Friday, December 29, 2006

Some digital photography basics

With digital landscape photography, one of the most satisfying aspects is that you can evaluate your pictures right there in the field. One of the things people ask me most about digital photography is how to take “perfect pictures. There are many digital photography tools to help ensure your pictures are light and color balanced, and is well worth the effort of learning how to interpret and use it. If you are serious about digital photography, you reallyy need to invest in either Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro for all your photo "enhancement" needs.

As digital cameras generally only take pictures in color, the most basic element of the digital darkroom you will need to master, is how and when to turn your digital color images into the other types of digital imagery image you want. After all is said and done, you will do well to keep in mind that there are more similarities than differences between the basic elements of black and white and color digital photography, and those of the film world.

If you can't get good enough results with your own digital photography printing, especially if you're printing larger than 8x10, you may want to try one of the brick-and-mortar, or even online photo labs which make use of dedicated photo printers with excellent results. However, when it comes to getting the actual digital photography printing being done, there are some things to keep in mind to prevent wasting too much of your quality photo paper - not to mention your costly printing ink. You need to have at least a 5 mega pixel camera to get really good quality 8 x 10 prints also. Even more than the money and the convenience is the quality of photography.

With the modern use of digital cameras now taking into effect to make perfect digital shots, photographers no longer have to go through the process of scanning of the negatives from the pictures taken and this is the one of the main reasons more photographers have switched over to the digital age technology. Whether your aim is professional digital portrait photography, or practicing it as a hobby, one of the best ways to go about it is to heed the written advice of experienced professional portrait photographers. Digital camera prices have fallen so much in the last couple years pretty much anyone can now get into digital photography.

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