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Windows 8 Touch Screen Swipe Motions
Windows 8 Windows 8 Touch Screen Swipe Motions The Language of Touch! Windows 8 features an exciting new way of interacting with your computer. Instead of using the traditional keyboard and mouse, now you can simply swipe your touch-enabled monitor. I have included the touch motions in a convenient to print table. Windows 8 Touch [...]
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Nikon D3100 14.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lens Nikon D3100 Overview This is a nice camera for the enthusiastic amateur, as it includes many features designed to make it easy to transition from point and click to DSLR. The optics are actually of good enough quality that it [...]
Stars Trails Pictures If you are like me, you have sat and gazed upwards at the stars, moon, and other visible planets wondering if you could capture them. I have spent many nights with my camera mounted on a tripod, pointed upwards. When I first thought about attempting this, I figured that it was something [...]
Time Lapse Photography Philadelphia Video This is the video highlighting some of my favorite pictures from the Philadelphia shoot. It features both light trails and time lapse photography. The full articles are located at Time Lapse Photography in Philadelphia and Photographing Light Trails. These are two different articles, that highlight my experiences photographing light trails, [...]
Depth of Field Podcast Transcript Hello, and thanks for taking a look at this video. In this video I am going to discuss aperture, and a little bit about ISO and shutter speed. The three concepts are closely related; some people call them the “exposure triangle.” To view my complete explanation of this see my [...]
Photographing Light Trails in Philadelphia I had the opportunity to go to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a couple of years ago for a convention. This was a real treat for somebody who has spent most of his life on the flat prairies, where the tallest structure is the occasional grain elevator. In the few hours I had [...]
How To Take Good Pictures and Photographs So you have a new camera, or perhaps you just want to finally learn how to use the one you’ve had for awhile. You may have read the little manual that came with, perhaps cruised a few websites looking for photo taking tips, but the pictures you produce [...]
The Definitive Guide to Aperture, ISO, and Shutter Speed I explain the concepts in this video. I was talking to some non-photography friends today about taking pictures, and the subject of aperture kept coming up. The entire idea of “depth of field,” aperture, and f-stops was very confusing, so I decided to take a few [...]
Light Painting Tutorial Part 2 In my first light painting article I discussed the equipment, set-up, and techniques I use to create light paintings. In this article I will use one of the photos I took during that session and with The Gimp I will create a new picture by merging it with a public [...]
10 Macro Photography Tips Revealed – Dragonfly I was so happy to catch this little guy a couple of years ago. I noticed this little dragonfly and watched it for awhile as it flew around, but never landed anywhere. I was about to loose interest when suddenly it landed on the antenna of my car. [...]
Light Painting Tutorial and Pictures Light painting is a fun experience because you can really get creative by designing effects, or creating moods. In this article I am not discussing low light photography, I am going to discuss no light photography. Well, you do use light, but only very specific light exactly where you want [...]
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