What is the biggest misconception about a camera's aperture? Most beginner photographers believe that the aperture controls the shutter speed or vice versa. Actually, shutter speed and aperture work together to get the best exposure for the image. As a photographer, your primary goal should be perfect exposure. There many ways you can use to further emphasize your subject but we will discuss those in other articles.A properly exposed image uses a...more
Any normal individual who does not know anything about panning for gold can do easy gold panning methods. But were you aware that there are methods for gold panning that require intricate processes?Standard Panning MethodPart of gold panning methods requires the use of standard pans with a diameter measuring sixteen inches and depth measuring 2.5 inches. Some may prefer smaller pans, particularly for noobs, to simply spot the small bits of gold...more
This article is intended to give beginner photographers the basic information about using sunlight in digital photography. Through these discussions, you will learn to create better images because you 'see' light in a new fashion. The old saying goes 'if the camera is the photographer's brush, then is light is their paint'. As a photographer, you must learn to choose your light as carefully as an artist selects his paint.We know that all light has certain characteristics, whether it is from an artificial source or the sun. These characteristics can portray a feeling in your images. At high noon, the light is bright and harsh. On a rainy day, the light is gloomy as it is diffused by precipitation. Moonlight speaks of eerie mystery. What is the mood of the light you see now?The measurable brightness of light is called the intensity. A light's intensity will diminish over distance. A strobe gives out a large burst of very bright light but over a relatively small distance. Keep in mind, that even very a bright light will only go so far to illuminate your subject so you will need to plan accordingly.All light has an origin and direction of travel. In the case of a single source, it is...more
An area that beginning photographers often ask about is what they can do to help emphasize the subject in their images. This article will discuss selective lighting, which may be the most powerful tool for highlighting a subject. We will begin to consider light more creatively instead of strictly from technical view. We use light primarily for...more
Investing in gold coins through gold coin dealers is a way to invest in small amounts of gold. As you will see later, some rare coins can end up being a sizable investment. Dealers often buy and sell all kinds of gold coins. Your first lesson in gold coin investing is that there are two main types of coins: Bullion Coins and Numismatic...more
Anyone considering growing any food should try growing tomatoes. Not only are they healthy they are really versatile, and so long as you take a few precautions, very easy to grow too.Growing great tomatoes is really simple. People can be put off tomato growing by the shear number of tomato diseases mentioned in any vegetable gardening book. It is true, there are a huge number of diseases which can affect tomatoes but that is just because there are so many tomato types and so many tomatoes being grown everywhere. A few diseases are serious, but in the main tomato problems are just issues which reduce your tomato crops greatness somewhat. The tomato is such a vigorous and highly productive plant that even a less than perfect crop is likely to be tasty and abundant.When growing tomatoes there are three important facts which should never be ignored.Firstly tomatoes will not put up with frost. You can only grow them between the first and last frosts unless you provide protection such as greenhouse, cold-frame or cloche. So there is no point in planting tomatoes early when frost still threatens. They will die. Much better to wait till the risk of frost is over and then watch how quickly...more
There are four common mistakes that most beginning photographers make. Because we strive to emphasize our subject, these faults will bring attention where it is not always desired. We will discuss these issues and what can be done to remedy them and...more
Have you ever wondered why many photographs taken by professionals are so captivating? If you study your favorite photos, you will start to notice something about them that may not have been apparent previously. The picture was probably taken using...more
Flying an RC helicopter is real fun. It's very exciting to watch your RC helicopter do stunts in mid air with you holding the controls and controlling all its movements. You can choose from an Electric RC controlled helicopter that runs on battery...more
In celebration of the Transformers brand's 25th anniversary and the June 24th debut of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the second live-action feature film based on the "Robots in Disguise," the 2009 Transformers fan convention, to be held in...more
As long as people have been on this planet, dolls have been probably been played with. I'm sure right alongside arrowheads and mammoth bones archeologists have found small stick figures that little girls and boys played with tens of thousands of...more
The collector doll market is now dominated by reborn Berenguer dolls. A quick search of Ebay shows that a majority of the auctions for rebrons involve the Berenguer dolls in some way. Reborns are referred to as such because skilled artists have taken...more