cameras, there is a shutter lag between when you press the shutter button, and when the camera actually takes a photo. This can make all the difference between getting the photo when it is taken, so if you have a shutter lag in your camera, you will [...]


Macro Photography shooting tips (contd..)




Tip 161 (Look everywhere): One of the advantages of macro photography is that even mundane objects can look beautiful. You need not only look at flowers or similar things, but even normal keychains, colorful objects, almost anything has the potential to look beautiful at such short distances. Shoot a lot, but also be sure to [...]