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Finding the Right Fit

It’s one thing to purchase a digital camera with the intention of simply documenting your family’s Kodak moments, but it’s quite another when you are trying to make a living by selling your shots. My grandfather was a professional photographer. His portrait studio was located in Hilo, Hawaii, and for years he was able to turn his passion for photography into a healthy profit. However, it took him years to find his niche and make a living by taking pictures. If you are looking to make a career by taking pictures, you need to have some business savvy, as well … Continue reading →

Resources for the Beginner

Ideally, all beginner shutterbugs should enroll in photography classes at local portrait studios, community centers or tech colleges. However, in this day and age you would be hard pressed to find many people with the time or money to do so. Fortunately, there are ways to improve your picture-taking skills without spending a fortune on classes or tutorials. The Internet is a great resource for aspiring photographers. Some notable sites offering helpful tips to photo newbies include: Kodak: The photo powerhouse provides a comprehensive resource for aspiring photographers. The site contains articles covering everything from how to photograph a newborn … Continue reading →

Free Birth Announcements and a Photo Contest

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If are expecting a baby during the summer months, you might be thinking about what you will do for birth announcements. There are tons of options: you can make them by hand, on the computer, or you can sent pre-made announcements with an enclosed snapshot. The easiest way to whip up a batch of personalized announcements fast is to use a photo template at a photo kiosk or photo site. Sometimes you can get some really great deals and the envelopes are almost always free. For example, did you know you can get up to 20 free photo birth announcements … Continue reading →

Photographing Your Family at a Theme Park

Think of the photo opportunities just waiting to be snapped at your favorite amusement park: your son’s first ride on the merry-go-round, your daughter posing with her favorite characters, your spouse dancing with a clown and your entire clan on a speeding roller coaster. If you are planning a family trip to an amusement park this summer, don’t forget your camera and once you are there consider the following tips to ensure you capture all the Kodak moments: Use your camera’s self-timer. I mentioned several photos ops in my opening paragraph, but don’t forget to get into some of the … Continue reading →

PhotoFiddle.com

(Image from PhotoFiddle.com) Looking for a photo gift for Mother’s Day? PhotoFiddle.com claims that it can turn any snapshot into a museum-quality work of art with just a few clicks. Basically the way it works is that users can upload a favorite photo and choose one of 35 different design styles to alter their photograph into art. There is Andy Warhol-inspired pop art, oil masterpieces worthy (maybe) of Rembrant, photo collages and comic strips to chose among. Go ahead and crop the photo, resize it and have some free fun. You can preview your finished piece and even e-mail it … Continue reading →

Sorting Photos—-Where to Begin

If you are like me it is impossible to sort and catalog pictures as soon as you get them developed. In some cases I have gone months without sorting my photos and I end up with a stack of pictures taller than my 3-year-old precariously balanced near my desk. So what do you do when your picture mountain has grown to epic heights? I set aside time and start sorting chronologically. Regardless of whether you are using the pictures to add to a scrapbook, a frame, or just placing them in a traditional photo album, it’s best to have a … Continue reading →

Tips for Taking Memorable Vacation Photos

If you think I am a snap happy parent at home you should see me on vacation. You don’t have to be a professional photographer to capture frameworthy shots of your family in memorable locations. All you need to do is remember some basic rules. The following are tips are ones I try to employ when I’m trying capture Kodak moments on the road: TELL A STORY I’ve written about this technique in previous blogs, but I find it is even more critical when shooting vacation photos. Before pointing and shooting think about how your photos will look when you … Continue reading →

Knowing When to Zoom and Other Photo Tips

These days almost every digital camera on the market comes equipped with a zoom feature and a wide-angle feature. Both have their advantages, but you’ll find your pictures will benefit if you know which to employ at the appropriate time. Zoom. There is a basic rule my photography teacher drilled into me that I have never forgotten: zooming in flattens the depth of the photo, so the foreground and background are basically the same size. Wide-angle. In contrast, a camera’s wide-angle feature will expand the depth of the photo, enlarging the foreground and shrinking the background. Many times people zoom … Continue reading →

Apple TV Gets a Bold New Update

Affectionately called the Apple paperweight by even the most loyal of Apple fans, the Apple TV was a device that started off with great promise but then just sat there doing nothing. Critics complained that Apple TV wasn’t really necessary even for die-hard fans. Steve Jobs hopes to change all that with the reveal of a major feature update to the Apple TV. During Steve Job’s keynote address at MacWorld (in which the very interesting MacBook Air stole the stage), he revealed an improvement that will make the device much more useful. The old Apple TV was basically a TV-based … Continue reading →

Wal-mart MP3 Player Comes with Free Porn

Imagine giving your 10-year-old daughter a MP3 video player for Christmas only to find out that it was preloaded with video porn and explicit songs? That is just what happened to one family, according to the Associated Press (AP), who are reporting the story from Cookeville, Tennessee. According to the news report, Daryl Hill purchased an MP3 Player at a Walmart in Sparta, TN, as a gift for his young daughter. In fact, he purchased three of the players for his children. One of the devices was chock full of pornography that had his daughter in tears. “I wish I … Continue reading →