DSLR camera user manuals on your iphone

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#8 Read your digital SLR user manual from your iphone

Before I purchased an IPhone,  I use to carry around manuals in my camera bag for numerous pieces of equipment, including: camera EOS manuals, lens manuals, flash manuals and so forth. Then I discovered a neat little IPhone application called, PDF Expert, which in short is a professional PDF documents reader.

Now whenever I purchase a new piece of equipment, I transfer the PDF user manual into my IPhone documents reader. Saves carrying around extra weight in my camera bag. The IPhone application also has a good search function, so no more looking through the manual book for exactly the information I’m after.  It’s fast, efficient and very user friendly. Click the iTunes button below to download the application.

How to better focus with a macro lens

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#7 How to better focus with a macro lens

Anyone who’s purchased a dedicated macro lens, will understand what I’m talking about when I mention ‘the lens swimming’, if set on auto focus. This is especially true when photographing moving bugs and insects. One of the best ways to overcome this is to turn off your lens automatic focus, placing it in manual mode instead. It’s really not as hard as it sounds to focus manually, it just takes a little practice.  Personally I support the DSLR, with my left hand underneath the camera, moving the focus ring with my fingers.

Photography - smooth backgrounds with telephoto lenses

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#6 How to get a smooth or faded background in your photo’s with a telephoto lens

Achieving a smooth background in your photographs isn’t as hard as it first seems for beginners. Firstly, set your camera’s F-stop to a low number, for example, 4.0. Secondly zoom your telephoto lens out. In the example below, I had mine zoomed out to 200mm focal length. Then move as close to your subject as possible, while still allowing you to focus properly and take your shot. The lower the F number, the more zoomed out your lens, and the closer you are to your subject, the nicer the smoothness.

photographing portraits with a dedicated macro lens

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#5 Use a dedicated macro lens for portraits

Macro lenses aren’t just for flowers and insects. A dedicated macro lens can also be your best portrait lens. Take this wedding portrait below for example. It was photographed with a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens. A fast F/2.8 was perfect for indoor lighting.

How to photograph through glass or cages

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#4 How to photograph through glass or cages

If you’re at the zoo and are faced with an animal that is caged or behind a glass window, zoom your lens all the way out to its maximum length, stand as close to the glass or cage as possible, then focus through the glass and onto the animal. If your lens doesn’t do this automatically, then turn the focus ring yourself manually to show the camera exactly where you want to focus. Also make sure you’re not standing in front of a crack or scratch in the glass. Otherwise the camera might want to focus on that instead.

poor mans multi point star filter effect

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#3 How to use your camera settings to get a multi point star filter effect

If you’re a photographer who likes multi point star effects, but don’t
want to lay out the cash for a filter, you can get a similar effect by
setting your camera’s F-stop from anywhere between f/11 and f/22,
depending on the circumstances.

Photograph human experiences tell the story

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Take a step back. Instead of photographing the subject (ie in this case
the sunset), photograph the experiences of those enjoying the moment.

Quick photography tips - crop tightly for impact

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#1 Crop tightly for more impact

Crop tightly for more impact. This is especially true when photographing animals, like this peacock shown above for example.