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Peeling Paint texture

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Anonymous, 07 October 2011 15:55

If you don't have your own texture photo use this photo of peeling paint to give your old toy shots a more interesting twist. The technique you need to follow to blend this shot with another can be found on page 14 in the November issue of Practical Photography. Using blending modes and selective masking you can create a photo ...

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Peeling Paint texture

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Anonymous, 07 October 2011 15:55

If you don't have your own texture photo use this photo of peeling paint to give your old toy shots a more interesting twist. The technique you need to follow to blend this shot with another can be found on page 14 in the November issue of Practical Photography. Using blending modes and selective masking you can create a photo ...

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Prepare for great landscapes

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:05

Don’t just grab your kit and head for the hills – think about where you’re going, when you should be there and what you should take. Always check the weather forecast. Light, cloud and weather conditions are key aspects of landscape photography, so the weather forecast should be top of your checklist before you travel. The BBC and Met Office ...

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How to use noise reduction in camera

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 12:23

Slow shutter speeds are great for conveying subject movement and when you want to use a small aperture. However, long exposures also suffer from more ‘noise’ – any unwanted or incorrect information contained in the image. This is normally visible as variations in the colour, tone or brightness of pixels that should look uniform. Most DSLRs offer a mode that ...

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Using depth-of-field preview

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 10:13

The image you see through your DSLR’s viewfinder is shown using the lens’ maximum aperture (usually f/4 or f/5.6). So, whenever you set a smaller aperture there’ll be more of the scene in focus than you’d originally seen. This can mean that elements in the background or foreground that were blurred and out of focus in the viewfinder may suddenly ...

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Beat lens flare

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 10:11

Lens flare is a common problem that normally occurs when a very bright source of light is pictured within the shot, or lies just outside the viewfinder. Normally it’s an undesirable side effect, but it can be used creatively, to make an image appear much brighter and hotter. To deliberately exploit flare, simply include a bright light source in your ...

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How to use different light sources

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 09:30

Shooting still life at home can give your photography a whole new twist.  Anything from flowers and houseplants to ornaments and other bric-a-brac can be pressed into service . Next, think about lighting. A separate flashgun from the one built into your camera makes a good starting point, but you don’t have to stop there – candles, torches or household ...

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How to use exposure lock

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 09:23

The multi-segment metering built into every DSLR is great at getting the exposure right, most of the time. However, some situations will fool the meter into under or overexposure – especially when the viewfinder is dominated by very bright or very dark areas. Experienced photographers can override the camera’s automatic metering system by using either exposure compensation, or shooting in ...

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How to shoot close-ups

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 09:11

Traditional macro photography dabbles in the intricate minutiae of natural life – flowers, insects, fungi, and the like. But to regard these subjects as the be-all and end-all of close-up work is a mistake: the smaller, finer details of larger everyday subjects can make equally powerful, surprising subjects. If you photograph a colourful damselfly on the stem of a plant, ...

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