http://digitalshotsguide.com Learn How To Take Better Digital Photographs Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:00:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I used to always have the same problem. I’d set up the perfect shot, the right framing, the right subject, the right everything. I’d take the shot, then review it to find that the colors looked dull, washed out, or just plain wrong. I had the same problem many people ... http://digitalshotsguide.com/2008/11/21/white-balance-color-photos/ An honest review of the "Easy Photography Business eBook" by John Carroll The Claim: "Earn $200+ per day taking simple photos in your local area." "Make money taking local photos for national companies. A step-by-step guide to getting started in this virtually unknown industry." Easy Photo Biz Home Page The Truth: Well, the ... http://digitalshotsguide.com/2008/11/13/easy-photography-business-ebook-review/ Do you find yourself wading though long lists of files in your "My Pictures" folder to find a picture? Do you want basic, easy-to-use photo editing software? Want to create a photo album online in ONE click? Then I recommend Picasa, Google's photo management software. ... http://digitalshotsguide.com/2008/11/10/photo-management-software-picasa-from-google/ Want to customize holiday postage stamps with your personal photos or artwork? Check out YourStamps.com, a great service from Fujifilm. For a little more than the standard price of postage, users can get over-sized, customized stamps for retail pick-up or have the personalized stamps shipped to them. ... http://digitalshotsguide.com/2008/11/02/photo-stamps-for-your-holiday-cards/ Want to learn how to take pictures of fireworks or lightning? Want to be able to take those cool pictures with only a background and the blur of a light or of writing in the air with light? Well you can create all these effects and more using one simple ... http://digitalshotsguide.com/2008/10/30/low-light-long-exposure-photography/ So, you've already started taking pictures and you're starting to get pretty good. Then you sign on to a photo sharing website and look at the featured photos saying "how did they do that?" Well, here are a few techniques you can use to take pictures that are a little ... http://digitalshotsguide.com/2008/10/26/fun-photography-techniques/ Blurry photos, lens flare, red eye...we all see them in our pictures from time to time. Here are some helpful tips to prevent undesirable effects and take more consistent shots. 1. Blurry Photos Especially in low-light situations, blurry photos can kill a shot for both amateurs and professionals alike. In cameras ... http://digitalshotsguide.com/2008/10/03/3-common-photography-mistakes/ If you’re like me, going out to take pictures means you you’ll probably come back with A LOT of pictures, and every one of them is named with some ridiculously long image number. Well, if you’re running Windows XP, there’s a quick fix that doesn’t require you to rename ... http://digitalshotsguide.com/2008/02/10/picture-naming-made-simple/ The Dangers of Digital Zoom Camera advertisements always mention digital zoom along with the regular optical zoom, but it’s best not to use it. All it does is zoom in and crop to a part of the picture without increasing the quality. You can do this using a photo ... http://digitalshotsguide.com/2008/02/08/digital-zoom-is-not-a-useful-feature/ When you first download your pictures from your digital camera, convert them to TIF or PNG files. You can save the original JPG so you know you have a copy, but don’t use this file format to edit pictures. Every time you edit a JPG file and resave, ... http://digitalshotsguide.com/2008/02/06/not-all-file-types-are-created-equal/