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Mark your calendar for Feb 20, 2008. A lunar eclipse will be visible across most of North and South America. Check the NASA map here to see exactly where it will be viewable from. (sorry Australia)
As it’s a few weeks away, you have time to make plans for viewing and photographing the event.
If you just [...]

Over the years I’ve heard, and read in articles, these terms being used interchangeably. They are not the same thing. Please don’t perpetuate the error. Read on and learn the difference between DPI and PPI.
DPI
Stands for Dots Per Inch and goes back to the printing and publishing world. This is where the absolute of [...]

Making quality bigger prints requires more pixels. Your first solution can be to buy a camera with more megapixels. But what about the photos you’ve shot already? Sometimes you’ll need to scale them up to make a nice big print.
The big debate is over what PPI (pixels per inch) is necessary. Personally, I’ve found that [...]

Online book publisher MyPublisher is again offering a free second copy of any book you order. Visit their website and click on the big Red button to get the coupon code emailed to you.
Need ideas for a Photo Book? Try these on for size.

A "yearbook" of sorts. Gather photos of your kids from 2007 and [...]

The latest post in the Lighting 102 series is up and it’s all about Cross lighting, exposure Balance and Sculpting with light. You can read the entire article here.
The sample photo shows how 2 simply placed light sources can produce dramatic results. Although the photo would be cool with just the big light source from [...]

Go back 20 years or more and most cameras came with a standard 50mm lens. One lens; one view of the world. Zoom lenses were relatively bulky and generally not as sharp as that trusty 50mm.
Computer aided design today gives us sharp, light, and compact zooms that can cover 18-70 or even 18-200. An unfortunate [...]