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Article | 9/07/2010 Make your travel photos memorable

Follow these 10 photography tips for taking striking vacation photos with your digital camera.

Article | 1/06/2010 Tutorial: Combine photos for infinite depth of field

One day you'll be able to change almost any aspect of a photo after it's taken. A technique called computational photography, for example, promises to...

Article | 24/05/2010 Fun photo tools: One-trick ponies

These photo editing toys are all one-trick ponies designed to do only one thing--but they do those one things pretty well.

Article | 24/05/2010 8 tips for photographing panoramas

Of all the benefits that going digital has brought to photography, perhaps none is cooler than easily making a panorama.

Article | 19/05/2010 Free poster-making tools and image editing toys

These days, it sometimes seems like just about everything is free. You can get your news without buying a newspaper and stream music from a Web site l...

Article | 20/04/2010 Four tips for making your camera's batteries last

Like a desert mirage, revolutionary new battery technologies always seem to be just beyond the horizon. New materials, nanotubes, and fuel cells all o...

Article | 3/05/2010 Use your camera's macro mode for great close-ups

Macro photography lets you see the natural beauty of the tiny things all around us.

Article | 14/04/2010 Memory card questions answered

I've previously suggested you should format your memory card using your digital camera's format command rather than simply deleting the photos. In fac...

Article | 9/04/2010 Getting started in digital photography

Summary: Back in the 1980s when I was studying engineering in college, I used to joke that in the future every conceivable device would come with a bu...

Article | 6/04/2010 Five tips for better flash photography

In theory, using your camera's flash is simple. You use it when there isn't enough light to take a picture with natural light alone.

Article | 12/03/2010 ASCII Art: Turn your photos into text pictures

A very long time ago--back before there were high-resolution color monitors and digital cameras--computer geeks amused themselves by arranging text on...

Article | 23/02/2010 Frequently asked photo questions for February

Frequently asked photo questions from readers.

Article | 23/02/2010 5 common photo problems, avoided or solved

Photos are like snowflakes: No two are exactly alike. Nonetheless, we all encounter the same problems with our digital photos, over and over again: re...

Article | 23/02/2010 Taking care of your camera's memory card

There was a time when I'd explain the basics of digital photography by describing the memory card as "digital film."

Article | 17/02/2010 How to: Take exciting photos at night

Most people think of photography as a daytime hobby. When it gets dark out, perhaps you'll pop the flash up and take some snapshots, but that's about ...