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Having Fun With New Filters

I recently ordered a bunch of new filters for my camera. I intended to buy only a UV filter to protect my lens when I’m photographing small kids who like to poke at the camera, but when I started shopping I discovered a few filters that I just had to try. One of the filter sets I bought was a macro filter set. Each filter is essentially a magnifying glass that you can screw onto the end of your lens just like a traditional filter. The kit came with several different magnification strengths and you can stack them for even … Continue reading →

Simple Mistakes to Avoid to Improve Your Photography

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Have you ever taken a photo only to realize later that you had made a simple mistake that dramatically affected your photos? It’s amazing how one little detail can really make a big difference. Several years ago a friend and I were in Rome. My friend had been taking some shots with black-and-white film, so she’d put an orange filter on her lens to increase the contrast and make the black-and-whites stand out. We’d already had a busy day, but we were headed to the Colosseum, our main focus for the day. With a quick change of film, we were … Continue reading →

Graduation and Vacation Photography

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It is almost the end of May, and a good time to talk about the end of school, graduations, vacations and other fun beginning of summer activities. Of course, the best way to record and remember all these special events is through photography. Unless you have a photographic memory, which works almost as well, except that the photos are stored on the hard drive of your memory, and there is no way to download those photos for practical use. For photos of graduations, you will have the best results if the graduation is held outside on the football field or … Continue reading →