One of the best features of DSLRs is the ability to get more features or extended capabilities through firmware upgrades. I had heard rumours that Nikon was prepping an update to the D300’s firmware, but last time I looked it wasn’t out yet. Last night cruising through my feeds I saw that UK-based Digital Photographer posted links (sorta) to the update and I quickly zipped over to Nikon Canada to get my copy and update. Here’s what the firmware update for the D300 gives you (and I think it’s pretty [...]
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Like all art forms, photography is a life-long pursuit. Of course, we all “learned” how to take pictures in a few minutes—especially with today’s point-n-shoot cameras—but for those of us who strive to go beyond the basic snapshot, it takes work. Work and a ton practice, patience, and humility. The practice part is pretty easy. Take lots of pictures. Experiment. Emulate pics that you like and see if you can do the same thing. Humility?
Yes. I don’t think there is a photographer worth his/her salt who can’t learn something new. [...]
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When I only had a Canon point and shoot camera I stuck to Automatic and the presets for most of my pictures. Then I got into Program mode and started to play with white balance and such. With my D80, shot in auto a little bit, but pretty much started with aperture priority from the get go.
However, is shooting in auto or one of the presets a bad thing? According to Natalie Norton writing on digital photography school, shooting in automatic has a lot of benefits:
ANY friend of mine who [...]
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I’m not a newcomer to photography. From my first Polaroid One Step to my Kodak Disc to my first 35mm Pentax K-1000 to digital point and shoots to now my Nikon D80 DSLR I’ve used a lot of different cameras. My dad was an amateur photographer and took some great pictures too–I don’t have any of them here with me, but maybe I can get some soon–and I learned a lot from him. I think he would really love the new digital world (he had his own dark room at [...]
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Tris Hussey is a writer, teacher, blogger, and speaker on all facets of Internet life, WordPress, and social media. He is the author of Create Your Own Blog: 6 Easy Blogging Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro and Using WordPress.
