BetterPhoto Q&A: Problems with Images

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  lighting
HELP!! I'm new to the forum I go by the name "FOSHEEZY" Im a beginner in photography let me stress that a beginner. every thing that I learned I picked up fom free sites on the comp. ive never ...
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December 22, 2007
 
  lighting
HELP!! I'm new to the forum I go by the name "FOSHEEZY" Im a beginner in photography let me stress that a beginner. every thing that I learned I picked up fom free sites on the comp. ive never ...
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December 21, 2007
 
  Exposure/color question
I've been taking pictures of my dog on a green (sort of olive green) futon. There is a ceiling fan with lights about 1 1/2 feet to the left of the futon (and about 5 feet above it)In all pictur...
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December 16, 2007
 
  Shadows with Flash on a Bracket
I have a Nikon D80 with a SB800 flash. I took a wedding this past weekend with my flash on the stroboframe flip bracket, but still have harsh shadows on vertical shots, even when flipping the flas...
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December 16, 2007
 
  How to print 8x10
How can you print 8x10s without loosing some of the images?...
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December 12, 2007
 
  How to change backgrounds?
I am using CS3 and I am having trouble figuring out how to take a background from one image and place it into another image. Thank you! ...
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December 10, 2007
 
  New Upload Sizing on BP
On another thread last week, Colleen Farrell posted this answer to a question about uploads looking soft:"Hi Ariel, yeah, my photos are always 480 on the short side. I also use the single image ...
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December 22, 2007
 
  Shooting interior faux finishes for a painter
There is a local painter who would like me to photograph rooms in several homes where he has done faux finishing on the walls. I would like some advice on the best way to light the rooms so that I...
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December 09, 2007
 
  D300 File Recognition in CS3 & Lightroom
I recently purchased the Nikon D300 and am having a problem with the images. I shoot in RAW and neither Lightroom or PS CS3 recognize the files. The images have downloaded as I can see them in Br...
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December 17, 2007
 
  Grainy pics
Hello out there in photo land, I've got a Canon power shot A570 IS ,(also I'm new to photography) and most of my pics that are taken more than 10' away have turned out grainy.I had the ...
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December 08, 2007
 
  Scanning Photos
Many of my older pictures are taken on film. Recently I've purchased a digital camera and uploaded some of those pictures to my Web site as well. When I compare the quality of the film prints ...
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December 04, 2007
 
  How to shoot night-time amusement park shots
I have a Canon SD 800 IS digital camera...I'm very much a novice. I recently read different books on shutter speed, aperture (sp?), ISO, exposure compensation...it seems that I can adjust shut...
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December 01, 2007
 
  overexposed wedding dress
When shooting weddings I sometimes have problems with the wedding dress being overexposed or "blown out" while the rest of the picture looks fine. I usually have my ISO set at 400 and adjust the s...
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December 07, 2007
 
  Soft images? MY photos look like @%&!
I understand that image quality will suffer when I upload a 3MB file and better photo has to convert it to screen resolution, but I cant believe that every photographer on this site resizes their...
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November 29, 2007
 
  Soft images? MY photos look like @%&!
I understand that image quality will suffer when I upload a 3MB file and better photo has to convert it to screen resolution, but I cant believe that every photographer on this site resizes their...
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December 07, 2007
 
  dpi for a publication...is that camera or printer?
a friend has asked me to shoot a picture or 2 of her products for an article in a magazine...she needs 300dpi.... ok, I'm a novice. I know how many megapixels my camera has, but dpi? isn't ...
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November 28, 2007
 
  PhotoShop CS2 - Blur
How do you soften/blur the edges of a picture? I usually select the middle of my picture, and then inverse and blur. The problem is you can see the oval outline and it does not look natural. Th...
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November 28, 2007
 
  Sun Spots?
I recently took some photos in harsh sunlight and got what I would call sun spots. Any suggestions of how to fix these or suggestions of how to avoid this in the future would be greatly appreciate...
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November 21, 2007
 
  too high ISO
Hello, I shot a wedding as a favour for a family member over the weekend that couldn`t afford a photographer. I had my ISO set at 800 for candle lit Church wedding and forgot to bring it back down ...
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November 19, 2007
 
  Bi-Focals & manual focus
Grr... I'm about to pull my hair out! When you wear bi-focals, should the camera's diopter be adjusted to the top part of the eyeglass lens (distance vision), or the lower part (near visi...
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November 19, 2007