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The beauty of a new laptop

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I’ve been wanting a laptop for a long time. When I went to Sydney to take photos as well as stay with my oldest friend I had to use her laptop to download my photos. My camera, a Canon EOS 1000D, does not have cards like the compact digital cameras do. So once you have used all the space in the camera, you need to download to a computer. So my trips to the country to take some landscapes seemed doomed without some storage device. Hence the laptop. What I bought though was a factory scoop at JB HF. For the techies amongst you, have a look just to see the specifications. It really is a desktop quality to carry around with you.
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Professional web tools for the photographer

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Recently my partner had an interesting experience and I have learned a lot from it too. He was asked by Nancy Morrison to be a model for some portrait photography. Nancy used to be a dancer and then decided to photograph dancers. She has moved on to photographing actors and couples now. Her portraits are wonderful, but she has been able to afford nice lenses and has learned photography very well, it seems. She is now a professional photographer.

My partner did the session and the results are here

Nancy has used a site to create her galleries. It is called zenfolio. As you can see, it costs, but not much. You can try a free trial and then sign up for a basic package, or pay more for a professional package. I’m not sure which one Nancy chose. What’s interesting about this site is that people cannot download the pictures. Not only that, it is easy to navigate and looks attractive.
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Jenny Campbell's photographic journey

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Jenny Campbell’s photographic journey

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Night photography in Melbourne

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I’ve been working up to forcing myself to use manual settings only on my DSLR Canon camera, so last night I saw a red sunset and I set out. There were others there, using Aperture priority, but I persisted with my task and my tripod. I ended up not getting a great shot of the sunset, but I ventured further and got a great shot of the Melbourne CBD from one side of the Yarra. Tomorrow night I intend to take shots of the New Year’s Eve fireworks, but from a distance, manually and I will have the assistance of a better tripod. My tripod is about 30 years old. I saw the new types last night. As it happened my son has been given a better tripod which allows me to move my camera around on an extension on the top, something I didn’t have last night. It also shows levels. I had to basically guess at holding my camera straight before.

You can view the night shots of Melbourne on my new Facebook page and it would be nice if you “liked” the page too!

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Free image hosting sites

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You can use these sites to find appropriate photos for your blogs or Squidoo. You can also upload photos to them as a way of storing them off your computer or sharing them with friends.

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Why DSLRs are better than compact digital cameras

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For a start, you can use many lens. Not that I have more than one, but it is better than the compact lens I had. You can also push up the ISO to 1600 or more for fast moving objects, like people, children, animals and so on.

You can shoot multiple times. You see the object you want to shoot and the focus and press button function seems very fast. It is almost what you see is what you get.

I’m sure there are many more advantages, like the ability to alter so many more settings.  What I worry about while using one though is that I am a softer target for theft. Not stealing me, but the camera. I don’t know how I’d go overseas with one.

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New DSLR camera

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I registered with the Sydney based photo art site. Then I went through every photo I’d taken with my digital camera except those I’d lost. I lost all of my American shots, damn it. I’ve now backed up all my other photos on a flash drive. You should take note of a posting I did about storing photos online. You can add Ph.Art to that list now as you can upload to a private gallery there.

Then I submitted a few photos. So far, one has been declined because of its subject matter and one has been accepted. You can see my photos  at  PhotoArt here.  Hopefully, by the time you click on that link, more photos will have been selected.

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Then after much research, I bought a DSLR  from an online site. It is a Canon DSLR (EOS 1000D) for under $1000. Some of the best and most expensive compact digitals were as expensive, so I think I got a good deal. Can’t wait to use it. I’ll need to get out of Melbourne soon.

I love the fact that this new site where you can sell photos is Australian. It just feels better, as many of the photos you see are of Australia. Many of the ones I submitted were of a Tasmanian trip I did a few years ago. You cannot fail to take a good photo in Tasmania.

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Why are my photos darker after I print them?

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computer screenIt depends what you have done or not done as to why your prints are darker.  If you have an LCD computer screen, they will be.  All LCD screens have brightness defaults which are too bright. So you can wind down the brightness by 50% to improve quality. Then you have to calibrate the colour. The old CRT screens can be calibrated by adjusting the brightness and contrast.

You can also fix this problem by editing in Photoshop.

To determine if your screen is too bright, hold a blank white sheet of printer paper next to a white document in Photoshop. It should match in brightness and colour. If not, increase room lighting or reduce brightness of screen.

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Upload photos to a professional site

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photographyI have written before about how to back up and store your photos online and about how to make a buck or two at the stock photo sites, but this new Sydney based site established recently by Andrew Coppin looks extremely interesting.

It is called Ph.Art and is intended for the better photographers to display and perhaps sell their photos, but you can store a few megabytes worth of personal photos as well.

It offers the ability to upload your own gallery, browse and buy photos, exhibit and sell photos, share and rate photos and enter competitions.

You can also join an online digital photography course to complete at your own leisure (it costs), access tutorials and tips and tricks, join the forum and read the blog. You can even submit videos.

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