New Digital SLR

Taking shots during a party that you were invited to is probably one of the hardest challenged that you will ever go though while enjoying this art we call photography. When you go to a party, you run the risk of getting drunk, getting things lost, or even just not even taking any pictures at all, but we aren’t going

“I see a light… Am I dead?”

Don’t count on it.

Today, we’ll bring out a definition that I have been longing to post about, namely: Aperture.

Dictionary.com says:

ap⋅er⋅ture
/ˈæpərtʃər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ap-er-cher] Show IPA
–noun
1. an opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap, etc.
2. Also called aperture stop. Optics. an opening, usually circular, that limits the quantity of light that can enter an optical instrument.

In reality, aperture is more

Oh man, I’m so excited! I’m gonna take a picture of the sun!

Well, that’s what happens when you get overexposed pictures. (This is a worst case scenario, so don’t expect to get a full white screen…and never expect to get…The Beatles… in it as well)

In reality, exposure is what you need to worry about in pictures. most pictures undergo special treatment

I know you’ve been there: the perfect shot just slips away as you grab your camera, and what do you get instead? Some old guy eating ice cream. Great.

Seriously though, even after all these years, photography isn’t perfect. For example:

• Weather affects battery life. We should never forget this fact.
• Lighting affects automatic shutter speed.
• Direct flash can cause color loss. It’s best to bounce the flash, but I’ll get into that later.
• You

Undoubtedly one of the season’s hottest accessories (I’m just pointing it out. I sure as heck don’t want to join the bandwagon, thank you very much.), I have been approached with numerous inquiries about the DSLR. What is it? What makes it different? What makes it so darned special?

DSLR stands for Digital-Single Lens Reflex. Due to a special mechanical mirror

It’s pretty awesome that my co-contributor Karl wrote his own version of a buyer’s guide, as I believe that it would go hand-in-hand with my own sort of buyer’s guide. Although his is a bit more targeted for people who consider buying DSLRs… you can always take it out of its original context and apply it to the three general types of digital cameras.

Speaking of, I’m back with the

These are the moments when eenie-meenie-miney-mo’s are completely useless. I mean, you aren’t shooting a bullet in the dark here, am I right?

In choosing your “dream” camera, you have to keep these in mind:

1. Necessity: WHY Do you need a camera? Are you just gonna buy it to brag it? Or do you want to capture the true essence or reality, the mood, the aura of every single aspect of life,

There’s no point of living in the digital age when moment-capturing devices, otherwise known as cameras,  aren’t rampant. But that’s the thing. There are so much cameras out there in the market, how do you know which is which? How do you know which one would be able to fit your photographic needs? Would it fit into your

“Great, I’ll get going and try to-”

Now now, not so fast, we can’t have you running amuck with next to no skill in photography, you might miss a scandal of Miley Cyrus! We can’t have that happen, can we? We have to learn how to take a picture first.

Alright, first thing’s first, get ready to take the hardest step in photography: Taking pictures.

You see that there button positioned, usually, at