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  camera recommendation
I have a 12 year old daughter who is enjoying learning photography. Although she probably still shoots in program mode 90% of the time, she is learning to play with manual modes as well. She uses...
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August 26, 2010
 
  Capabilities of Macro lenses
I'm thinking of purchasing a 100mm macro lens. In addition to close-up photos, can a macro be used for any other types of shots?Rob Warwick...
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August 26, 2010
 
  Camera settings
Fundamental question. I have pretty good success with one-subject portraits. What I am really trying to fine-tune is family portraits - my subjects are not equally sharp. I have an awesome lens, ...
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August 13, 2010
 
  An upcoming trip to Yellowstone
I'd like to know what CAMERA GEAR each of you with Canon DSLR' would pack for such an endeavor? Thank You All for the valuable input! Sincerely, LLSUsing Canon 40D & Pana-Lumix(walk-abo...
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August 16, 2010
 
  Blogging
I am attempting to set up a WordPress blog using my photography but have run into some questions I can't answer. Can anyone help? 1. Is there a way to right click protect your photos?2. What si...
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August 13, 2010
 
  Meter
Hi Sean,What I am not understanding in spot meter is when I take different meter spots, what is the correct meter reading.Let's say I was metering flowers in a cloudy situation and shooting a b...
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August 13, 2010
 
  star trails settings
Hi! I used to take star trail pics with my 30mm Nikon years ago and had relatively nice results.. I'm trying them again with my D90 and I cannot get the sky to be black.here's what I'm...
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September 14, 2010
 
  Meter
Hi Sean,What I am not understanding in spot meter is when I take different meter spots, what is the correct meter reading.Let's say I was metering flowers in a cloudy situation and shooting a b...
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August 13, 2010
 
  night time photography
I am trying to use my D90 for star trails. I have a very dark location, it's a new moon and skies are clear. I used f5.6 and had the shutter open for 3 hours. ISO was set low. My pic came o...
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August 20, 2010
 
  Shooting Real Estate Photography
I have a Kodak DX-7630 6.1 megapixel camera. A realtor friend of mine asked me to shoot some houses for her she has for sale. Is 6.1 megapixels up to the task? What setting should I put it on?...
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August 17, 2010
 
  Photographer in Egypt
This is a strange questions but....I need to know if anyone knows of a professional photographer in Cairo Egypt? I have a friend going there in late August on her honeymoon and they want to have s...
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August 11, 2010
 
  How to Best Use Stabilization in Canon Lens
I have purchased a "used" Canon telephone lens - 100-400mm zoom - and I love it. It has two settings for stabilization on the lens. I most often use it on a "monopod" when taking surfing shots. Wh...
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August 03, 2010
 
  Ulpoading problem
I've never had trouble uploading to Better photo before but suddenly I can't upload anything because the files are "too Large".I am learning to make more adjustments using layers but I flat...
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August 03, 2010
 
  Northern Lights the next two Nights
Please see the link below...big solar flare...here's a quote from the article:http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/sunearthsystem/main/News080210-cme.html"On the evening of August 3rd/4th, sk...
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August 03, 2010
 
  Photographing Bees
On a sunny day, how would you shoot a bee? What settings would I use on a cloudy day? F9 and 1/320 seem to work. What I don't understand is why a fast shutter speed of 1/1000/f5.6 or higher giv...
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August 03, 2010
 
  Large 4' X 6' poster photo
A client has requested a 4' x 6' life size photo of a pipeline marker post. Obviously I can't just take a single photo and blow it up to this size. I like my D700, but I think this is w...
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August 09, 2010
 
  Painted Background for Studio
HI!I have a 12x17 room that I use for a studio in my home. I have used mostly a white, high-key background and a black one. I now painted the back wall of my room a mottled brown and want to use ...
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July 31, 2010
 
  Lens for Weddings, Events, Portraits
On a limited budget. When photographing weddings, events or portraits, what lens would you recommend? Or which lens would I be able to use for a majority of situations? ...
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July 27, 2010
 
  How to Avoid Shadows Behind Subjects
Am just a beginner w/an Olympus E-620 and recently took some pics at my nephews wedding both in the chapel and at the reception. I used an additional electronic flash (FL-36), but still had trouble...
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August 25, 2010
 
  Best Way to Back Up Raw Files
When I travel, I download my Raw files to my laptop so I can convert the good ones to JPEGs. When I get home I like to put the Raws on my main desktop to keep them there. (I planned on deleting t...
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July 30, 2010