Having a Digital SLR camera without an integrated sensor cleaning system can be really annoying as you’d have those tiny black specks on your digital photos. Even though you can easily remove them using cloning tool in photoshop, but believe me.. It’d take forever when you have to touch up hundreds of your digital images.

To make your life easier, it’s highly recommended that you eliminate them from future shots by cleaning your Digital SLR’s sensor.

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Candice shares some tips explains why shooting on a cloudy day works out great.

Awesome series of studio lighting tutorial by Ken Henderson APAGB. Recorded in the UK on 9th March 2007. Uploaded by David with permission of Ken Henderson.

If you download the file, you’ll need the FLV Player to play the video.

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Video of corporate/industrial photographer David Tejada’s small location lighting kit.

Rick’s tips and tricks to get a great sunrise shot.

Some advice from a professional photographer to taking the perfect family portrait.

Gordon shares some great tips on how to take better photos at night.

Right ho, let’s go shooting guys… and put your camera back in your camera bags. That’s tricky - shooting without cameras. No, it makes perfect sense if you are ‘dry shooting.’ The military use ‘dry shooting’ as an important training element. Here the recruit gets close-up and personal with rifle sighting techniques, wind adjustment calculations, trigger pressures and target recognition.

Gee, I Wonder by Romi S.

So if it’s good enough for combat soldiers, it’s certainly good enough for us to take a leaf out of the military training manual. Let me ask you this question: How many times have seen a great scene in its entirety. You photographed it with great expectation only to fine the end result was to say the least, disappointing? Does that sound like you? Ever wondered why this happens?

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Sometimes having a camera bag full with a dSLR, lenses and other camera accessories just isn’t practical. Erin shows why her best camera is the compact point-and-shoot she has in her handbag.

Tim Jackson has a focus test chart available for download;

Download Focus Test Chart (PDF)

“The issue is that of focus. Some folks have found that, particularly when using the kit lens, some of their images are not correctly focused. This problem manifests primarily when shooting close-ups at wide apertures. After doing lots of research and testing, I produced a simple and effective test that quickly shows up these focus problems if they exist on your camera.”

Originally Posted: 04 October’05