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Bernie's guide

Bernie's guide
Illustrated with photos wot I 'ave taken This is a beginner's guide for computer geeks who want to be digital artists. Specifically: Roll over a section of the diagram. You are a beginner: you have little experience with photography beyond point-and-shoot cameras and mobile phones. You want to be a digital artist: you intend to make a small number of photos or illustrations that are as close to perfection as you can get them. If you want to take large numbers of shots to document weddings or sports events for example, then you won't want to edit them all on a computer afterwards so you have to get everything perfect when you take the shot, just like in ye olden days of film photography. On the other hand if you don't care about making each shot perfect then save yourself a lot of money and buy a point-and-shoot camera. You have a computer and know how to use it. Moot point – all digital artists are computer geeks If all of the above apply, come on in! Onwards… Shutter speed Sensitivity Metering

DSLR tips .. Image SEO - 6 Optimization Tips for Images Images as an asset for organic search results and search engine optimization are often overlooked. Images can drive traffic through image search as well as inclusion in universal search results. There are actually several dimensions to image optimization that involves better placement in search results, optimization for user experience and in some cases, optimization for easier sharing of images on the social web. For image SEO, it can be helpful to think of optimizing images like optimizing a tiny webpage within your page. Things like url structure, anchor text and descriptive tagging are factors for optimizing images for search engines, just like regular webpages. Here are a few tips for optimizing your images to improve their performance on the page and in search. 1. Finding the right kind of image is incredibly important. Here are some of the best places to actually find images: Flickr – Probably the de facto service for finding free images. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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Nick Tosches: Autumn and the Plot Against Me: On The Web: vanityfair.com After about seven hours and as many six-packs, the computer guy has transferred everything from my old computer to my new, state-of-the-racket computer. The whole shebang is programmed, fine-tuned, and ready to go. The computer guy stands back, burps, and smiles. I look over from the couch at the new 19-inch analog TFT-LCD flat-screen monitor delivering an 800-to-1 contrast ratio, 260 cd/m2 brightness, 1280 x 1024 resolution, 170/170-degree viewing angle, and a scanning frequency of 30–81 kHz horizontal and 56–75 Hz vertical, or so I’m told. The elusive Autumn. What I see are the green hills, blue sky, and stratocumulus and cirrus clouds of the Napa County bitmap landscape called Bliss, the Microsoft Windows XP default desktop wallpaper. “Can you change that thing?” The computer guy goes into the settings. I go to Jersey City, I go to Paris, I go to the Arabian Peninsula, I come back home. I sit on the couch and stare at that rustic path and those big old maple trees. “Hi. “Hi. I ask S.

10 Top Photography Composition Rules There are no fixed rules in photography, but there are guidelines which can often help you to enhance the impact of your photos. It may sound clichéd, but the only rule in photography is that there are no rules. However, there are are number of established composition guidelines which can be applied in almost any situation, to enhance the impact of a scene. These guidelines will help you take more compelling photographs, lending them a natural balance, drawing attention to the important parts of the scene, or leading the viewer's eye through the image. Once you are familiar with these composition tips, you'll be surprised at just how universal most of them are. Rule of Thirds Imagine that your image is divided into 9 equal segments by 2 vertical and 2 horizontal lines. Doing so will add balance and interest to your photo. Notice how the building and horizon are aligned along rule-of-thirds lines. Balancing Elements Leading Lines The road in this photo draws your eye through the scene. Depth

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