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Tiny Cameras, Big Pictures and Make Your Photos Great!


The path to picking a digital camera usually leads to a fork in the road. On one side is the small camera that's convenient to carry but doesn't take the sharpest pictures; on the other, a camera that crisply catches all the details and color but is comparatively bulky. Sometimes it's our fault that our photos didn't work out; we didn't notice distracting, extraneous objects in the image or forgot to ask for a certain pose. Sometimes it's the camera's fault; as impressive as many of today's cameras are, they're not perfect. And sometimes it's no one's fault; some lighting situations are just plain impossible to control.

Fortunately, digital photography's marriage of the camera and the PC has made it easier than ever to get our pictures to match our memories, or even to improve upon them. To do so, you need three things: image-editing software, an understanding of what you can do with that software, and the vision to see what needs to be done to fix your photos.

One way to overcome these problems and still have all the convenience of a pocket sized camera is to learn how to edit photos so that they end up looking professional even though the equipment used wasn't high end professional photo taking equipment. Go to http://www.abcphotoediting.com and check out their simple to read e-book that takes you through step by step exactly how to sharpen your images, take out any distractions from the photo, improve the lighting, or anything else you'd like to do. This e- book is easy to understand, and very good value!


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Los Angeles Times

Capturing the world through photography, video and multimedia
Los Angeles Times
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Niranjan Shrestha / Associated Press New Delhi — A Tibetan activist in exile takes part in a protest denouncing clashes between Chinese authorities and Tibetans. Bayrischzell, Germany — Skiers walk beside frost-covered Wendelstein ...

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Photographers: Chances Are, You Suck
Wired News
There are plenty of things photography-wise that I'm not very good at. I'm not great at creating images, but I'm pretty good at finding them. I'm terrible at self-promoting, marketing and the business stuff makes me squirm. Yet I'ma decent journalist, ...

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Opening Japan, Through Photography
New York Times
VENICE — Both Katsushika Hokusai and Ando Hiroshige, celebrated masters of the woodblock print, were still alive when the Western technology of photography made its first tentative inroads into Japan. Hiroshige died the year after the first ...



Take a Closer Look at Google Business Photos
PCWorld (blog)
To that end, the search giant is pairing its own certified "Trusted Photographers" with businesses that want to show off their interiors to the public. While including these photos in your Google Maps listing and Google Places page is extremely helpful ...

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New York Times (blog)

A Depot and a Fight to Photograph the City
New York Times (blog)
By DAVID W. DUNLAP David W. Dunlap/The New York Times Moments after taking this picture of the 126th Street Bus Depot on Second Avenue last week, David Dunlap was told by an MTA security officer that photography of transit facilities was prohibited.

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Amateur Photographer

Photographer Simon Marsden dies (update includes tributes)
Amateur Photographer
Renowned photographer Simon Marsden, who specialised in gritty b&w images of subjects including mystical landscapes, gothic graveyards and old ruins, has died aged 63. Simon first developed an interest in photography when his father, a keen landscape ...

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The Guardian

'Photographer Photoshops image' shock
The Guardian
All of us media consumers should applaud the management of the Sacramento Bee, which this weekend courageously fired photographer Bryan Patrick for high crimes against journalism. Patrick, or as he shall forever be known, the Great Satan, ...

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New York Times (blog)

Capturing Dinosaurs and Whales, Without Seeing Them
New York Times (blog)
By AIDAN GARDINER Glenna Gordon for The New York TimesVictorine Floyd-Fludd, a blind photographer, and Donal Martinez, a sighted volunteer with Visions, an organization that helps the visually impaired, at the American Museum of Natural History.

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BBC News

Photographer to "REVEAL" new exhibition
isleofman.com
Andi, whose interest in photography started around 10 years ago, said he primarily saw himself as a landscape photographer until something happened on a bus which made him change his path. He explained: "I noticed a guy sitting on his own and something ...
Isle of Man faces star in new photography exhibitionBBC News

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Los Angeles Times (blog)

Street photography exhibit at Hatakeyama Gallery
Los Angeles Times (blog)
It might come as a surprise to some that LA, a city stereotyped for its car culture, has a small but vibrant street photography scene. After all, it's pretty hard to take photos while driving, right? (Hey, we can't all be Lee Friedlander.) ...


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