Photography Tutorial: A Quick Guide to Understanding Your DSLR Camera Hi guys! With Labor Day weekend coming up, I know a lot of us are going to be out there taking pictures! :) Since we have a long weekend to practice, I wanted to share with you this basic intro to SLR photography. Left: Canon T2i. To start, let’s put your camera in Aperture Priority mode or Shutter Priority mode. 1. Let’s talk a little bit about Aperture. Photos taken with a low aperture let in more light, allowing you to take pictures in situations where there is not much light (like indoors and at night). A low aperture will also give you a shallow depth of field. Canon 50mm f/1.8 f/1.8 1/200 sec ISO 800 In the photo above, the aperture was set to 1.8, a low aperture. Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 f/16 1/60 sec ISO 100 In this picture, the aperture was set to 16, a high aperture, allowing everything to be in focus. Note: Depending on what lens you have, you may not be able to set your aperture much lower than 3.5. Now you try! Set your aperture. Left: Canon XSi. 2. 3. 4. 5. You’re almost there!
Mattress shopping guidelines - finding the best quality and value Did this site help you? - We hope you like us! I've had so many questions on the forum asking about major brand mattresses or mass market mattress retailers that I thought it would be helpful to put together a set of guidelines to help consumers bypass most of the traps and pitfalls of mattress shopping and to help cut through the confusion and frustration of finding your perfect mattress. While these guidelines will in most cases eliminate 75-90% of the mattresses that most people would normally consider or purchase (without realizing the poor quality or value of the mattresses they are looking at or which they were led to through misleading advertising and claims) ... it will also help to find the remaining 10 - 25% which is where real quality and value lives. I will edit or add to these over time but for now here are my "top ten"... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. These guidelines should help you avoid the biggest pitfalls and traps in buying a mattress.
Five steps to your perfect mattress - Overview Did this site help you? - We hope you like us! By now you will hopefully have read the overviews which talk about the different types of mattress cores, the different types of comfort layers, how the different layers and ways of combining them can affect your choices, and finally how your own unique needs and preferences play a very important role in your overall comfort and satisfaction. If you have read the overviews and perhaps some of the more detailed pages as well, you will quickly discover that you already know much more than the vast majority of salespeople you will encounter. Now you have the basic information you will need, there are 5 simple steps to discovering and then buying your perfect mattress. The quick version of these 5 steps are included here. Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. You now have several options. If you'd like more details about any of these steps, then the separate pages for each are there to help you ... and as you know, our forum is always open.
AirTool Kit, 71-Piece-STPT-KIT-71PC at The Home Depot This looked like a good deal, especially since it was on sale for $79 vs the advertised $99. Unfortunately, it was a poor decision. The impact wrench has absolutely no power / torque. Tried it on the lug nuts for two of my cars, a garage door bracket, and some metal outdoor furniture - it couldn't loosen any of the bolts. In fact, it could barely tighten the bolts when it came time to put them back. The included documentation / manuals is worthless - there are numbered diagrams, but there is nothing that says what the numbers represent. There is a "Power" dial that goes from 1-4. There is a "Power" dial that goes from 1-4. My advice, pay a little more and get a tool that actually works.Read Less
Before & After: A Bathroom Makeover for Under $25! In a world where $40,000 kitchen renovations are common fodder for home improvement television, it's easy to get a little glossy eyed and discouraged by the thought of attempting your own home improvement project. But don't despair! We're here to show you just how far your dollar, or 25, can stretch! Gloria Fox, the blogger and frugal mind behind Potentially Beautiful, had had enough of the pea green floors and bland white walls in her half bath. Looking for more budget-friendly inspiration? Tagged : Makeover-Mondays, Inspiration, Makeover, before and after, bathroom, budget-friendly, DIY
Eye Candy: 10 Big Impact Small Bath Makeovers! Curbly-Original Itty-bitty baths and little loos present unique decor and renovation challenges to homeowners and renters alike. If you've found yourself stuck with this "small bath problem", don't fret! Inspiration is on the way: we've rounded up ten big impact makeovers from DIY-minded small bath renovators across the web. Enjoy! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Tagged : Eye-Candy, Curbly-Original, Roundup, Makeover-Mondays, Makeover, bathroom, renovation, Inspiration, small-spaces, lavatory-laboratory
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