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10 efficiency tips for digital photographers 23/07/2008 10:13:21
Easy ways to save time, save money and protect photos

For some people, "efficiency" brings to mind a hotel room with a kitchenette. When other folks hear the word, they think about ways to work faster and smarter. I suppose I fall into the second category.
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Freeze water in flight 17/07/2008 15:32:07
Take amazing high-speed photos with water balloons and your digital camera.

It's ironic that I am so preoccupied with photographing motion, essentially capturing the essence of speed and dynamics in what is by its definition a static medium.
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Take command of your photo's color intensity 14/07/2008 17:22:54
Discover the "throttle" that lets you vary colours from black-and-white to nuclear blast.

A million factors can affect the intensity of the colors that you see in your photos.
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Easy ways to give your photos an antique look 14/07/2008 17:29:45
Use a photo editor to add sepia and authentic "grain" to your favorite picture, or doctor it on the Web.

Many old photographs--especially those made in the 1800s--were colored with a brown pigment known as sepia during the development process. Not all antique photographs are sepia toned, but it turns out that sepia (which, believe it or not, comes from cuttlefish) is especially resilient. As a result, it's the distinctive sepia-tone photographs that have survived into modern times.
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How to photograph fireworks 02/07/2008 15:24:08
Equipped with these tips -- and one of these cameras -- you can take stunning photos of fireworks.

Summertime evokes timeless images of fire hydrants spraying water into the air, ice cream trucks rumbling down neighbourhood streets...and Fourth of July fireworks illuminating the night sky (if you're in the right country...). This year, you can capture a slice of summer forever with your digital camera by photographing a fireworks display.
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Be a more efficient digital photographer 17/06/2008 14:00:00
Some easy tips and tricks

Maybe you love working with images on your PC-- but if so, you're probably an exception rather than the rule. Most people I know would rather be taking pictures than fiddling with them in an image editor.
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Make artistic mosaics with your photos 13/06/2008 15:10:00
Create eye-catching mosaics by tiling dozens or even hundreds of your photos automatically

No matter what the subject matter or image resolution, every digital photo is really composed of a bunch of differently colored pixels. Zoom into a highly detailed photo of a boat, plane, building, or person, and eventually you'll reach a point where you can see the individual squares of colour.
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Six cool sites with tips and tutorials for better photos 12/06/2008 10:34:15
Brushing up on your photo-taking techniques.

Here are six great Web sites to help you utilise your digital camera better.
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How to take infrared photographs 11/06/2008 15:10:23
Get some attractive, unusual and eerie results

Infrared is a type of light, invisible to the human eye, that lies just beyond the red end of the visible spectrum. Unlike the eye, however, most digital cameras are sensitive to infrared, providing us with a means of seeing the invisible.
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Make the world's cheapest tripod 05/06/2008 15:30:00
Here's how to make a string tripod, a simple do-it-yourself stabiliser that wins you sharper photos.

Recently, a friend of mine was going whale watching on a small boat in Puget Sound and asked how to get the sharpest possible photos while confined to a small boat.
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How to change the background in any photo 03/06/2008 13:10:00
With the lasso tool in your photo editor, you can change the backdrop in any family snapshot and make it look like you've traveled the world.

Sometimes you want your digital camera to slavishly record exactly what you see through its viewfinder. But there's no reason to be satisfied with ordinary reality when your imagination is so much more interesting. Digital tools let you replace the background in any photo. Here's how to do it using a standard photo editing program like Adobe Photoshop Elements.

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