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Save and Recover Your Best Shots

Published by totoy on 14th June 2010

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Every one of us loves to shot unforgettable moments on life. During special occasion, we are here, taking pictures using our digital cameras. It is fun to collect the best memorable pictures and add it on our album to last long. But what if you came to this problem of unexpected deleted or lost of photos on your digital cameras? Do you think there is no way to bring back your best shots? It is frustrating to know that it is hard to recover your photos or maybe it is impossible, right? Well, if you are into the midst of thinking possible ways to recover lost or maybe deleted photos on your digital camera as well as on other multimedia files, such as video and sound files, you need to know about http://www.ReclaiMe.com. When it comes to photo recovery and files on various media from memory cards, USB pen drives, hard drives, you can start having around their service. The good thing about their site, they are here to help you in recovering your files or photos as they develop data recovery software which can make things easy for you. You can now feel not troublesome any longer as you can still save your memorable shots.

Edinburgh Photograph

Published by totoy on 29th April 2010

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Photographs are one of the interesting things for the person who takes and also person who want to take picture. Both of them don’t know how the output ill be. It is sign of remembrance of happiest moment in your life. Everyone likes to take photographs to think of their past life or their past happiest moment. Streetshawdows.co.uk is all about the Edinburgh photographer that takes photos all over UK. They are specializing in fashionable photographs that attract every one and you can see your image in an attractive manner. They stand first in taking exclusive photographs for any theme. If you are looking for fashion photography Edinburgh photographer is best to take that. Their staffs are expert in taking these kinds of photographs. Even they also take photo of portrait that will show you as real image. You can find talented and expert photographs from them. Even you can contact them through this website about the projects. If you are looking best photographer for your wedding function then street shadows are best.

All the staffs from them are professional fashion photographers and will cost less compared to others. They also modify the old photo copies to new one and also will give life for the unreal image through their photographic techniques.

Digital Photography Today

Published by totoy on 23rd April 2010

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Digital cameras have opened up amazing new photography possibilities. The following is an overview of several digital techniques that were on this website in the beginning. It now serves as a motivator to delve into the various techniques available in the digital world.

Camera equipment has made great strides in being able to mimic our visual perception in a single photograph. However, despite all of this progress, many key limitations still remain. Our eye can discern a far greater range of light to dark (dynamic range), is able to realize a broader range of colors (color gamut), and can assess what is white in a given scene (white balance) far better than any photographic equipment.

Photographers have to be aware of these and other shortcomings in order to emphasize the elements of a scene as they see them. Overcoming these often requires interpretive decisions both before and after the exposure.

When we view a scene, we have the luxury of being able to look around and change what we are analyzing with our eyes. This ability is quite different from what a still camera is able to do with a given lens; it is the implications arising from this that are discussed in the three sections below:

Depth of Field Dynamic Range Field of View

Each technique can evoke a heightened emotional response in the viewer, by emphasizing not only what one wishes for them to see, but also how they would like them to see it.

Our eyes can choose to have any particular object in perfect focus, whereas a lens has to choose a specific focal point and what photographers call a “depth of field,” or the distance around the focal plane which still appears to be in sharp focus. This difference presents the photographer with an important interpretive choice: does one wish to portray the scene in a way that draws attention to one aspect by making only that aspect in focus (such as would occur during a fleeting glance), or does one instead wish to portray all elements in the scene as in focus (such as would occur by taking a sweeping look throughout). Read the rest of this entry »

Easy Way to Capture an Image

Published by totoy on 4th April 2010

Filed Under Photography, Tips

Sometimes it’s very useful to be able to capture an image of whatever is on your screen. For example, if you encounter an error or a web site is displaying unusually, it can be a lot easier to take a picture of what’s going on than trying to describe it. A picture of what’s on your screen is commonly called a “screen capture” or just “screenshot.” I’ll refer to it as the latter in this article.

Print Screen, but not really

In Windows, the simplest way to take a screenshot is to press the Print Screen (often abbreviated to “Prt Scr”) key on your keyboard. You’ll find it on the right side of your keyboard, above the Insert/Home/Page Up keys. Despite the label, in Windows this key doesn’t actually print anything. It simply copies the contents of your screen to the clipboard, the invisible area in your computer’s memory that holds thingsï¿½like text, files, and picturesï¿½while you Copy and Paste them. Once you’ve got a screenshot in the clipboard, you can now paste it into an image. You can use any image-editing program for this, but the obvious choice is Paint, Windows’ built-in drawing program. You can usually find Paint in the Start menu under Programs > Accessories.

Once you’ve pasted the screenshot into Paint you can edit, crop, or resize it there or you can go ahead and save it like you would any document. And that’s pretty much it.

Oh, but here’s one more tip: If you want to take a screenshot of just the window you’re working on, instead of everything on your screen, all you have to do is hold down the Alt key when you press Print Screen.

Something more advanced

Print Screen and Paint will take you a long way, but if you’re making a lot of screenshots or want a few more options, I recommend kicking it up a notch with FastStone Capture. FastStone Capture is a great freeware utility that’s a quick download and uses very little memory. When you run it it just sits in your system tray (on the taskbar next to the clock) and waits for you to call it. While FastStone Capture is running, you can still use the Print Screen key, but instead of copying a screenshot to the clipboard, FastStone will launch its own image editor. Its editor works a lot like Paintï¿½click on the Draw button if you want to add lines or text to your screenshotï¿½but it also has a few features that are especially useful for screenshots. The Comment button lets you quickly add a caption to the screenshot with the date and time (this is configurable, as are the font and colors), and the Edge button lets you add a decorative border and drop shadow, and even a watermark. You can also crop and resize your image here, which is good if you’re putting the screenshot online or want to crop out unnecessary information. When you’ve got the image you want you can click on the Email button to email it directly to a friend or colleague, or Save As to save it to your hard drive for later use. Read the rest of this entry »

Modern Digital Editing

Published by totoy on 28th March 2010

Filed Under Photography

A computer and photo editing software is all that is needed to begin your digital darkroom.

Every aspect of the image can be altered, from subtle changes of color and contrast to drastic retouching effects. Popular software include titles like Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, or Gimp.

Classic photo editing

In the old days, the darkroom was the wizard’s tower. Film was processed in developing chemicals and then projected onto paper prints – all in near darkness.

The art of darkroom manipulation is alive and well, and is still the preferred choice for black and white film photography.

Printing

It’s a great feeling to hold a photograph in the hand. You might not want to print out every picture you take, but you should definitely make prints of your favorites.

Printing at Home

Newer cameras can connect directly to compatible printers, or you can copy the images to your computer and make prints from there.

It’s convenient to preview images on-screen, but treat yourself to a print every now and then. If you have a printer, why not use it more often?

Printing at the Lab

Most photo labs can handle film and digital photos. The prints from the photo-lab are very high quality and will last much longer than home prints. You can take your camera directly to the lab, or bring them a CD after you’ve had some fun with photo editing.

Printing Online

There are some very good online photo-labs that can handle all your printing needs. You upload pictures to the site, make the order, and the prints are sent to you. You can also make postcards, scrapbooks, and much more. As a bonus, the print quality is usually top-notch.

A computer and photo editing software is all that is needed to begin your digital darkroom.
Every aspect of the image can be altered, from subtle changes of color and contrast to drastic retouching effects. Popular software include titles like Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, or Gimp.
Classic photo editingIn the old days, the darkroom was the wizard’s tower. Film was processed in developing chemicals and then projected onto paper prints – all in near darkness.
The art of darkroom manipulation is alive and well, and is still the preferred choice for black and white film photography.Printing It’s a great feeling to hold a photograph in the hand. You might not want to print out every picture you take, but you should definitely make prints of your favorites.
Printing at Home Newer cameras can connect directly to compatible printers, or you can copy the images to your computer and make prints from there.
It’s convenient to preview images on-screen, but treat yourself to a print every now and then. If you have a printer, why not use it more often?
Printing at the LabMost photo labs can handle film and digital photos. The prints from the photo-lab are very high quality and will last much longer than home prints. You can take your camera directly to the lab, or bring them a CD after you’ve had some fun with photo editing.
Printing OnlineThere are some very good online photo-labs that can handle all your printing needs. You upload pictures to the site, make the order, and the prints are sent to you. You can also make postcards, scrapbooks, and much more. As a bonus, the print quality is usually top-notch.

A Camera is Still a Camera

Published by totoy on 3rd March 2010

Filed Under Camera, Photography

Modern film and digital cameras:

New cameras are very easy to use, just point and shoot. The camera’s built-in computer handles focus and exposure so you don’t have to.

It’s comforting to know that even the latest digital cameras work the same way as their ancestors:

Light passes through the lens, into the camera, and exposes the film. And guess what? The end result is still a photograph.

Digital Film

So what has changed? The most recent revolution in photography is the invention of digital film.

Replacing old-fashioned plastic film, digital cameras capture the images with an electronic sensor called a CCD. Photographs are stored on reusable computer memory devices.

The result is that modern photography is cheaper (and more environmentally friendly) than it has ever been before.

A digital camera is still composed of a lens, a dark box, and film.

Modern film and digital cameras:
New cameras are very easy to use, just point and shoot. The camera’s built-in computer handles focus and exposure so you don’t have to.
It’s comforting to know that even the latest digital cameras work the same way as their ancestors:
Light passes through the lens, into the camera, and exposes the film. And guess what? The end result is still a photograph.
Digital Film
So what has changed? The most recent revolution in photography is the invention of digital film.

Replacing old-fashioned plastic film, digital cameras capture the images with an electronic sensor called a CCD. Photographs are stored on reusable computer memory devices.
The result is that modern photography is cheaper (and more environmentally friendly) than it has ever been before.
A digital camera is still composed of a lens, a dark box, and film.

Know about Photographic Composition

Published by totoy on 26th February 2010

Filed Under Photography

Photographic composition is the pleasing arrangement of subject matter elements within thepicture area. Creative photography depends foremost on the photographer’s ability to see as the camera sees because a photograph does not reproduce a scene quite the way we see it. The camera sees and records only a small isolated part of the larger scene, reduces it to only two dimensions, frames it, and freezes it. It does not discriminate as we do. When we look at a scene we selectively see only the important elements and more or less ignore the rest. A camera, on the other hand, sees all the details within the field of view. This is the reason some of our pictures are often disappointing. Backgrounds may be cluttered with objects we do not remember, our subjects are smaller in the frame or less striking than we recall, or the entire scene may lack significance and life.

Good pictures are seldom created by chance. To make the most of any subject, you must understand the basic principles of composition. The way you arrange the elements of a scene within a picture, catch the viewer’s attention, please the eye, or make a clear statement are all qualities of good composition. By developing photographic composition skills, you can produce photographs that suggest movement, life, depth, shape, and form, recreating the impact of the original scene.

How are photographic composition skills developed? You look, you study, you practice. Every time you take a picture, look all around within the viewfinder. Consider the way each element will be recorded and how it relates to the overall composition. You must become thoroughly familiar with the camera and learn how the operation of each control alters the image. Experiment with the camera and look at the results carefully to see if they meet your expectations. With experience and knowledge of your equipment, you begin to “think through your camera” so you are free to concentrate on composition. Devote serious study to the principles of good composition. Study books and magazine articles on composition. You should analyze various media: motion pictures, TV, magazines, books and newspapers, and evaluate what you see. What is good about this picture or that TV image? What is bad about it? What principles of good composition could you apply in a different way to make the picture better. Read the rest of this entry »

Beginner’s Guide to Photography

Published by totoy on 12th February 2010

Filed Under Photography, Tips

Introduction to Exposure

Even if you leave the calculations to the camera,

Understanding the basics of exposure will take

your photography skills to the next level.

The moment of exposure:

Most of the time, the inside of the camera is totally dark. When a photograph is taken, the camera opens and light from outside floods in through the lens. Light is projected onto film to make the exposure.

Exposure is the measuring and balancing of light

Too much light and the picture will be washed out. Not enough light and the picture will be too dark. A good photograph depends on calculating the exposure settings that will give the film the “right” amount of exposure.

The photographer can control how much natural light reaches film

by adjusting the camera’s shutter, aperture, or film speed.

Measuring light (technical exposure)

A good technical exposure will produce a final image that accurately represents the original scene.. Film is light sensitive, and if the exposure is too dark or too bright, the result will not look like “real life”.

Balancing light (artistic exposure)

Just to make things interesting, in any situtation there are several camera setting that give exactly the brightness but with very different outcomes. Which to choose is up to you, the photographer.

Introduction to Exposure Even if you leave the calculations to the camera,Understanding the basics of exposure will takeyour photography skills to the next level.The moment of exposure:Most of the time, the inside of the camera is totally dark. When a photograph is taken, the camera opens and light from outside floods in through the lens. Light is projected onto film to make the exposure.
Exposure is the measuring and balancing of light
Too much light and the picture will be washed out. Not enough light and the picture will be too dark. A good photograph depends on calculating the exposure settings that will give the film the “right” amount of exposure.
The photographer can control how much natural light reaches filmby adjusting the camera’s shutter, aperture, or film speed.
Measuring light (technical exposure)A good technical exposure will produce a final image that accurately represents the original scene.. Film is light sensitive, and if the exposure is too dark or too bright, the result will not look like “real life”.
Balancing light (artistic exposure) Just to make things interesting, in any situtation there are several camera setting that give exactly the brightness but with very different outcomes. Which to choose is up to you, the photographer.

Stop Shooting Auto, Capture the Moon Beauty

Published by totoy on 28th January 2010

Filed Under Photography

Since a couple of people have requested this, here’s the Stop Shooting Auto! lesson in shooting the moon.

Back in the olden days, when cameras were carved out of stone and didn’t have whizbang light meters and dozens of confusing exposure dials, photographers had to choose their settings manually. In fact, my first 35mm camera, a Kodak Pony IV, had printed inserts that went into a slot in the back of the camera to help you pick your settings. For bright sunlight you used this, for cloudy bright you used that, etc. And horror of horrors, there was no Photoshop– if you screwed up the exposure, you had to try to fix it in a (gasp) darkroom. And that was if you were lucky– most people just lived with whatever bad photos they took.

Back in these dark, dark days, photographers often relied on rules of thumb to help them choose their exposures. The most common of these was called the Sunny f/16 Rule. The rule went like this: for objects that are brightly lit by the sun, set your aperture to f/16. Set your shutter speed to 1/ISO of the film. (Film? Do you remember that?) So if you were shooting with ISO 100 film, you’d set the camera to f/16 and 1/100 sec, or as close to that as you could get. At ISO 200, it was f/16 and 1/200 sec.

I know what you’re thinking. That’s great, Patti. Thanks for your little stroll down memory lane, but someone has been spiking your Geritol. I want to photograph the moon, and I want to do it at night when it’s dark out. Why would I care about sunny days?

Here’s a little secret. The moon is nothing more than a bright object lit by the sun. Sure, it’s in a dark sky and everything around you is dark, but the moon is surprisingly bright. However, it’s also pretty far away, and that makes it look pretty small in the sky and even smaller through your camera’s lens. Unless you have a very long telephoto lens, your camera’s meter just won’t know what to do with the shot. If you’ve tried to take a picture of the moon in automatic mode, you probably got a small white dot on a dark but washed-out background. We can fix that, but it will mean putting your camera in manual mode. I hope that’s not as scary to you as it would have been before you started reading this blog.

Let’s go back to that telephoto lens thing for a moment. The first thing you want is the longest telephoto lens you can get, so that the moon looks like something other than a white dot. 200mm is about the shortest, 300mm is better, and 500+ is even better than that. If you don’t have a long lens, a teleconverter is a useful accessory to have. In a nutshell, a teleconverter is kind of like a magnifying glass added to your lens. With a 1.4x teleconverter, a 200mm lens acts like a 280mm lens, and with a 2x teleconverter, a 200mm lens acts like a 400mm lens. There are some serious downsides to using teleconverters, but they can also be useful tools. Read the rest of this entry »

Picture Taking Creativeness

Published by totoy on 11th January 2010

Filed Under Photography

Most professional portraits have the subject in focus, and the background out of focus. This keeps the background form distracting the viewer from the person or subject.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You’ll Need:

A camera with a manual setting

Someone or something to be your subject

An area where the subject can be at least 8-10 feet from the background. (Depending on your camera, you may not need this much room.)

Step 1

Find where you can change the settings, such as automatic, manual, aperture priority, on your camera. Set the camera to aperture priority, if that is an option, or manual, if it is not. On a basic point and shoot, this may be more time consuming, as all of the settings are accessed through menus. You may find this easier if you have your users’ guide handy.

Step 2

Find where you can choose the aperture, or “f-Stop.” Set this to the smallest number (ie- 2.8, 4.0, etc.) If you are using aperture priority, you don’t need to change any other setting. If you are using the manual setting, you will need to adjust the shutter speed. You will have options such as 30, 60, 100, 250, etc. These represent fractions (1/30, 1/60, etc). You want to choose a high number, such as 100, to start. Take a picture, and if it is too light, make the shutter speed a bigger number. If it is too dark, make the shutter speed a smaller number.

Step 3

After you set your camera’s aperture and shutter speed, position your subject 8-10 feet from a wall. It will be easier to tell if the background is out of focus if it is a pattern, or if there are decorations on the wall. Stand as close to your subject as you can to take the picture, and focus on them. Snap the picture, and check out your beautiful portrait with a soft background!

Most professional portraits have the subject in focus, and the background out of focus. This keeps the background form distracting the viewer from the person or subject.
Difficulty: Moderately EasyInstructionsThings You’ll Need:A camera with a manual settingSomeone or something to be your subjectAn area where the subject can be at least 8-10 feet from the background. (Depending on your camera, you may not need this much room.)Step 1Find where you can change the settings, such as automatic, manual, aperture priority, on your camera. Set the camera to aperture priority, if that is an option, or manual, if it is not. On a basic point and shoot, this may be more time consuming, as all of the settings are accessed through menus. You may find this easier if you have your users’ guide handy.Step 2Find where you can choose the aperture, or “f-Stop.” Set this to the smallest number (ie- 2.8, 4.0, etc.) If you are using aperture priority, you don’t need to change any other setting. If you are using the manual setting, you will need to adjust the shutter speed. You will have options such as 30, 60, 100, 250, etc. These represent fractions (1/30, 1/60, etc). You want to choose a high number, such as 100, to start. Take a picture, and if it is too light, make the shutter speed a bigger number. If it is too dark, make the shutter speed a smaller number.Step 3After you set your camera’s aperture and shutter speed, position your subject 8-10 feet from a wall. It will be easier to tell if the background is out of focus if it is a pattern, or if there are decorations on the wall. Stand as close to your subject as you can to take the picture, and focus on them. Snap the picture, and check out your beautiful portrait with a soft background!

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