Tag: photography-tips
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The Manual
One of the biggest issues with cellphone cameras is they work so well on automatic that there isn’t a manual to read. They are the most advanced point-and-shoot cameras on the planet and they do remarkably well. Even pros have used them to shoot weddings! People get used to thinking they don’t need a manual…
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Let’s Talk White Balance
So what’s white balance?] White Balance is the camera setting or the setting in your RAW editor that adjusts how colours appear in an image. When shooting auto in JPG format the white balance is locked into your image set by the camera itself. In other words if your image is too blue or too…
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JPG or RAW?
So today on FaceBook Deborah who is going on safari (lucky her) asked that since RAW images get render back as JPGs is there any reason to actually shoot RAW and then edit the images in an expensive editor like Lightroom or Photoshop? Here’s my answer: Deborah you’re going to get a lot of interesting…
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How To Get Better Fast
Not a day goes by without someone asking on FaceBook about how to become a better photographer. The answer is simple: Shoot more and shoot more often. It isn’t about equipment. It isn’t about location. It even isn’t about experience (although that’s the direction we’re heading). Photography is an art form. You get better by…
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White Balance
White balance is simply the colour temperature at which white objects actually appear white in your digital photograph. The colour temperature of daylight is somewhere between 5000 to 6500 K. So how do you know if the white balance is off? Everyone has taken a photo at night indoors and the photo had a yellowish…
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RAW vs JPG
Let’s get the great debate over right away shall we? Is it better to shoot in RAW or JPG format (or both)? Well first of all let’s understand what these formats do. RAW images are like cakes where all you have are the ingredients. Nothing has been mixed and nothing has been baked or frosted.…
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