Category: Technology

Sometimes your fl ash will be too bright or too dark for your subject. While the E-TTL system is highly advanced and will get the fl ash’s output close to where it should be, it doesn’t always know what you want the image to look like. CHANGING SETTINGS USING THE QUICK CONTROL DIAL You can…

There are going to be times when you have to turn to your camera’s built-in fl ash to get the shot. The pop-up fl ash on the 7D is not extremely powerful, but with the camera’s advanced metering system, it does a pretty good job of lighting up the night… or just fi lling in…

Sometimes you’ll want to shoot in low light and use a long exposure, such as when photographing fi reworks, star trails, or streaks of light coming from cars on the street. The fi rst thing you’ll need in order to capture quality images with long shutter speeds is a sturdy tripod. It’s also a good…

When you are taking photos in low-light situations, you will fi nd that the camera’s autofocus doesn’t always work. But before you can properly and consistently fi nd focus in these instances, you need to understand how your camera’s focusing system operates. First, you should know that when you are trying to focus on your…

Many of today’s Canon lenses come with a feature called image stabilization (IS). If you happen to have one of these lenses, you have a little extra help keeping your lens stable while doing any type of handheld photography. This is extremely useful in situations where the light is low and, to prevent camera shake,…

If you’re fi nding that ISO 6400 just isn’t high enough for you, you have the option of increasing it to the next level, ISO 12800. This setting won’t appear as a number, but as an “H” on your top LCD Panel and within the viewfi nder. Once again we’ll tap into the 7D’s custom…

Capturing moments in low-light situations is easy with digital cameras—just raise the ISO. Adjusting the ISO on the fl y is easy; simply press the ISO button on the top of the camera and change the ISO number by using the Main dial (see Chapter 1 for more information). In most lighting situations, you will…

Controlling a model with the help of trackball rotation To rotate a model from any direction in Windows Phone 7 could let the game player have extra choices to view the model. For programming, the trackball viewer will help the programmer to check whether the output model from the model software works well. In this…

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…

Not all portraits are shot with the subject sitting in a chair, posed and ready for the picture. Sometimes you might want to get an action shot that says something about the person, similar to an environmental portrait. Children, especially, just like to move. Why fight it? Set up an action portrait instead. For the…