Archive for the ‘Tips and Tricks’ Category

Reverse Camera Lens Trick: Macro Photography

By Karl On December 2, 2011 No Comments

You’re probably just sitting there at home just wondering on how people take up all of these beautiful close up shots of different things. This is what we call macrophotography, in other words: Close-up photography (why it’s not called microphotography completely puzzles me) This type of photography depends on the details of what we usually don’t look at. Just look at the petals of a flower, what do you see?

Click here to continue reading



Taking Shots During a Party

By Karl On November 19, 2011 No Comments

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

Click here to continue reading


Weather and Photography – What you Should Know

By Karl On April 22, 2009 No Comments

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

...How did the Beatles even get there!?

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

Click here to continue reading


My Daily Adventures: Photography Failures

By Karl On April 12, 2009 No Comments

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
Click here to continue reading


High-End/Advanced Digital Cameras

By vicky On April 4, 2009 No Comments

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

Click here to continue reading


How to Choose your “Dream” Camera – the NCGVF’s

By Karl On April 3, 2009 No Comments

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,
Click here to continue reading