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Macro photography can be very fun and rewarding, but also sometimes if the basics are not understood correctly, can be also frustrating at times. To help you minimize the frustration and maximize the fun factor Digital Photography Student team brings you top photography tips for shooting macros. Before you start It would be a good that you decide on your choice of subject . If you are a beginner in macro photography, we would recommend that you start with static subjects such as flowers and still life as they will give you a chance to try different camera settings, lighting conditions, and composition setup. Once these aspects have been mastered you might be more comfortable with moving on to more demanding subjects such as insects, small animals, and other moving subjects that require quick thinking and adopting your photography technique on the fly. For this guide we are assuming that your primary subjects are stationary. Which photography gear do you need for shooting macros ?...

In the scope of this macro photography week, Nikon Help Hotline brings us this very useful Macro Photography Tutorial. Improve you macro photography skills with this interesting video tutorial. Enjoy.

This month we have a new assignment for our readers at our flickr group: Macro Photography. Share your macros for everyone to enjoy. We will display the best photos on our blog. Happy shooting.

What is macro photography ? Many of us have heard the term, but not everyone understands exactly what it means, and it becomes easy to become confused. Learn the basics of macro photography with this concise guide. The most common misconception is that macro photography means taking photos of small objects and enlarging them. While this is a consequence of taking macro photos, it is not necessarily how it works. Macro photography is all about getting in close, not increasing magnification. The correct definition of macro photography means that the object being photographed should have been recorded life-sized on the camera's sensor. Imagine that you have a coin (for example 1 EUR)which is approx 23mm in diameter. This same coin will appear 23mm (life-sized) on the camera's sensor at the closest point of focus. This is the characteristic of 'true' macro lens (also referred as 1:1 macro by lens manufacturers). Some lens manufacturers claim their lens are 'macro...

Hi and welcome to DPStudent Macro photography week. We have some interesting stuff coming up, so stay tuned and enjoy.

Our colleagues from Photography Colleges have compiled an extensive list featuring 100 best free photography tools on the Web . Photography Colleges is a website dedicated to help photography enthusiasts get their Associates, Bachelors and Masters degree in photography. As the title suggests, the website features several photography colleges containing some useful links to various colleges with programs related to photography. Do not let the simplistic design of the website fool you. The minimalistic homepage features some very interesting and highly recommended photography resource recommendations , some of which we will highlight here: 100 Best Free Photography Tools on the Web The Top 100 Photography Blogs 100 Websites to Teach Yourself Photography 50 Awesome Opencourseware Links   50 Photoshop Resources ... and many more. For more info visit http://www.photography-colleges.org/

Having problems with night photography ? Check the Night Photography video tutorial provided by cameraLabs. CameraLabs brings us an extraordinary video tutorial explaining in-detail on how to make the most of night photography. Lots of useful night photography tips nicely arranged in this video tutorial.

Before you even start using the photography tips we provide you, it is essential you get to know your digital camera. Once you buy a new camera, it is important that you play with it for a while, find where you can find specific settings, and get to know your digital cameras advantages and limitations. So our photography tip of the week is: Know your camera ! How ? Easy ! Put your digital camera (or dSLR) on full automatic mode, and go shooting with it. It is important that you get a feeling for it, and then progress slowly to more creative settings such as program mode, aperture priority mode , shutter priority , and finally full manual. I would suggest to study the manual, however, I have recently bought a Pentax K-7, but I have studied its manual myself, and I cannot say I was thrilled with the information I found there. However, I have found a set of guides called Magic Lantern Guides on Amazon. I have bought one for my previous Pentax K200D DSLR and was surprised with the amo...

Hi and welcome to our new Flickr Gallery Showcase. This is a new section of our blog where we give opportunity to our community members to show off some of their work. If you are interested to contribute as well as get some feedback on your photos, visit us at Digital Photography Student Flickr group and submit your photos. We are looking forward to your submissions. And here are a few photos made by our new members: ...including one of mine : All comments are welcome.

In this week's video tutorial we bring you Rick Sammon's Top 10 Photography Tips as posted by pixelmagic . Excellent photography tips, delivered in short, yet concise way. Highly recommended.

Live View is a feature in digital cameras that most of the compact owners take for granted. However, it was not so long ago that the feature has made it's debut in the dSLR market. How useful is it ? Live View is the name of the feature where you can preview the photo you are taking, as a live video feed on your digital cameras LCD display. If you are a digital compact camera owner, this is definitely not a new feature, as this method was used in compact cameras from their very beginning. However, this feature has only recently been introduced to the dSLR owners. If you have been using compact camera and are planning to upgrade to dSLR, this feature will be a godsend. I should know, I have finally upgraded my Pentax K200D to a K-7 and feel reborn all over again. Before buying my dSLR, i had an Olympus C-765 UZ, a solid mid-range ultra-zoom camera (10x). Over the time I was using it I have gotten so used to composing my photos by using LCD screen, that after i have bought my dSL...

Welcome to Digital Photography Student Flickr Group . This group is intended for you, our readers, due to increasing amount of requests for an online gallery. Show off your photos and get a chance for your photos to be displayed here.

In today's video momphotographer shares some very useful tips for arranging your shot.

They tell us while we are children:"If you set your mind to it, you can accomplish everything." And as children, we believe that if we want something badly enough, that it is achievable. And you know what, it is true, as long as you never give up. Today, I'd like to share with you a more personal story. And it begins few weeks before this Christmas vacation. My wife has persuaded me to check out and eventually book a trip to Ao Nang (Thailand) for the Christmas holidays. Before the trip, while doing a research of all of the interesting places to visit, I have stumbled upon a photo that left me speechless. It was the photo of the view from the top of the mountain above the Tiger Cave Temple , just outside of Krabi town. Since I knew we will eventually visit this place (as it was one of the top attractions around Krabi), I began thinking on how will I take a photo of the view on top of the mountain. I have read reviews on TripAdvisor, saying that it was something trul...