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Introduction
Equipment
My Equipment
First Camera
Digital Cameras
Fill Flash
Persp. Ctrl
Filter Fun
Travel
Travel Photography
Tourism
Travel Gear
Nite
Long Exposures
The Moon
Star Trails
Misc Tech
Bad Photos
Film Talk
Metering
Image Management
Photo Printing
Explaining "DPI"

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    I often get questions about how I took one picture or another. Perhaps the most common is this one:

      "I'm a beginner, and it would really help me learn if you could tell me what camera settings you had when you took that picture."

    This is, perhaps, the worst possible question a student can ask, and conversely, it's the most irresponsible one a teacher can answer. This dispels the old saying that "there is no such thing as a stupid question." There definitely is such a thing, but it's not because the student should know the answer to it; it's because the student is looking for the quick solution to an otherwise trickier problem. Don't look for the easy way out: learn the craft. And in so doing, you'll end up taking far better pictures over different situations.

    To that end, I am constructing tutorials on an on-going basis covering various photography techniques. As you can tell by now, I am not a "paint by the numbers" sort of teacher, that simply instructs students to set the camera in this way, and you'll get a good picture. Instead, I give instruction on methods that can be applied using the most basic fundamentals of photography. I do not teach fundamentals; you should already know how to push the button and basic functions of your camera. Once you know that, I pick it up from there.

    Topics and Essays

    Introduction

      Learning Photography

    Photo Equipment

      My Equipment
      Buying 1st Camera
      Digital Cameras
      Fill Flash
      Perspective Control Lenses
      Basic Info about Filters

    Travel Photography

      Travel Photography
      Tourism and Photography
      Travel Gear

    Night Photography

      Long Exposures
      The Moon
      Star Trails

    Misc Technical Subjects

      Bad Photos
      Film, the archaic medium
      Metering
      Photo Management
      Photo Printing
      Explaining "DPI"
      Licensing and "DPI"

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