Photography

How To Take Good Pictures: Put the light behind you

January 7, 2010

This post is part of an irregular series about improving your photography while using the camera you already own. You can read the introduction to the series in this Q&A post (just scroll down to the third question). One of the first things I learned when I first started getting more serious about photography was [...]

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You know how I always say I hate flash?

November 18, 2009

Before I talk about flash, I should tell you that the Wednesday baking recipe for today (Honey Glazed Pan Rolls, if you must know!) is coming later today, mostly because I’m unhappy with the lighting on some of the pictures I took last night. I like fall pretty well, but the thing I hate most [...]

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For those of you who asked….my camera equipment.

September 23, 2009

Since I’ve been posting nothing but pictures for the last week and a half, a number of you have asked what kind of camera I have. The body of my camera is an entry-level DSLR, the Canon Rebel XT. I have the lens that comes with the camera (a kit lens), and I also own [...]

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Monday Q&A-Photo Editing and Budgeting

July 27, 2009

Every Monday I answer a few questions from my readers. If you have a question you’d like me to answer in an upcoming edition of Monday Q&A, leave me a comment or email me (thefrugalgirl {at} gmail {dot} com) and put “Q&A” in the subject line. I look forward to hearing from you! ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Megan [...]

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Photography Lesson #2-Getting Down

July 21, 2009

For those of you that are new: I’m doing an intermittent series of posts about improving your photography without purchasing any new equipment (that’s how it ties in with the frugal theme here at this blog!). You might also want to read the introduction to this series and the first post in the series. If [...]

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Photography Lesson #1-Using Outside Light

June 9, 2009

In case you missed the discussion about this, I should let you know that this post begins an irregular series about getting the most out of the camera that you already own (which is the cheapest one you can use!). I’m not the world’s most highly accomplished photographer, so there are a lot of people [...]