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How you can edit your photograph

author Posted by: admin on date Sep 3rd, 2008 | filed Filed under: Photoshop, digital photography

One problem people face when starting out with digital photography is how to edit your photograph. Perhaps an image is slightly darker, or it has to be rotated or cropped. Digital photos usually require some form of manipulation before final output, unless, of course one takes a perfect picture. The first step is to find an image editor to edit photograph.One of the most common problems is the red-eye. Almost every graphics program has a red-eye removal, so that no matter what level your program is you’ll be able to remove the red-eye. However, in order to prevent it in the first place, it helps to know what causes it. Red-eye is caused by the flash reflecting to the back of the eyes all the way to the retina, and the red comes from the blood vessels in the eye. Therefore, if you flash a light in the eyes of your subject, this will cause the pupil to contract, and then there won’t be any red-eye.

If you have a rather plain picture, your editing program may have a way to enhance the color of a picture, or you can completely change the color of an object. You could be able to convert a color picture to black and white picture. Experiment with your program and find out what you can do to improve the coloring of your pictures.

To clean up a picture, you can try cropping. You could want to cut the image down to just the subject of your picture, essentially eliminating all the distracting surrounding objects or you could increase the size to make your subject not to look too solitary.

What’s the “right” size for a picture? Most monitors display at 72 dpi (dots per inch). So, if you want the picture to be 5 inches wide (probably about the biggest you would want for an e-mail message), the picture would be 360 pixels wide (5 inches x 72 dpi = 360 pixels). If you have ever zoomed in on an image, Pixels are those little squares that you see. The more pixels in an image, the better the resolution.

Beginning photography tips

author Posted by: admin on date Sep 1st, 2008 | filed Filed under: beginner, photography skills

What are some beginning photography tips that would quickly improve your photography skills?
The first beginning photography tips and is to ensure that you have the correct composition you can use the rule of third. How it works is that it separates the scene in the viewfinder into 9 equal 3×3 parts and where the lines cross is where the objects should lie.
The second beginning photography tips is to remember that taking a picture is also story telling. Take a picture that has a theme in it. For instance if you are taking picture of a sunset to illustrate the romatic setting, you should attempt to catch the spirit of it.
A third beginning photography tips is of course to look at the lighting effect. Ensure that there is light evening spread on the object and use flash whenever necessary. Even for day shots, especially if the lights are overhead, you should use the flash to lighten the darker spots.
Fourth beginning photography tips is to ensure learn your basics again. Learn how to hold your camera steady and avoid camera shake. With your right hand, you should hold the camera in a way that allows you to press down on the button and not shake the camera and at the same time support the weight of the camera with the left hand.
Hope these beginning photography tips would prove useful to you that you can take better pictures in no time from getting your first camera.