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How to Use a Photography Camera

In order to use your camera well for photography, it's important to be familiar with all of the major functions. Take a tour of your camera with an experienced photographer in this free video.

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Spring Background Ideas for Photography

Springtime introduces many options for a photographer planning a shoot. The great outdoors is full of color and the quality of natural light improves as the days begin to lengthen. Developing good...

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How to Calculate Sensor Size

According to David Pogue, technology writer for "The New York Times," your digital camera's sensor is the "single factor that predicts the quality" of pictures taken with the camera. A larger sensor...

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Bell & Howell 70DR Directions

Bell and Howell was founded in the U.S. in 1907. In 1923, the company produced the first amateur movie camera, the Filmo 70A. The design continued in production into the early 1970s; the last model...

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How to Use a Minolta Maxxium 7000

In 1985, the Minolta Corporation introduced an innovative single lens reflex film camera that included autofocus and motorized film advance. The Maxxum 7000 brought a number of features previously...

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Car Lighting Tutorial

Like many other styles or genres of photography, automobile photography is all about creating impact in the picture you shoot. Lighting a car for a photo shoot can be tricky based on the amount of...

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How to Make Copies of Slides in a Canon Copier

During the days of film photography, and even now in the digital age of photography, 35mm slide film was also known for it accurate color reproduction. The film was often the choice of professional and...

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How to Modify a Canon Flash PocketWizard

PocketWizards are small remote control devices that when installed on Canon flashes or cameras can trigger both pieces of equipment to fire at the same time. Studio photographers will often use...

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How Do I Set Tweak Colors on the Canon i9900?

The Canon i9900 is a home-use inkjet photo printer capable of producing images with a high degree of color saturation. The printer can print 4x6 images in just under 38 seconds per print and can print...

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How to Make Authentic Looking Wanted Posters

Many people dream of seeing their name up in lights or their face on a billboard, but few think about their face being wanted by the police. Shock your friends with an authentic-looking police, FBI or...

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How to Convert Microfilm to Digital Images

Content stored on microfilm is difficult to handle and process when compared to more technologically advanced methods of media storage. If you have material on microfilm that you'd like to be able to...

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How to Make a Light Box From a Scanner/Printer

If you have an old flatbed scanner/printer that you are no longer using, you can take that old piece of equipment and convert it into light box instead of throwing it out or recycling it. Light boxes...

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DIY Slide Viewer

For many years, amateur and professional photographers who wanted or needed a high degree of color accuracy in their images shot with slide film. Slide film, also known as "transparencies," "positives"...

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How to Fix a Slide Projector

Slide projectors are used to view 35mm slides. The slides are held in trays or "carousels" on top of the slide projector. A mechanism carries the slide into a holder where a light source illuminates...

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How to Build a Slide Projector Scanner

You can use you slide projector and your digital camera to set up a simple and easy-to-use method of converting you slides into digital pictures. While 35mm slide film allowed for easy storage either...

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How to Create a Homemade Portrait Studio

For many photographers, having their own portrait studio is the result of a lot of hard work, but it is also the realization of a dream. If you live in a home that has either a spare room or a basement...

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How to Project a Holographic Image

Holograms are either two-dimensional or three-dimensional images that are projected from a fixed source. If you have seen the movie "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope," you probably remember the scene...

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How to Make Your Own Backdrop Stand Support

Most studio photographers use some type of backdrop when they are shooting studio work. Whether they are shooting portraits, still life or product photography, having a uniformed background goes a long...

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How to Make Your Own Photo Window Mat

Placing your photos in a frame is not only a nice way to display them, it will also help protect them from being damaged or lost. If you are going to frame your pictures, take an extra step and place...

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How to Configure a Konica Minolta Scanner

Konica Minolta marketed a line of dedicated film scanners up until 2005. Depending on the scanner you opted to buy you could scan 35 mm, 6-by-6 cm, 6-by-4.5 cm, 6-by-7 cm and 6-by-9 cm slide, color and...

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How to Convert Raw Pentax Images

Pentax is manufacturer of cameras and other related accessories. When you take a picture with a digital camera, the sensor sends the image to a processor that then saves the image to a memory card....

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How to Repair the Nikon LS-2000

Nikon has been producing professional camera equipment since the 1930s. As photography started to change from film to digital, the company responded by developing a line of scanners used by many...

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How to Create Elegant and Professional Backdrops Yourself

The advances in digital photography and the ability to print professional photos from home studios have created a new avenue for those seeking to take professional looking portraits in their own homes...

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How to Troubleshoot an Olympus Camedia Master 2.0

Olympus Camedia Master 2 is a free photo editing and organizer software offered by camera manufacturer Olympus. According to Olympus, the software is designed to help you "organize, edit and share you...

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How to Use a Flatbed Scanner to Create a Contact Sheet of Your Slides

In the days of film photography one of the first steps after developing your film was to create a "contact sheet." They were created by laying the negatives cut into strips of five or six frames on a...

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Homemade Lens Hood

Lens hoods are attachments that connect to the front of your camera's lens and prevent sunlight from entering the lens unexpectedly. When sun enters your lens from the side, it creates "lens flares"...

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How to Use a White Background in Photography

White backgrounds are primarily used in studio photography, often for shooting products or advertisements. A white background gives the subject the appearance of floating in empty space, which can be...

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Assembly Ideas & Instructions for the 7Gypsies Photo Carousel

The 7 Gypsies Photo Carousel displays photos on a revolving stand. This decorative carousel can hold up to 300 photos in its protective plastic sleeves. You can also use it to display greeting cards,...

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How to Print Wedding Pictures Off a CD

Digital technology has not only changed the way you take wedding pictures, but has changed the way you share and print wedding pictures. With a film camera, if you wanted to give pictures to friends or...

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How to Calculate the Size of a Digital Image

Digital pictures are measured not only by their physical size, but also by the size of the file they create when they are saved. There are a number of factors that go into determining the file size....

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How to Clean D70s

Cleaning your Nikon D70s will minimize the likelihood of dirt or dust winding up on the camera's sensor and your pictures, although you should not have to clean it often. The Nikon D70s was introduced...

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How to Build a Portable Green Screen

A green screen is an indispensable tool for filmmakers and is used for creating special-effects laden films. It is made of a solid green fabric. Using it, the modern filmmaker can mask out the color...

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Homemade Variable Polarizing Filter

Polarizing filters are used in photography to filter out certain light as it hits the camera lens at a specific angle. Whether you are shooting with a film or digital camera, polarizing filters cut...

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Canon PhotoStitch Instructions

Canon's PhotoStitch program is free software included when you purchase a Canon compact digital camera or one of their digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras. Once installed on your home computer,...

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How to Set the Lighting When Doing My Own Portrait

You can take a professional self-portrait by setting up studio lights to put you in the best light. Setting the lights for a self-portrait is the same setup you would use when shooting a client's...

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Yashica 109 Specifications

The Yashica 109 Multi-Program SLR camera is a classic film-based camera produced by the Japanese company, Yashica. The camera was first introduced to the market in 1989 and is no longer manufactured....

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How to Make a Shoulder Strap for a Tripod

Tripod straps are a popular way to carry around tripods, which can be uncomfortable or inconvenient to carry in your hands. A strap provides a way to make transporting tripods much easier without the...

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How to Measure the Focal Length of a Lens

The "focal length" of a lens is best used as a reference for the type of lens that is being a used. A lens that has a 24mm focal length is known to be a wide angle lens. A 200mm lens conversely is...

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How to Design a Lens Hood

Lens hoods are accessories that attach to the front of a camera lens and prevent stray light from entering the lens. Controlling the light this way leads to better contrast in pictures, and reduces the...

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How to Troubleshoot an OVT Slide and Negative Scanner

Scanners like the OVT Slide and Scanner convert 35mm film negatives and slides into digital files. There may be a number of different reasons why a photographer still shoots with film. The photographer...

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How to Make Great Slide Shows

Slide shows are way to display and share your pictures the way you want them to be shown. There are number of programs you can use to create a photo slide show, including Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe...

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When Do I Need a Lens Hood?

Although you don't need to use a lens hood all the time, keeping one attached to the front of your camera will save you time when you need it and help protect your lens. You can buy a lens hoods made...

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How to Make My Picture Bigger Than Its Regular Size

Small photos are quicker to send and upload, but when a profile picture is too small or you need to print a photo to fit a larger frame, consider resizing. Photo enlargement can be accomplished many...

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How to Reduce Camera Vibration

There are two main factors that affect the sharpness of pictures taken with single lens reflex (SLR) cameras: how accurately focused the lens was when the picture was taken, and how still the camera...

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How Do I Determine Which Soft F/X Filter to Use for Portrait Photography?

A soft effect filter fits over the lens of the camera. Save time by learning which is the correct filter to use with the help of a professional photographer in this free video.

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Film Tips for Night Photography

Night photography requires patience and a steady hand. Discover how to get a great night exposure with the help of a professional photographer in this free video.

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Photography Tips: Subject on Left or Right?

Facing the subject of a portrait left or right produces very different results. Improve your posing techniques with the help of a professional photographer in this free video.

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How to Setup Photography Studio Lighting

Studio lighting does not have to be difficult or complicated. Unravel the secret of setting up great studio lights with the help of a professional photographer in this free video.

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DIY Photography Lighting Requirements for a Portrait

Understanding the lighting requirements for a portrait helps you achieve the best possible results. Learn how the pros balance and measure light in this free video featuring a professional photographer.

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Lighting Techniques for Low Key Portrait Photography

Low key portraits have even, soft lighting. Light your low key portraits with the help of a professional photographer in this free video.

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