7 Tips for Shooting Great Digital Photos

Written by Gary Hendricks


Do you have trouble shooting good digital photos? Perhaps you've been taking digital photos for some time, but never really gotrepparttar beautiful shots you wanted. Maybe you somehow messed uprepparttar 116027 photos you took of important events, like your daughter's birthday or your trip to Paris.

How do you begin to take good photos? Well,repparttar 116028 first thing to remember is this: It'srepparttar 116029 photographer that takes great photos, notrepparttar 116030 camera. Think about that for a minute. It's true isn't it? I've seen some people take great photos with a simple point-and-shoot camera, while some take lousy shots withrepparttar 116031 most expensive SLR.

Fret not! Read these tips on shooting digital photos and apply themrepparttar 116032 next time you have a chance. Before long, you'll be shooting photos like a pro! 1. Know Your Camera Does this sound familiar? You buyrepparttar 116033 latest digital camera out there, come home, rip offrepparttar 116034 box, then proceed to fiddle withrepparttar 116035 device. You briefly flick throughrepparttar 116036 hundred page camera manual and then never look at it again. Not a good idea! If you buy a digital camera, you owe it to yourself to understand its ins and outs. Learn how to control exposure, how to use different camera modes and how to userepparttar 116037 flash. The knowledge you gain aboutrepparttar 116038 camera will be invaluable when you're out inrepparttar 116039 field taking those special photos. 2. Learn to Controlrepparttar 116040 Flash One ofrepparttar 116041 most important things you need to know about digital photography is to controlrepparttar 116042 flash. Personally, I hate to rely onrepparttar 116043 automatic flash that comes withrepparttar 116044 digital camera. Depending onrepparttar 116045 situation, you need to switch off or switch onrepparttar 116046 flash.

For example, when taking outdoor photos, it is sometimes good to turn onrepparttar 116047 flash to illuminaterepparttar 116048 subject, especially if he or she is inrepparttar 116049 shade. Onrepparttar 116050 other hand, you can also choose to turn offrepparttar 116051 flash when taking indoor shots. Sometimes, usingrepparttar 116052 flash indoors will result in unnatural skin color and harsh glare in your photos. 3. Play withrepparttar 116053 Macro Mode Almost all digital camera these days have a macro mode. This setting is ideal for taking close up shots of objects like flowers or insects. On my Canon PowerShot S500, it's represented by a flower symbol. What you do is to pick a subject, turn on macro mode, then get as close to it as your camera will allow. Make sure you allowrepparttar 116054 camera to focus properly before depressingrepparttar 116055 shutter button fully.

A Step-By-Step Lesson On How to Change Your Guitar Strings

Written by Kathy Unruh


Changing your guitar strings might make you feel a litte uncomfortable if you have never done it before, but it's really quite simple and should become a regular part of your guitar care routine. Before you do anything, first take time to make some personal observations such as:

1. Which way do you have to turnrepparttar tuning keys to tighten or loosenrepparttar 116026 strings?

2. How arerepparttar 116027 strings aligned fromrepparttar 116028 nut torepparttar 116029 bridge?

3. Which isrepparttar 116030 heaviest string (6)?

Taking mental notes will probably save you some frustration and makerepparttar 116031 job much easier.

Below you will find some helpful steps to follow for changing your strings. Once you've changed your guitar strings a couple of times your confidence should begin to grow and you won't need to refer to these steps any longer. I like to remove all ofrepparttar 116032 guitar strings in order to give my guitar a thorough cleaning, but you can remove and replace them one at a time if you prefer.

Guitar Care and Maintenance Tools:

- Needle-nose Plyers (to cut string ends) - String Winder - Soft Cotton Cloth - Guitar Cleaning Polish (do not use furniture polish, oils, or wax)

REMOVING THE STRINGS

Acoustic Steel String Guitar-

1. Usingrepparttar 116033 string winder , begin slowly looseningrepparttar 116034 string(s) until completely slack.

2. Withrepparttar 116035 needle-nose plyers, carefully grabrepparttar 116036 string fromrepparttar 116037 capstan (the part it winds around) and pull throughrepparttar 116038 hole until it is free.

3. Takingrepparttar 116039 string winder again, userepparttar 116040 cut-out atrepparttar 116041 end of it to grabrepparttar 116042 pin atrepparttar 116043 bridge. Gently pullrepparttar 116044 pin until it comes out ofrepparttar 116045 hole.

4. Continue this process until allrepparttar 116046 strings are removed.

5. Clean guitar surface thoroughly.

Classic Nylon String Guitar-

Follow steps one and two above. When you come to step three, take your needle-nose plyers and carefully loosenrepparttar 116047 figure eight knot atrepparttar 116048 bridge. Pullrepparttar 116049 string free.

Electric Guitar-

Followrepparttar 116050 same procedure as described for an acoustic steel string guitar. However, if you have an electric guitar with a movable bridge you may want to take it to your local music store and have them show you how to do it safely. Ifrepparttar 116051 bridge is moved from it's correct position you will not be able to tune your guitar after restringing it.

RE-STRINGING YOUR GUITAR

Acoustic Steel String Guitar-

1. Bendrepparttar 116052 ball end ofrepparttar 116053 string slightly and place it insiderepparttar 116054 hole belowrepparttar 116055 bridge. Some steel string guitars do not have pins. When this isrepparttar 116056 case, just pullrepparttar 116057 string throughtrepparttar 116058 hole.

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