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Photography

A lot of the stuff published online about photography is awfully technical and written for people who already know photography theory. This plain-language series is for the rest of you.

The essential basics

Getting started with
Digital SLR Photography

The basics that will make sense
of your fancy new toy   MORE …

Learning from examples

Picking up where the first article finished   MORE …

Understanding your camera

Megapixels

How many is enough?   MORE …

Understanding histograms

Making sense of this handy tool   MORE …

APS-C vs full frame

The differences explained, and how it affects your pictures   MORE …

Fast lens, slow lens

What’s the difference?   MORE …

How much camera gear
do you need?

Sometimes, less really is more   MORE …

Common problems and their solutions

Washed-out colours in photos

Why it happens and how to avoid it   MORE …

Understanding Exposure Compensation

Why your camera sometimes gets it wrong, and you can do about it   MORE …

newGetting sharper pictures

Understanding the things that stop your photos from being tack-sharp   MORE …

Noise in your images

What causes it, and what you can do about it   MORE …

Taking things further

Using a telephoto lens to blur the background

This is a handy trick. I explain how it works   MORE …

Macro photography part 1

Using your DSLR for bug shots   MORE …

Macro photography part 2

Ironing the bugs out of bug shots   MORE …

One simple trick

The easiest way to get better wildlife photos   MORE …

Bird photography part 1

Learning to take shots of one of the most abundant but challenging critters   MORE …

Bird photography part 2

More tricks to enhance your bird shots   MORE …

Using software to ‘fix’ your photos

A few suggestions for image editing   MORE …

newImage stacking

Using software to achieve extraordinary Depth of Field   MORE …

 

Other photography stuff

Photo Library

Photo Sales

Looking for an Australian nature pic? My photo library is growing   MORE …

The elusive waterskiing duck

It started off as a fun idea. It turned into a kind of an obsession, and a blog   MORE …

Not-so-great moments
in nature photography

When okay shots meet bad timing   MORE …

Wildlife photography

An unhelpful guide
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3

Extreme close-ups

Extreme close-ups

Can you guess what I was
photographing in these pictures?   MORE …

UFO picture

My weird UFO pic

I didn’t even notice it until
I downloaded it to my computer   MORE …

Learning to live with Huntsmans, in Australian Wildlife Secrets

The next issue of Australian Wildlife Secrets (shown at right) has my guide to how I dealt with my fear of Huntsmans. Plus some new cartoons too. It’s due out in newsagents on February 3. More information over at the magazine’s website

Australian Wildlife Secrets

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