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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Digital Photography & it's uses: Archive through November 30, 2005 users admin

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Blink
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07-10-2003

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Blink a private message Print Post    
Hi everyone! I just got a new digital camera and I wanted to start a thread to share photo tips,uses, anything at all having to do with digital photography. I wanted to post pictures to a message board(a different one than TVCH), that I am a member of; but so far I haven't had success. I was trying to do it using photobucket. I don't understand computers or most everything technical I'm such a DUMMY! I also would like to reduce the size of a picture small enough to be an avatar. Anybody think you could explain stuff so that I could understand & comprehend? Anybody up for a CHALLENGE!?! Even if I get it figured out, I wanted a place to discuss photo tips, so here it is....

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Hi Blink! There are a quite a few people here who are knowledgeable about digital photography (and photography in general) so I'm sure you'll get plenty of help. I know we've discussed this in other threads but I can't remember where.

As a starting point, what camera did you buy and what software do you have for processing digital images?

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Oh, by the way, Jimmer is not only a "pro" but he is really nice and patient too!!

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, you may become my new bestest friend. I, too, just got my first digital camera. It's a Canon Powershot A610 and I don't think I'll ever learn how to use everything that's on it.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
What I've learned, Native Texan, is that you often don't need to learn everything on the camera -- part of the beauty is making it work for YOU! :-)

I've been using a digital camera for years; my dh is a professional who uses Nikon equipment, and I am an everyday amateur.

I am currently shooting with a Sony DSC-V3 which I LOVE. I will likely get one of the credit-card sized cameras (5 or 6 megapixel) for Christmas, so I can carry a camera in my pocket or evening bag at all times.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 2:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Hey Yankee, let me know which pocket sized one you get. I would love a little point and shoot to keep on me too!!!

Ddr
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08-19-2001

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ddr a private message Print Post    
I dropped my son's digital camera for Hurricane Katrina so I needed to replace it. I bought a Kodak 6.0 megapixel at Walmart with the docking station for $199 yesterday. It takes pretty decent shots.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 2:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Blink, there are all sorts of photo editing and re-sizing threads that we have discussed in the past.

Go up to the top of this page where it says Search and try doing some searches on things like Photo Editing and Re-Size, things like that, and see what you can pull up from the archives for starters.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 7:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the compliment Julie!

Blink
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07-10-2003

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Blink a private message Print Post    
I bought the Kodak easyshare Z760 6.1 megapixel from Walmart too, Ddr, what a bargain! Plus I wanted the comic book feature it had in the software, it's awesome!

I can move the photo's from the camera to the computer o.k. but when I'm wanting to move an image from my computer to, say a web page, how do I find the jpeg(?) # on my computer to it? When I first installed the software it asked me if I wanted images to be stored as jpeg, bmp,tif,gif or psd...I chose jpeg. Was this the right choice? You all are going to think I'm such an idiot I don't even know what those are, or even how to cut and paste and do attachments on the computer...I need to be in remedial comp. class!

Blink
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07-10-2003

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 9:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Blink a private message Print Post    
Off the subject of my photo & computer skills, My daughter brought home a photo booklette made by a new parent photographer. It held about 50 black and white shots of the new baby and parents, shots like close ups of tiny feet and big feet together, and big Daddy's hands holding tiny babe; it was adorable...made me wish I had captured shots like that when my kids were new!

Ddr
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08-19-2001

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ddr a private message Print Post    
Blink, I have trouble finding photos as well with the Kodak Easyshare, lol. I haven't taken the time to learn it I guess. But when I find a photo that I know I will use a lot, I rename it and then put it in another folder under my documents.

Blink
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07-10-2003

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 10:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Blink a private message Print Post    
Good to know Ddr! By the way, when I take pictures using the 'auto' setting of my dog he shows up on the picture w/reflector-gray eyes. Any body know how to correct that? not red eye but gray..I'm sure the solution is in my new camera handbook, ....but I haven't had time to read it.

I'm determined to (with the help of ppl like you all), master some of these skills.

Blink
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07-10-2003

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 10:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Blink a private message Print Post    
ha ha ...after reading my post it sounded as though my dog has an 'auto ' setting. ha ha... he doesn't.

I hope my question was clear...

Ddr
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08-19-2001

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ddr a private message Print Post    
I'll have to ask my son that question, lol. Will let you know what he says.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I have different camera and software.. but when I want to move or copy stuff from the XD card (that I slide in a slot on my HP notebook, or into a slot on a usb 10 in 1 card reader that is plugged into my Dell desktop I originally went to my computer and found that "device" and created a desktop shortcut for that device.. Sometimes that works, but then when I go to copy the images over I use irfanview and make sure it puts the images into a folder I designate right then. Otherwise I used to have trouble finding pictures on the computers. Irfanview is also great for resising and cropping on a fairly elementary level.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
i use adobe photo elements. the minute i plug my camera in, it recognizes it, asks if i want to upload the pics, then asks if i want to remove them from the camera. it puts the pics in my pictures/adobe/digitalcamera

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Any time I move pictures from my camera card to my computer, I always rename them, either individually, or as a batch. YOu can rename as a batch using just Windows XP without having to open the pictures in a photo editing program.

Just highlight all the pictures (by holding down Ctrl and hitting the a key). Then right click somewhere in the batch of highlighted pictures and choose the Rename feature. Then rename them something like Disneyland 10-24-05. It will make them Disneyland 10-24-05(1), Disneyland 10-24-05(2) etc. And you have quickly renamed them all without having to rename each individually.

Ddr
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08-19-2001

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ddr a private message Print Post    
I think it's the way Kodakshare program works that throws us in a tizzy. It automatically goes into their program and saves, but then when I go back to find a certain photo, I have a hard time finding the folders that they are stored in. It's the way the program is set up. I haven't really had the time to really explore everything either.

With other photos, I have folders set up under My Pictures and file them accordingly but when I upload from the camera, I don't have a choice, it goes to the Kodak program. Does that make sense?

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
exactly ddr! that's why i stopped using that program. you don't have to use it you know! i have a kodak easyshare also.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I know what you mean. Sometimes in an attempt to make things easier, some software ends up making it more difficult, by hiding things from the user.

So if it works for you that is great, but otherwise you may want to move on to other programs.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 12:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
Jimmer- I took some digital pics tonight, at a high elevation where it was night, and foggy. A few pics are a bit cloudy, due to the flash reflecting off the fog. Any suggestions?

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 4:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Just jumping in for a use for our digital cameras. I am taking pictures of all of my mother's antiques (along with all household items) for insurance purposes. I understand that I should then burn a copy of them onto a CD for the insurance company so that replacement value will not be disputed in case of some disaster. The CD along with appraisal from an antique specialist will make for undisputed claims. My sister told me that once the insurance company has this information, they can not say that we "doctored" the dates on the pictures or anything like that.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 5:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Eeyore, Were you taking pictures of people or of a landscape? If you were taking landscape type pictures, assuming you have even a little natural light, the best thing to do by far is not use any flash at all. The flash isn’t powerful enough to do anything in that situation (except create problems).

So what a pro would do is turn off the flash and use is a tripod and a shutter-release cable (to keep the camera steady) and a slow shutter-speed. But most people don’t want to carry around a tripod, so the next best thing is to turn off the flash, put the camera on something solid, set the self-timer and let the camera take the picture using a slow shutter-speed and no flash. Remember don't stand in front of it and aim the camera before setting the self-timer so that it gets the proper exposure
reading.

Now if you were taking pictures of people, that makes it more of a problem.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
LOL Jimmer. It was about 11:45pm, after the pub, at my university, which is up on a mountain, and gets a ton of fog.

No natural light. Barely any light at all. I mainly wanted pictures of the snow (which we rarely get here in Vancouver). But it was of people. I should have thought about the no flash thing working under the same principle as not putting your high beams on in fog. However, I had already had a couple of beverages, and it completely slipped my mind.

Here is my "ooops" shot, where I hadn't yet turned on the flash.

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And here is one of my "with flash" foggy shots.
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