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Do You Want to Take Better Digital Photos?

Scott Kelby Boxed Set

I’ll admit right up front that I am not a great digital photographer. I can take some great shots from time to time, but there are many times I look at the pictures and think, “what did I do?” It is all part of the learning process – I learn by doing not by taking [...]

Advantages and Disadvantages of RAW Files

RAW Format

This is the second post in my two post series on discussing the JPEG and RAW file formats. My previous post discussed the advantages and disadvantages of JPEG files, and this post will discuss the same topic for RAW files. Unlike JPEG files, however, there are many drawbacks to using RAW files, and most who [...]

Advantages and Disadvantages of JPEG Files

JPEG Format

I have received several e-mails in the past regarding JPEG and Raw files that are produced by digital cameras. There is a huge debate online about which image format you should use – some of the debates can get pretty heated. In reality, like all such debates, the answer is: it depends. While I have [...]

Tips for Taking Tack-Sharp Digital Photos

Tack Sharp

It has been a while since I have written a post regarding digital cameras. Since that time I have been learning more about digital cameras, especially on apertures and shutter speeds. While I am enjoying the learning process the one element that I have also been focusing on is taking tack-sharp photos. For the most [...]

Digital Photos: Should You Use Raw or JPEG?

I purchased my first digital camera in 2002, and it included two very different image formats: a Raw and JPEG format. Back then I didn’t know much about the Raw format, but quickly learned what it was, and soon began using the Raw format instead of the JPEG format. Much like the camera I had [...]

Examples of Colour Management

I have previously talked about colour management in the past, and those who are serious about digital photography will need to know about colour management. While it can get technical, colour management is simply the process of ensuring an image is display/printed properly from one device to another. It can be difficult to explain, but [...]

Photo and Image Editors

As I visit web sites one thing that always get my attention is the amount of time it takes to complete a page download. With web sites using more images to display the content, it can at times take much longer than necessary to finish downloading a page. The biggest problem with the sites that [...]

How I Organize My Digital Photos

If you are like me you probably have taken thousands of pictures with your digital camera. Digital cameras make it very easy to take photos, since you can view the photos immediately, and only keep the photos you like. Once you are done taking pictures, it is usually very easy to transfer them to a [...]