Pesky Red Eye "Effect"

If you are using a compact digital camera, you no doubt have noticed that many of the photos containing your family and/or friends, which you shoot in low light end up with that pesky red-eye. We all dread it, and try to do whatever it takes to avoid. Unfortunately, because of the compact size of your typical digital camera, the built-in flash is also very close to the lens. The trouble is, when the flash is so close to the lens, it strikes the eyes almost directly, and the reflection occurs, which in turn is bounced straight towards the camera, and is captured in your photos. If you have a digital camera with an external flash mount, consider getting a small external flash. Many digital cameras have these "shoes" (mounts), to attach an external flash. Moving the flash even a bit off-center will often do the trick, and give you good natural colored eyes. If this is not an option, consider shooting your subjects at a small angle, instead of looking straight at them. This will prevent direct reflections, and reduce or eliminate red-eye.

Tip of the Day: Matching a Mat to Your Walls

Displaying photography on the walls does not take much effort. However, try to complement the color of the wall, and the tone of the image with its mat. Consider purchasing a small color wheel. They are typically cheap, and since they do not take any sort of abuse, will last, and last. They make it easy to find complementary colors, and will help you make the most of your matted photos.

Tip of the Day: Shooting on the Road

If you like to travel, and capture photography while on the road, then you know you share the difficulties of shooting at night, or in other low-light situations. Often, a tripod is too cumbersome to lump around, and most aspiring photographers do not have assistants. Consider a sturdy monopod. They are much lighter, and take a lot less time to open up, and close. They are not as good as tripods, but much better than holding the camera with no support. Of course, if you have spare cash, opt for a lens, or a camera with built-in image stabilizer.

Tip of the Day: Check Your Flash Card before Traveling

Most of us now-a-days shoot digital, and we rely on our flash cards to reliably capture and store our images. Before taking off on your next adventure, make sure you check your cards, and better yet, format them with your computer. If you encounter any problems with formatting, the card may have gone bad. And Yes, they do go bad. Do yourself a favor, and check them ahead of time.

Tip of the Day: Different Angle

If your photography feels a bit uninspired, change the angle of view, or distance to the subjet. Surprisingly, even common everyday subjects become very interesting. Are you shooting historic architecture? Get close, and capture texture. Capture patterns to emphasize design. Shooting small animals, flowers or streams? Get very, very low, and use a wide angle lens.

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Are you still using single-use batteries in your digital or film camera? Switch to rechargables. While the initial investment in a charger, and batteries may seem high, it will pay for itself quickly. Stay away from unknown brands. Consider Sony, Sanyo, Duracell, and Lenmar. Look for high capacity batteries ranging from 2500 to 3000 mAh. Batteries are usually labeled. With new batteries try to not drain them completely for the first few weeks. Drain them part-way, and recharge them. This will condition the batteries, and maximize their capacity, and life.

Looking for Contributors

We are working hard to produce quality, well-written articles, which our readers will find helpful, interesting, and will hopefully make our Wiki a favorite of theirs. However, we need help! If you are interested in photography, or are seriously involved, please consider helping us, and join us as a contributor to WorldonPaper's Wiki. You will become an important part of the team, and will be helping others through your input.

New Article: Selecting an Album for your Photography

Now-a-days there is an abundance of of photography, and preservation products on the market, and choosing the right photo album is not too difficult. However, there are a few things which you should consider before getting an album. This article will cover all the basics and give you a useful advise. This article will help get the right album, which you will enjoy for years. Read Article.

New Article: Wall-Mounting Matted and Framed Photography

The final step to displaying great photography involves mounting it on your walls. While this sounds very simple, it may seem intimidating to people new to photography, and those who do not consider themselves do-it-yourself-ers. This article will give you all the information you need to get started. It will teach you which basic tools you will need, and how to properly space out and center your photographs, no matter how many you are planning to display. Read Article.

Sharing Your Knowledge with Others

Most of us collect different, and often unique skills and approaches to how we do things, as we progress through our lives. Few of us decide that it is only fair to share the more useful skills and tips with others. If you are one of the few willing to share your expertise, and your skills with others, we hope you will consider using our Article Wiki. This system was built with customers and other photographers in mind. The Wiki is a great resource, and with the help of knowledgable photographers, decorators, designers, etc., we will make this system grow, and gain authority and popularity. So, consider contributing to our Article Wiki. You will be helping many, many others.

How do I Start Selling my Photography?

Today, photography has become so common, every household has a camera. Every day more and more people buy a digital camera to replace their outdated film camera. Because of this abundance people give up on any hopes of making profit from their photography. Unfortunately, with a huge selection of photography available on the internet and many galleries which seem to pop up everywhere, selling is becoming harder every day. Now, I am not saying that it is impossible, just difficult. The toughest thing is competition, and in tern exposure. If you consider using a selling service such as WorldonPaper.com's, you will maximize your exposure, and will have someone dedicated working on driving customers to look at your photography. You could increase your exposure even more, if you add a link to worldonpaper.com, or straight to your photography to a signature that you use on various forums, boards, your email, and anywhere you leave comments. It may sound silly, but thousands of people will see your link, and many will follow it.

Don't Give, High Quality Photography is still just as rare as it has always been.

New Site Design Unveiled

Finally, after several delays, our new layout has been unveiled. While at first glance it may seem less concentrated with color, and more flat, we have made several big improvements, which we hope you will enjoy. Our Article Wiki is now more integrated, and the layout overall is more fluid and accessible.

The goal was to make the site more user-friendly, and easy to navigate quickly. We are standardizing several design elements across the site, which will hopefully make it more pleasing to your eyes. If you have any comments about the design, we are very happy to hear them, please Contact Us, and share them.