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Free Download of the
Month
Enjoy little fall nuggets, and autumn
word art offered in three colorways this month. Fall nuggets offered with and
without canvas texture. Files are at 300 dpi in PNG and JPEG format, compatible
with most image editors. Design tip:
Experiment with the Overlay, Luminosity, and Color blend modes in the layer
palette with the word art and journal tag, as Michelle did in the four layouts
above.
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Leila's
Tips
and Tricks
What do Huey Lewis and being
hip have to do with
Digital Scrapbooking?!
Leila explains here.
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Photography Tips
by Michelle |
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Autumn is upon us in North
America, with many areas of the country experiencing peak fall colors right now!
Here are introductory tips on getting the most out of your digital gear:
Carry your camera
(or a spare) in your vehicle at all times, as you never want to miss the perfect
landscape vista, sunrise, sunset, or family event.
Use re-chargeable
batteries if available, and keep an extra set on hand (fully-charged).
Buy an extra memory
card or two, allowing you to shoot without having to worry about space.
Deleting bad images is easier and more efficient once on your hard-drive where
you can view the full-size photo.
As so often heard,
but so invaluable, shoot in the early morning light or about an hour before
sunset to capture the warm golden light, especially complementary of autumn
hues.
Learn your camera;
experiment with the different settings; read the manual. One of the most
crucial features to get a grasp on in digital photography is WHITE BALANCE,
especially indoors. Most cameras have automatic settings for this, but
learning to set it manually will give you optimum results. For the first
few months we owned our second digital camera (2002), we were very disappointed
with the color cast, and it wasn't until we set the white balance manually that
we started capturing quality images. All you need is something white in
the room or a piece of typing paper and you're set!
Get close, close,
and closer! Learn your camera and lens macro settings and experiment to
achieve different depths of field (amount of blur around focal point). Use
a tripod, if possible, to achieve maximum focus.
Back up your photos
to DVD or CD, using archiving software such as Jasc Photo Album 5, which has an
auto-archive reminder feature.
When you edit your
photos, re-name them, so you have the untouched negative still available.
One idea is to keep the same name with a prefix of EDIT in the name, so all the
edited copies sort together.
We'll be adding to
the
Simply
Photography gallery (scroll down to Simply Photography category on
main gallery page) on our site to coincide with this new column, offering tips,
along with both portrait and landscape photography. Check it out! |
