Understanding Digital Photography

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The Benefits of Digital Images over Film

Using a digital camera offers many benefits that you simply don’t get with film. Digital cameras and the pictures they create have a lot of advantages in how you take the pictures, edit them, and share [more…]

The Advantages to Film Cameras over Digital Cameras

A couple of downside issues about digital photography exist. Digital photography’s negative aspects may or may not outweigh its benefits for you. To help you decide whether digital photography is right [more…]

File Format Guide for Your Digital Photos

When you take and store a digital image you need to choose a file type, or format. Here are the popular choices when you choose a format for your digital photo: [more…]

Resolution in Digital Photos

The number of pixels (picture elements) in your digital photo is managed by resolution. If you don't have enough pixels per inch (ppi) in your image it will appear blurry. Here is the minimum pixel count [more…]

Format of a Digital Photo

Format is the way your camera records and stores the data that make-up a digital photo. Camera Raw, or a high-quality JPEG formats, which usually come standard on digital cameras, are your best bet for [more…]

The ISO Setting on Your Digital Camera

The ISO (International Standards Organization) setting on your digital camera controls how sensitive the image sensor is to light. The higher the ISO the less light you need to capture a photo. Beware: [more…]

Exposure Modes on Your Digital Camera

Most digital cameras offer you a choice of exposure modes. Here are common symbols on a digital camera menu or mode dial that represent exposure modes: [more…]

Digital Photography For Dummies Cheat Sheet

To take quality photos on a digital camera you need the correct resolution, format, and ISO setting. Most digital cameras display common symbols for exposure modes and offer basic file formats for creating [more…]