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Finding inspiration for your photography can sometimes be a challenge. We've already taken a look at five places you can go online to find inspiration for your photography, but there are also a few offline methods that can easily kickstart your photo-taking - with just a little bit of dedication on your part. There's no better way to keep yourself shooting on a regular basis than committing to taking one photo a day.
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You can actually get more out of a photograph with a cheap homemade reflector than an expensive lens when you are on the learning curve with your camera. The good thing is that the photography community is a friendly bunch. So, here’s a roundup of some useful digital camera hacks that don’t cost the Earth and the moon.
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A few weeks ago, we published a Beginners Guide To Using the iPhone Camera, which explains how to use the default features of the camera app, including the how to frame, expose and focus a shot, as well as how to use the flash, review your photos after taking them, and even how to snap a photo while shooting video. While there are lots of third-party photography apps for the iPhone, for many users the iPhone camera app is about as advanced as they want to get.
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If you haven't used the iPhone Camera app much, or if you’re a new user of the device, you may not realize just how close the app is to literally being a point-and-shoot camera, and it includes enough features for average shooting situations to make it nearly unnecessary to need a separate and dedicated compact camera.
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One could argue that the iPhone has indeed revolutionized digital photography and videography. I never imagined that an app could be built to take videos and shoot photos at the same time, which is a feature built into the current iOS 6 version of the iPhone camera. And most recently, a new photo app simply called Takes, actually creates videos based on photos you take.
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"Does your phone have a camera on it?" said no one since 2005. Nobody even asks how many megapixels your phone's camera has anymore. With the ubiquity of smartphones today, and the resolution of the cameras they have in them, why does anyone even sell a point-and-shoot digital camera anymore? All you need is a decent smartphone to take your vacation pictures and click a button to upload them to Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, wherever.
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There are umpteen resources on learning how to photograph. And believe me; it is as easy to get drowned in the quicksand of learning as it is to be buoyant with nuggets of wisdom. Photography ideally follows the “show me how it’s done” model for quick uptake. YouTube does it best. So, which are the best YouTube channels on photography for the kid with the snazzy new camera? Let’s browse…
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Fueled by a desire to take better photos, last year I got myself a nice DSLR for Christmas. I'm certainly no photography expert - but I did take the time learn a few tips I could immediately use to take substantially better photos. Some of these tips can be applied to any photo - not just using a DSLR - so even if you have a point and shoot or a camera on your smartphone, then it's worth reading these.
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One of the best types of iPhone applications are ones for editing photos. There are a lot of them on the App Store, and some of them are fantastic. The really good applications tend to cost money, and a lot of people are not willing to drop the big bucks on apps. Of course, some of those apps really are worth the cost of admission, especially if you are the kind of iOS user who loves to use their device as their primary camera.
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One accessory you'll no doubt be after is a remote shutter; this allows you to place the camera on a tripod or rest it somewhere and trigger the shutter without the chance of shake that can occur when just holding it, or to use for self portraits without a timer. Today I'll explain the magic of remote shutter releases, how to make one yourself, and how to extend this for high speed photography too.
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The days when working with digital cameras and other common consumer hardware on Linux was a chore that involved fiddling with terminal commands are over. Using a digital camera with modern Linux distributions like Ubuntu is an extremely simple process. In fact, the built-in software on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions is better than Windows for this, as it allows you to easily do basic photo-editing and upload your photos to web services.
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Camera Awesome, which has over seven million downloads of its iPhone application, is following in the footsteps of Camera+ by releasing an iPad version of their photography application. The key difference between Camera Awesome and Camera+ is the emphasis on taking pictures. Camera+ does allow you to take photos, but its main emphasis is on editing pictures already taken.
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It has been a long time coming, but the popular Camera+ application is finally making its way over to iPad. Camera+ has long been the most popular and critically acclaimed iPhone camera application, and now users can take advantage of its awesome features on their iPad. In fact, Camera+ on iPhone has sold over 9 million copies, which is obviously quite an impressive number, especially when you consider how much competition it has on the App Store.
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The digital camera has taken more than 35 years of technological advancement to reach its current stage of development. The journey from original concept to the all-singing devices we have access to today has been long, and still new technologies in photography emerge. I’m already excited about what the next 35 years might bring. We now live in an era where it sometimes feels like cameras are slapped onto devices as afterthoughts.
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Once, there was this interesting news item about the man with the perfect memory. No…Mr. Gordon Bell wasn’t a freak; as a research scientist he just used modern technology to record every waking moment of his life. That was a Microsoft project. On lower tiers, we use journals and blogs to document our daily lives. Why not a camera? Especially if you love pictures.
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