Flashes, the age old staple of the modern photographer. They’ve been around as long as photographers have needed some kind of portable light source. But all of that might change very soon. The newest L.E.D. lights are not only inexpensive, they draw much less power than their fluorescent and incandescent counterparts. Plus, when compared to [...]

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This question comes from reader Sherry Quiban. She wants to start doing photography exhibitions, and she’d like to know what size images she should print for the occasion. While it’s certainly a question with a lot of different answers, there are a few accepted guidelines for exhibition prints. Here’s what I tend to do.

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Portraits are some of my favorite pictures to take. You rarely ever get a chance to bring out someone’s unique personality in some of the other more “staged” shots. And nothing screams personality more than the eyes. If you want to take portraits that truly stand out, you need to give the eyes as much [...]

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Ah, the dreaded pimple on picture day. If you’ve got a teen, or have been a teen yourself, you know what it’s like. You can’t stop that photographer from taking the picture, so it looks you have no other choice but to take matters into your own hands and learn some photoshopping skills. Here’s a [...]

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Kids are very fun to photograph. The photos you take of your children will last for years, and you’ll always remember them fondly. In fact, it could be argued that if weren’t for our desire to photograph our children, photography wouldn’t be where it is today. What better way to get into this hobby than [...]

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More and more point-and-shoot, and even digital SLR camera models, are touting a new feature known as face detection. A camera with face detection can notice when faces are in the frame and then tailor the images it takes to get picture perfect portraits every time. At least this is what the camera makers are [...]

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