Digital Photography
Get Better Fireworks Photos This Fourth of July [Digital Photography]
When you snap pictures at the fireworks display on Friday, you'll either wind up with immensely rewarding photos or frustration that makes you wish you'd left your camera at home and just enjoyed the...
Keep Your Elbows In to Reduce Camera Shake [Photography Tip]
Photographer Natalie Norton offers up six different tips on keeping your shot steady when you're shooting indoors, at a slow shutter speed, with no flash, or other situations where shots often turn...
Prune Your Photo Collection with Picasa's Stars [Digital Photos]
If you've accumulated a mess of digital photos and you know that many less than album-worthy ones are cluttering up your hard drive, Picasa can help prune your collection. Photography blogger Dave...
Shoot on Overcast Days for Better Black and White Photos [Photography Tip]
The Wired How-To Wiki looks through the loupe at black and white photography, offering up tips for consumer-grade camera owners on how to take shots that look great converted to black and white. When...
Dumpr Applies Photo Effects Online [Image Editing]
Web-based photo editor Dumpr adds quick effects to photos like the Lifehacker Rubik's Cube included here, created in under 10 seconds. Upload photos to Dumpr from your computer, or grab them from...
Make Your Own Stabilized Video Collage [Digital Photography]
One of the most creative uses of Flickr video support is the "stabilized video collage," a beautiful way to capture a scene in a multi-frame moving portrait, as shown. Out of respect for the...
Five Best Photo Sharing Web Sites [Hive Five]
The first consumer-priced, one-megapixel digital cameras hit the streets just over 10 years ago, and today digital cameras are everywhere—hell, one megapixel is tiny for even our cell phone...
Take Better Group Photos with a Ten-Second Race [Photography Tip]
The SundryBuzz blog offers up some key advice on taking group photos that aren't boring, both for the participants and in the final result. As long as everyone in group is able to move about, place...
Make a Time-Lapse Video with Your DSLR Camera [How To]
Photography weblog Digital Photography School details how to make a fantastic time-lapse photography video like the one above using your DSLR camera. We've shown you how to do time-lapse on your...
Picasa2Flickr Uploads Picasa Photos Directly to Flickr [Featured Windows Download]
Windows only: The free Picasa2Flickr plug-in uploads photos from image-editing application Picasa to photo-sharing web application Flickr at the press of a button. We've mentioned Picasa2Flickr once...
Phantasmagoria Transforms Your Photos [Featured Download]
Windows/Mac/Linux: Freeware application Phantasmagoria adds effects to your digital photos through a slick, simple-to-use interface. The program provides an impressive range of effects and can upload...
Sharpen Your Digital Photos with the Unsharp Mask [Photography Tip]
Photography web site Photojojo details how to get crisp, beautiful prints from your digital photos with Photoshop's Unsharp Mask. What's the point of sharpening, you ask? Digital cameras have a fixed...
How to Make the Most of Your CHDK Camera [Camera Hacks]
We've already shown you how to turn your point-and-shoot into a super camera with the open-source CHDK software, but if you followed our instructions and hit a "Now what?" wall, the Hack a Day blog...
Do You Shoot in RAW? [Reader Poll]
Whether you're a weekend photographer or seasoned professional, Wired's Charlie Sorrel says you should always use your digital camera's RAW setting—no excuses. Sorrel cites increased dynamic...
Pack a Photography Survival Kit [Digital Photography]
Planning a long, leisurely trip through the wilderness, down the highway, or maybe around Thailand, and want to return home with some killer pictures to look through? David Hague, managing editor of...
