Digital cameras have pretty much become a necessity in today’s world. So, most people that have either already bought or will consider buying a new one. There are many impressive digital cameras available in the market and so looking at them we might simply want to upgrade our existing camera. Previously we have already shared more than 20 basic tips for understanding Digital Camera Settings and here are some of the things that you must remember and do before buying the digital camera:

1. Understand its Usage: Before investing on a digital camera, it is very important that you entirely understand what you will use the camera for. If you are looking for a simple handy camera to take pictures of friends, family and other such, then you can go for a smaller simpler camera. However, if you are looking to take photography seriously then a more experimental and advanced camera might be needed.

2. Talk to People: If there are friends or family that have extensive knowledge or have used different cameras, talk to them. A loved one always provides more personalized reviews on cameras, as opposed to sales people whose advice may be based on the commission they may earn. If you don’t have enough people that you can talk to, internet can be a great place to read reviews and understand models.

3. Understand the Jargons: When you go to the shop to buy a camera, it is very important that you understand the information provided to. This means that you must read up and know about the jargons used in the digital world. This will help you better understand the concepts and configuration as they are explained to you.

4. Analyze features: Features of the camera are an important aspect of the camera itself. The features will provide you the information about what the camera can do for you. Additionally, it also will pretty much help you decide if those things are what you want from your camera. Hence, again, as you understand jargons it is important you analyze which features are important for you depending on the usage.

5. Stick to the budget: The thing with the open economy is that you are sometimes spoilt for choices. There are a lot of options at different prices and the more you want the more expensive it can get. Therefore, it is important to plan ahead about how much you want to spend on the camera. More importantly, once you have analysed how much you want to spend, ensure that you stick to it.

6. Battery life: Surely battery life of a camera is part of its features. However, it is important to find out more about this. Though on paper it may be good, when you start using it, it shouldn’t drain out easily. This again is one of those features that people can tell you when you talk to them. The last thing you want to do is be stuck with a camera that you have to consistently keep charging or changing batteries for.

7. Accessories: Always understand the kind of accessories that come with the camera. This includes the kind of cables, lenses, memory cards, batteries, and so on that accompanies the digital camera. Always negotiate to get more free bees and accessories. It’s always nice to get more than you paid for and you can get that if you get if you bargain better.

8. Warranty: The warranty that the camera comes with is an important aspect to look into while investing in digital camera. It is important to understand the fine print in the warranty. It is very important that the warranty be sufficient for the product, and if possible extendable.

9. Damage and issues: Damages and issues can be either model specific or product specific. Therefore, it is important to know the kind of support system that is in place. If the service stations are available in your city and how difficult it is to get help should some issue or damage arise. The service agreement is therefore an important part of selecting a camera.

10. Extendibility or resale: If you are a professional photographer the extendibility of the camera becomes an important aspect of your choice. No matter which end of photography you are – professional or personal – flexibility is always good to have. Additionally, if you are someone that likes to update your camera based on recent technology, then certainly you want to ensure you invest in a product that has better resale value.

Portrait Photography is an art to capture likeness of a person in which the face, personality, mood and expression is predominant. In portrait photography, the focus of the photograph’s is the person’s face. In this post, I have selected some of the most stunning photographs which portray a strong sense of emotion, personality and life.

01. Sense of Rhythm by Alexey Izvekov

02. Saint Thomas by Glenn Karlsen

03. Ball of Day by Pink Sword

04. Cormarant Fishermen at Dusk by Dan Ballard

05. Calling Ruh by Pink Sword

06. Make A Wish by Magda A.-Coulte

07. Kiss from a tree

08. Self Portrait by Sina Rahmati

09. Mystery Forest by Ivan P.

10. Unzipped by eugkyr

Landscape Photography is the toughest photography and time consuming because it needs skill. Landscape Photography is not like ordinary photography in which you click on image and you are done. To capture most beautiful shots at right time you need right environmental elements with a good camera. In this article, I’m showcasing some of the most beautiful landscapes that I could find and if I miss out any landscape, then let me know via comments!

01. From Dusk to Dawn By Skarphedinn Thrainsson

02. The Arch By Gary McParland

03. Earthly Acanth With Lunar Light by Dr. Akira TAKAUE

04. River of Dreams by Matej Glavinac

05. TimeLess by Paulo Dias

06. Lac Blanc par I’Aiguillette d’Argentiere by Roberto Bertero

07. On the field’s appeal by Pawel Kucharski

08. The River by Santigo Pascual Buye

09. Shark Teeth by Doug Solis

10. Night Poem by Brin

It’s a bitter truth that photography is technical and time consuming but only photographer knows how much fun he has most of the times in adding idea into it. In this post, I’m sharing 10 best examples of humorous photographs which looks funny and do not shy to put a grin on your face.

1. The Ultimate Kiss by Geoff

2. Ooops…!!!

3. His Worst Enemy by Northman

4. SkyDumbo

5. Help Me

6. Apple a Day

7. Boy

8. College Humor

9. Mehitabel pretending to be Bill the Cat

10. Interesting Weddings

Photo manipulation is the process of editing images using software. This is one of the most creative and attractive part of digital editing which is being used widely in designing industry. In this post, I have collected some of the beautiful examples of creative edit photography and hope that you like them. If I miss out any then let us know via comments.

1. My Lil Red Devils

2. A Manipulation of five pictures

3. Convergence

4. Ladygulliva

5. my-secret-garden

6. The Mysterious Cult

7. Into the Unknown

8. Skitour underwater

9. Stranger

10. Rain

This post is dedicated to Architecture Photography. Architecture is an art and we are going to list of these photographs surrounded with beautiful things. Just scroll down to see some incredible collection of Architectural photography around the world but before that i would i to mention a quote from Dorothea Lange,

While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.

1. The collegiate church of Neuchâtel

2. La pedrera

3. Canary Wharf HDR

4. Rise up to the sky

5. Down the Jin Mao Tower

6. Welcome to the Matrix

7. Tour Eiffel

8. Its History Now

9. Centro de Convenciones

10. Shanghai – Grand Hyatt Lobby

Photography makes it possible to capture those wonderful moments of our lives and everything that’s beautiful and cherish them in the form of memories. So it is only natural that you would want to take the best shots possible. And most of you may agree, photography can be a real passionate addiction. One of the key things you should know as a camera owner is the settings that go with the camera. And with the kind of cameras in the market today, it is a cakewalk for any amateur photographer to try his / her hand at producing exquisite photography.

We explore the camera settings that you should know to get started with taking your best shots. Read on to find out more:

Camera modes simplified:

Automatic mode:

1. Auto mode: By selecting automatic mode, you are instructing the camera to make best use of aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focus and flash while taking a shot such that you get the best picture. So in essence the camera will ‘guess’ the type of shot you want to take and try to adjust itself to give you the best shot.  So to ensure you do get the best shot, you need to also set other parameters in your camera.

2. Portrait mode: The camera will adjust itself to a large aperture (selects a small number) such that the background remains out of focus and your subject is the centre of attention. You get beautiful portrait shots when you stand close to or zoom in on the subject before taking the shot.

3. Macro mode: This mode works best when you want to move in closer and take shots of flowers, insects or tiny objects. Focusing is cumbersome in macro mode as the depth of field is very narrow at short distances. It is also safe to avoid the usage of flash since you are taking close up shots.

4. Landscape mode: When you want to cover a large area in the shot, this mode will be helpful. In this mode, the camera selects a small aperture (a large number) in order to capture a large scene into the shot as you focus. It is better to use a tripod if possible to ensure the photo is not shaken or blurred.

5. Night mode: Your camera uses a longer shutter speed in order to capture details of the scene when light is low. A flash is usually used in this mode to enable the distribution of light on your subject. While it is better to use flash in dark, taking pictures without the flash too brings out good shots and makes interesting snaps.

6. Sports mode: In some of the cameras, this mode is also known as ‘action mode’ as capturing sports mostly means taking pictures when the subject is in action or is moving. It is possible to take action pictures when the camera increases its shutter speed so that it can freeze the instance of action.

7. Movie mode: This mode does not really match up to a video camera but certainly helps you capture those moments when you feel still images are inadequate. Both video and sound are recorded. And these moving images take more space than still images do.

Semi-automatic mode:

8. Aperture priority mode (A or AV): Your camera chooses other settings such as ISO, white balance, etc when you fix the aperture mode to small or large. Large aperture means a large scene in focus, so the shutter speed is slow whereas small aperture means focus is on a particular object which is usually closer or a still subject and hence the shutter speed is faster. The aperture and the shutter of a camera regulate the exposure of any photo. Large aperture means you need to good lighting to properly expose the photograph.

9. Shutter priority mode (S or TV): Similar to the aperture mode, here you will set the shutter speed and the camera will choose and set the other parameters such as aperture, ISO, white balance, etc.  Having the option to choose the shutter speed is useful to a great extent as you can set the shutter speed to fast when you are taking action pictures so that the act is frozen while clicking the shot.  Likewise, slow shutter speed works well while taking a large view or flowing water. If  there is not enough low aperture and the shutter speed is too fast like 1/2000 of a second perhaps, then it is likely that the photo will be underexposed.

10. Program mode (P): Commonly understood as automatic mode and also used as alternative names for each other. The only subtle difference being a program mode gives you more control over flash, ISO, etc.

Fully Manual mode:

11. Manual mode: If you like to learn photography the real way, then opt for the manual mode and practice till you have a good sense of each function such as aperture, shutter speed, white balance etc. In this mode you have the freedom to explore and set each parameter the way you want. Since this can prove to be quite a challenge to set accurate parameters and be able to get best shots, most people stick to the conventional automatic mode.

12. Balancing the White balance:

We would not like our pictures to show us in a different light, literally! So it is essential to adjust the white balance in order to get pictures which reflect the colours closest to or as exact as that of the subject. Our eyes automatically adjust irrespective of the temperature of the colours unlike a camera which needs us to adjust the white balance. Check your camera manuals to make these adjustments as most cameras differ in the method of adjusting white balance. However, you should be able to find automatic and semi-automatic modes to help you get started.

13. Automatic white balance settings: Most of the cameras have some of these white balance settings: Auto, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Daylight / sunny, Cloudy, Flash, and Shade.

14. Manual white balance settings: Check your manual to follow the exact procedure to manually adjust the white balance but the concept in all cameras are the same, which is, by adjusting the white balance in your camera you are giving your camera a white colour for reference. By focusing your camera on something white (say a kerchief or a white sheet / card) your camera will recognize what white colour looks like and will set all the other colours accordingly.

15. ISO:

ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization. ISO is the method adjusting the camera’s sensor (or film) to make it more sensitive to light. Higher ISO means higher sensitivity to light; higher shutter speeds or higher apertures which in turn help you shoot pictures under poor lighting conditions. Also the higher the ISO, greater will be the noise of the camera while taking the shot as the size of the pixels gets reduced so much on the sensor that it finds it hard to collect all the light in the fraction of a second that the shutter is open. So to keep the noise at bay, you can take a few pictures at different ISO settings and check the resulting noise that you can bear to have.

16. Flash:

A flash is a device used in cameras to provide an artificial flash of light so that the subject or scene is bright and illuminated before you click the photo. It also can perform other functions like quickly capturing a moving object or changing the quality of light. Most cameras have built-in flash and settings that you can control.

17. Fill flash: Most of the cameras have a lightning bolt icon which is the fill flash. This flash helps illuminate a subject which is near the camera that would have otherwise appeared underexposed. The flash is lower in intensity than the original or ambivalent light. The flash unit is set to expose the scene or subject fully and properly at a given aperture, at a given shutter speed.

18. Bounce flash: Another way of using Flash effectively is to bounce the flash off reflectors such as a white wall / screen, a flash umbrella or white clothing. The result is a much softer light that exposes your subject in the best possible manner. It also reduces the overall contrast and highlight detail.

19. Red eye reduction: When a person is photographed in low light but with the flash on, the resulting effect is known as Red eye. This happens as the light gets bounced off the person’s retina thus making it red in colour. By choosing red eye reduction button available on the camera, the pre-flash showers a soft light on the eyes which make the irises of the person to contract thus reducing red eye effect.

20. Exposure Bracketing:

Autobracketing is a convenient feature where the camera will take about 3 successive shots with slightly variant settings. You can choose the best picture of the lot! You can also do this manually by changing the settings for each shot and achieve the same result, the process is known as Bracketing. The most common type of autobracketing is ‘Exposure bracketing’, where the camera takes the same shot with different settings including over-exposed (brighter) and under-exposed (darker) images when compared to the camera’s present settings.  Cameras adjust either the aperture or the shutter speed when trying to perform automatic exposure bracketing. Most cameras allow for you to set the variation between different ‘stops’. If the variation you want in the pictures is greater, you may set it to ‘2 stops’ and if you want it very less, you may set the variation to ‘half a stop’.

Internet is a great source for reliable information on anything you need today, just that you need to reach out at the right place. When it comes to digital photography, anyone can pass as a good photographer by learning online information, however things get trickier when looking for best performance. On the other hand, you will come across many tips and tweaks to understand the capabilities of digital camera. But again, if you are a beginner then it is advisable to go for some handy tutorials that can improve your knowledge in photography completely. These tutorials are well-written by individual or group of photographers that has various level of experience to help you grow in all aspect of photography. We have already seen some best examples of action photography, underwater photography and city life photography. And is now time to look at digital photography, so Techprone here offer you Top 10 free digital photography tutorials, where you can learn and master your photography skills.

Digital-photography-school –

Digital photography school is designed to offer simple tips to help digital camera owners get the most out of their cameras. You can find all articles right from how to hold a camera to all lesson that make you a brilliant photographer. Darren Rowse is the person behind DPS, yet you will find many tips and tutorials written by other talented digital photographer.

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This free digital photography tutorial site will show you how to take better photographs. Each photo tutorial will help you turn your ‘snaps’ into a picture that will delight your viewers rather than bore the pants off them. This site has lot of interesting things such as video tutorials, make money from photographs, quiz and forums. The tutorial section is so neatly designed and segregated from basic to advanced photographers.

Digital-camera-help –

Digital cameras help contain large number of photographic articles that you can use in your day to day clicking. The most impressive part of the site is that they teach you everything in a very clear way. Almost all articles contain diagrams that teach you step by step of the photograph. You can also get lot of free images and don’t forget to take part in forums for better understanding.

Digital-photography-tips –

The digital photography instruction offered by this site is like having a photography expert at your side, helping you take better photos. Every snapper can produce top notch photographs. It doesn’t matter how much your camera costs, or how large it is. If you are looking for some digital photography instruction and want to take better photos – this one can serve your purpose!

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Digital photography could be really challenging for the beginners and this mainly focus on them. You will find excellently done articles like “learn how to take beautiful photos, how to use photo editing software to touch up photos and many others. The important thing is to learn the basic photography concepts, then keep practicing your skills. One day, you’ll become an expert photographer, is what the site believes.

The digital photography connections -

Digital photography connection is an exclusive site that offers huge number of free tutorials. You will find well explained articles based on memory cards, photographing fireworks, shooting HRD images and shooting track sharp images. This is also a good place for people looking to learn some great lightroom digital photography.

Short courses –

Short courses is a well-designed compact site help you with superb digital photography tutorials. These articles are written for all level of photographer. You will find from what is a digital photography to caring for your camera and just anything about the topic. The site has manuals listed for sale, but the free offering is equally good.

Camera town -

Camera town is a site that mainly focused on reviewing the products, it does have some exceptional digital photography video tutorials that you cannot just miss. The category of tutorials comprise of just anything in between 3D to workflow. Don’t miss on this site if you really want to excel the art of photography.

Woven shadows -

Jerry Hyman is the man behind woven shadows who loves to share the joy of photography. This site is top rated for free digital photography video tutorials and Jerry gives you just right tips without wasting time. You can surely master digital photography by going through all videos step by step.

Layers magazine -

Layers magazine comprise of excellent tips, tricks and tutorials associated to digital photography. All this tutorials are well explained via videos by the expert photographers. There are varieties of tutorials related to Photoshop, fireworks, lightroom, flash, dreamweaver and more.

I understand that there many other digital photography free tutorials site exists and they should be good as well. I would love to hear from you about your favorite site for learning digital photography.

Someone says that “All motion is cyclic. It circulates to the limits of its possibilities and then returns to its starting point.”  Today we will showcase few best examples of the Action photography , the most difficult level of photography which revolves around the timing ,  point of view, focus  , concentrations and shooting techniques.

Here are few best examples of the Action Photography:

1. I want to swim in the rivers of colors

2. Ghost Riders

3. Consume me but i have to Win

4. Jump over the highest ride

5. Horse Riders

6. Hide me in the Water

7. Absolut Vodka Splash

8. Lime Splash

9. Snow Riders in the Sky

10. Devil in disguise

You may know that Underwater Photography is the photo sessions under the water but i think you should also know that this is very hard to do. There is lot of danger of fishes and water creatures together with technical issues like loss of colors and contrast in the deep water. Color and Contrast values is inversely proportional to the dept of the water and scientifically the longer wavelengths of sunlight rays like red/orange are quickly enwrapped by the water layer, only color appeared to the naked human eyes are in blue-green in color. Photographers uses several techniques to overcome the issues created via atmospheric conditions and water.

How to Resolve the underwater issues:

Horizontal loss of color loss can be reduced by keeping the camera close to the subject and by the use of wide-angle lenses. In order to overcome the light issues and loss of colors photographers uses the flash (Fill-flash).

Despite these challenges there are excellent examples of underwater photography and some of them are  listed as follows:

Aggressive

Meditations

Tentacles

Amphiprion ocellaris

In the Air

Cooperative feeding in Humpback whales

Ray under the sun

Anemone Schrimp

Symbiosis

Kiss of the Mandarin

City life Photography is the most interesting ideas of urban or rural life. As Henri Cartier-Bresson said “To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life”. This post showcase the 20 best examples of the city life photography which are as follows:

Fast Forward by Sean

Path of life by Ronaaa

Pilgrims in Varanasi by Helmut Schadt

Damn, missed it by barmat

The Artist 2 Gothenburg 2009 by NerthusBlueStar

To glance by Julien Legrand

The Real Way to Travel by *brokenapertures

Girl behind glass by Octavio Soto

Surprise by Stefano Corso

Ayutaya/Thailand – City Life by chriscb

Flying by Laurence Garçon

Flying an Indian kite by Helmut Schadt

Roskilde nude run by Sebastian-Alexander Stamatis

Fear by Ze Luis Cunha

A slice of Indian Life by paavani

Looking at Tokyo by Norbert Woehnl

Riksha man by Robert

Paralel lines runing to catch the morning light by Lucian Olteanu

Downtown by sensorfleck

University Courtyard by Scott Speck

You might hear that Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.Every one have its own gumption of seeing things and here are 15 best creative photos that reflects the series of questions in your mind and you will confused why and how this photo come into existence.From the designs to the colors, direction to the stated expressions these photos have a unique story associated with it.Now find out which story affects you most.

If you have any questions or your minds wants to convey any queries regarding the above mentioned 15 nameless photography then feel free to share with us.