Posted Under (Guides), March 2010

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 [...]

Posted Under (Cameras), March 2010

The Tamron 10-24mm lens was designed for use on crop sensor DSLRs. For Nikon DX camera owners, it has a quite useful (35mm equivalent) focal length range of 15-36mm. For Canon APS-C cameras, the range becomes 16-38mm due to the slightly larger crop factor. In both cases, it covers a useful range from extreme wideangle [...]

Posted Under (Articles), March 2010

Look at this photograph. Do you like it?

This is one of my favorite photographs. Now, many of you will cry out: That is a terrible photograph!

Technically, I agree, there is a lot wrong with this photograph. It is quite noisy, underexposed, shaky, and I was zooming while pressing the shutter. I don’t know what else [...]

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 [...]

New lenses all have bunch of acronyms attached to them.

Here is a simple guide to the more recent Nikon lenses to understand what these all mean, and to understand if any of this is important:

AF: Autofocus
These lenses autofocus with autofocus capable Nikon bodies that have an internal autofocus motor.

AF-S: Autofocus with silent wave motor
These lenses [...]