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  • Day After Thanksgiving Shopping – Navigate the Crowds and Still Get the Best Deals

    If you are a brave soul, you probably love the day after Thanksgiving shopping excursions that thousands of Americans participate in each year. There is no question that there are fantastic deals to be had in shopping malls and online, but do you know where to look?Historically, shoppers have camped out in front of stores…

  • Canon PowerShot G12, Tips for Shooting Better Portraits

    Before we get to the assignments for this chapter, I thought it might be a good idea to leave you with a few extra pointers on shooting portraits that don’t necessarily have anything specific to do with your camera. There are entire books that cover things like portrait lighting, posing, and so on. But here…

  • Canon PowerShot G12, Use Fill Flash for Reducing Shadows

    A common problem when taking pictures of people outside, especially during the midday hours, is that the overhead sun can create dark shadows under the eyes and chin. You could have your subject turn his or her face to the sun, but that’s usually considered cruel and unusual punishment. So how can you have your…

  • Canon PowerShot G12, Detect Faces

    Face detection in digital cameras has been around for a few years, but it still seems like magic the first time you use it. When you turn on Face Detection focusing, the camera does an amazing thing: It zeroes in on any face and places a box around it (Figure 6.9). When you press the…

  • Canon PowerShot G12, Focusing: The Eyes Have It

    It has been said that the eyes are the windows to the soul, and nothing could be truer when you are taking a photograph of someone (Figure 6.7). You could have the perfect composition and exposure, but if the eyes aren’t sharp the entire image suffers. The G12 offers a few techniques for helping to…

  • Canon PowerShot G12, Using the AE Lock Feature

    AE (Auto Exposure) Lock lets you use the exposure setting from any portion of the scene that you think is appropriate and then lock that setting in regardless of how the scene looks when you recompose. An example of this would be when you’re shooting a photograph of someone and a large amount of blue…

  • Canon PowerShot G12, Metering Modes for Portraits

    For most portrait situations, the Evaluative metering mode works well. (For more on how metering works, see the “Metering Basics” sidebar.) This mode measures light values from all portions of the viewfinder and then establishes a proper exposure for the scene. The only problem that you might encounter when using this metering mode is when…

  • Canon PowerShot G12, Using Aperture Priority Mode

    If you took a poll of portrait photographers to see which shooting mode was most often used for portraits, the answer would certainly be Aperture Priority (Av) mode. Selecting the right aperture is important for placing the most critically sharp area of the photo on your subject, while simultaneously blurring all of the distracting background…

  • Canon PowerShot G12, Automatic Portrait Mode

    The automatic Scene (SCN) modes. One of them, the Portrait mode, is dedicated to shooting portraits. While this is not my preferred camera setting, it is a great jumping-off point for those who are just starting out. The key to using this scene is to understand what is going on with the camera so that…