Basic Photography Tips for P&S Cameras

Okay, this week’s installment for the p&s photography series is on how to focus.

Now, I’m the first to admit that I am a pure amateur photographer. While using my old Olympus p&s, I’d never thought about trying anything other than the auto functions, and it was only after I replaced it in March 07 (after [...]



Welcome to the third post in the ‘Basic Tips for P&S users’ guide. This week, we cover the ominous topic of…flash photography.

Using on-camera flash is something that appears to have just as many supporters as those who frown upon it, and its easy to see why. It is super-bright (or not bright enough, depending on [...]



Whoops! This should really have gone up on Sunday…but better late than never, right? :D
This second lesson of basic photography tips will be covering two elements of light exposure for digital cameras - ISO and exposure compensation.
Okay, lets start with the easier one first.
To understand what ISO is and how it works, we need to [...]



No, that’s not a reference to Jim Carrey’s Saturday Night Live performance of Vanilla Ice’s timeless classic…

I’m talking about White Balance.

Now, to those of you who know little or nothing about filming or photography (don’t worry, that’s nothing to be ashamed about - I was once there too!), this means absolutely nothing. So this is [...]



Which should otherwise be titled “No, it’s okay, don’t cry…”.

Many of you probably feel my pain - the number of food bloggers is increasing exponentially, and so are the number of mouth-watering pictures. However, other than country, skill, cuisine and writing talent, there is another line which, if you are a food blogger who takes [...]