become a much, much better digital photographer

Have been working on the macros recently… Especially with food. Check out my Flickr if you want to see whether I doing well or not!

PC Magazine has an article entitled Troubleshooting your images and this deals with blurry images, pixelated or grainy images, images too dark or light and poor colour.

Then, Bob Atkins Photography has a new piece about digital image re-sizing:

One aspect of digital images which seems to cause a lot of confusion to beginners is the matter of image size. There are three basic measures of image size:

• Pixel count – e.g 3000×2000 pixels
• Physical size – e.g. 4” x 6”
• Resolution – e.g. 72 pixels per inch (ppi)

The confusion seems to arise because people aren’t sure of how these are related.

Finally, Outback Photo has an article about EXIF metadata:

Whenever you take a picture with a camera, or scan a slide, the firmware of your camera or your scanner captures not just the actual image itself, but also additional data, describing the environment in which the image was taken. This data is called metadata and its understanding and utilization can be an invaluable aid in your workflow.

All these links I found via PhotographyBLOG.

This is a rather specialised group, with some clear rules for submission, but one that challenges the imagination as well as informing technical understanding.

This tutorial is to the point and useful, I think.

It would be great to pool ideas and know-how. I know far too little about digital photography and am not even sure I’m using the best format of file for shooting.

One resource I have found is this Flickr group (newsfeed here).