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Taking Photos with a Digital Camera

Take a look at these proven photo-taking techniques used by both amateur and professional photographers. We promise that your photos will improve if you follow even a few of them.

In this section you’ll also gain insights about avoiding common photographic mistakes. Yes, everyone makes them…even pros.

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Autofocus problems and solutions

Autofocus problems and solutions

Don’t get frustrated when your digital camera won’t autofocus. Learn about the main causes of autofocus problems and what to do to overcome them.

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Bokeh

Bokeh

Bokeh describes the quality of out-of-focus background in an image. High quality bokeh is a much sought after characteristic. Learn what effects bokeh, as well as what it is and what it is not.

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Seven photo killing flaws

Seven photo killing flaws

Seven of the really big mistakes that digital camera users make.

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Image quality and file compression

Image quality and file compression

Select high quality image settings on your digital camera. If the compression level is set too high, photo quality degrades.

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Color fringing

Color fringing

Chromatic aberration and purple fringing are two distortion effects that can negatively affect photographs. There are a couple of things you can do to minimize these effects.

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