http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Colin+Aiken Computers and Technology Colin Aiken Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=178426&ca=Computers+and+Technology The myth of mega pixels (MP) is that more is always better. The more mega pixels your camera produces, the higher the quality your pictures will be. Whilst that is not untrue, it only applies under certain conditions. For many people, a larger number of mega pixels will not make the slightest bit of... Arts and Crafts Colin Aiken Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=226447&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Why do photographs sometimes not come out the way we expect? In extreme cases, there can actually be something wrong with the picture. There could be camera shake, it could be out of focus or it could be badly over or under exposed. But even when the picture is clear, sharp and has all the right ing... Arts and Crafts Colin Aiken Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=227471&ca=Arts+and+Crafts As a word, "macro" has many meanings but the one most commonly used by photographers describes a lens that produces life size images. That is, there is a 1 to 1 ratio between the size of the subject and the size of the image in the camera. Whilst that definition was useful for film cameras, it's not... Computers and Technology Colin Aiken Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=179740&ca=Computers+and+Technology If you've ever tried to take photos of your kids whilst they're running about you will probably have experienced this. You wait 'till they are perfectly positioned in the frame, press the shutter, and end up with a shot of the back of their heads leaving the picture. That's shutter lag and most digi... Arts and Crafts Colin Aiken Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=181488&ca=Arts+and+Crafts I've been a professional photographer for long enough now to start getting invited to judge some local photography contests. In doing so I have been struck by the fact that so many of the pictures, especially those of people, could have been dramatically improved by the application of just a few sim... Arts and Crafts Colin Aiken Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182314&ca=Arts+and+Crafts The light from even a small flash is as powerful as the sun but, given that it's only source of energy is a small battery, it can only produce this amount of light for an extremely small period of time - less than 1/1000th of a second. The actual length of time the flash fires for is very carefully... Advice Colin Aiken Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182696&ca=Advice Setting the size of an image is something specific to digital cameras, it just didn't exist on film cameras. One effect of changing the size of image your camera takes is that it also affects the size of the digital image file your camera stores on its memory card and therefore the number of picture...