http://www.notesonphotography.com Practical guides and tips to improve your photography Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:43:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/troubleshooting-your-photos http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/troubleshooting-your-photos#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:01:18 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=609 Are you not satisfied with the photos you are taking? Thinking of getting a better camera to take better pictures? Let’s see if a better camera will improve your photos. First, you have to find out why your pictures are no good. Let’s go through the possibilities: Are your pictures blurry all over? (Click on the pictures to view the larger [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/troubleshooting-your-photos/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/scared-of-photoshop-try-something-simpler http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/scared-of-photoshop-try-something-simpler#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:01:01 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=504 Are you scared anytime you see someone working with Photoshop? Let’s be honest, while Photoshop is great for working with images, it is hardly the ideal tool for a beginner. Fortunately, there are some great, simpler alternatives for you to try out.   The first is Paint.net, a free image editor for Windows. It is very easy to learn and [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/scared-of-photoshop-try-something-simpler/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/how-to-take-beautiful-night-photos-without-a-tripod http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/how-to-take-beautiful-night-photos-without-a-tripod#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:01:58 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=348 This picture was shot without a tripod. But even though it was shot with a shutter speed of almost 1 second, it’s not blurry. Let’s be honest: No one wants to carry a big heavy tripod around, especially when traveling. But I do want to have some nice pictures at night as well. The solution? Improvise You can usually [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/how-to-take-beautiful-night-photos-without-a-tripod/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/what-do-all-these-camera-modes-mean http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/what-do-all-these-camera-modes-mean#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:43:10 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=432 The mode dial on a modern camera usually includes a bewildering number of letters and icons. I can never remember what 90% of those modes do, and even if I did, I don’t remember to set that mode when the opportunity presents itself. But you can get by using just 3 of the modes, even 2 if [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/what-do-all-these-camera-modes-mean/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/taking-photos-at-sunset http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/taking-photos-at-sunset#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:19:32 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=265 The colors at sunset can be pretty interesting, if you catch the right moment. No image manipulation software was used in the making of these images! Try sunset photography if you find a chance, have fun! ]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/taking-photos-at-sunset/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/slow-shutter-speed-and-motion http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/slow-shutter-speed-and-motion#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:30:32 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=256 The shutter speed can be used in a number of ways to interact with motion in the picture. Low shutter speeds can be used to blur objects and high shutter speeds can be used to freeze objects in motion. But how can it be actually applied? Here are some examples for using a slow shutter [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/slow-shutter-speed-and-motion/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/panning http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/panning#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:44:59 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=171 Panning is a technique used to convey subject motion. Normally, when a moving object is shot with a low shutter speed, the moving object will be blurred. This shows that there is a moving object, but we cannot see it clearly. To illustrate motion better, what we actually want is to see the moving object [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/guides/panning/feed 1