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How to Shoot Landscapes with Your Digital Camera

Many digital cameras have a landscape mode for taking horizontal shots. This tutorial gives tips for taking the best shots of landscapes and vistas with your digital SLR camera, including ISO, shutter [more…]

How to Shoot Closeups in Macro Mode

Extreme close up photos of small objects should be shot in your digital camera's macro mode. Focusing in macro mode can be tricky, but this video shows you what to do. [more…]

How to Create a Multiple-Exposure Digital Image

You can easily create a digital photo with a multiple-exposure look. All you need is a tripod, your digital camera, and a willing multiple-exposure subject. Make your digital camera give you multiple exposures [more…]

How to Bracket Your Photo Subject

Bracketing is the process of taking three photos; one using the camera’s recommended settings, one intentionally underexposed, and one intentionally overexposed. The reason is simply to be sure you can [more…]

Coordinating Your Digital Camera’s Flash and Shutter

Digital cameras use shutters to expose the sensor when you take a picture. Because the flash is a short burst, the flash must be fired only when the shutters entirely uncover the sensor. You can synchronize [more…]

Taking Close-Up Photographs with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D

You see close-up (or macro) photography used in many nature photographs and most product photography. Your Canon EOS Digital Rebel can take close-up photographs, and you don't necessarily need a fancy [more…]

How to Select Image Quality on Your Digital Camera

Your digital camera has different quality settings. Compressed (smaller) photographs aren't suitable for making large prints, but have smaller file sizes and take up less room on your PC or memory card [more…]

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