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March 03, 2010

Kids Can Be Budding Photographers

With Fisher Price-kids Digital Cameras A lot of children have an urge to show how creative they can be, why not allow them to start by encouraging them to pursue something they can do easily. Remember kids can be budding photographers with Fisher Price-kids digital cameras. It is the perfect starter camera for children to get the experience of taking pictures.

Fortunately the casing that the camera sits is durable enough that when it is dropped on the floor of thrown across a room that it will not break. The material that it is made of is a special hard plastic that can withstand the rough treatment of kids. They made it virtually child proof, it is also waterproof and will not get ruined with water.

You and your children will find this camera is very simple to use. Just look through the eye glass and push the button. The picture will pop up almost immediately. This product is set to use an automatic flash which means if there is not enough light, the flash will go off for you. Give you child a quick lesson and let her do the rest.

If your kids have a special interest in animals or flowers for example, then take them to the appropriate venues and let them start taking pictures of these things. Give the child guidance by teaching them different ways of taking photos for instance, taking pictures from two feet away and then 10 feet away. Also holding a camera at different angles will help the child photographers as well.

When you and your son have had a chance to go through and delete the pictures that you do not want, then it is time to connect the camera to the computer and start the process of uploading. At this point you may choose to print them out, or make a file on the computer with those particular pictures in it.

One of the features is being able to delete pictures while they are still in the camera. The children have instant gratification seeing a picture they had just taken. Since this is a digital camera there is not waste of film, which can be quite expensive. The biggest cost will be printing the downloaded pictures, and the purchase of photo albums to place them into.

To sum it up this is a great camera for children who have shown a genuine interest in picture taking. Taking pictures will enable a child to be proud of their work. Using the camera will enable the child to show how much imagination that they have while looking through the lens of their personal camera.

Posted in General by InletImages on March 03, 2010 at 9:42am | Add comment


February 05, 2010

The Prize Winner!


I recently attended the annual meeting of the Carolina Nature Photographers Association meeting, a group I belong to. Close to a thousand members mostly in North and South Carolina. In December we had a chance to submit photos in 6 different categories and we all were able to vote on what we thought were the best in each category. 1st and 2nd place in each would be published in a calendar with the winners being announced at the annual meeting. I won 2nd place in the "Creative" category! Woo Hoo! Here is my winning photo!
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Posted in General by InletImages on February 05, 2010 at 6:20pm | Add comment


January 12, 2010

How to Buy a Tripod

Buying a tripod can be a trial in itself...do you go for the savings, or the investment or what. Just what should you be looking for?

1. Weight - you, or someone else, will be carrying the tripod. You will want to consider its weight and bulkiness. Secondly weight is important as you consider what you’ll be putting on it. If you’re using a small camera with no accessories you’ll not need anything too weighty but if you have a DSLR, use larger lenses and add a flash to it you will probably want to invest in something that will take the weight.

2. Stability - How stable the tripod is means a lot. Depending on the surface that you will be setting it up, and the conditions, and the weight of the camera or camcorder. Test it fully extended to see how stable it is. Will it be sturdy on a windy day? Will it take the knock of someone bumping it on the way past?

3. Type of leg locks - How easily can the legs be locked into place and how secure is that lock. A lot of it comes to personal preference but you will want to ensure that whatever method you choose you pick something that is easy to use and adjust but that will be strong and hold in place with the full weight of your camera on it. 

4. Type of head - is it an integrated unit or can it be switched out. There are two main types of tripod heads:
ball and socket – these are great in terms of flexibility and moving your camera around but I personally find them a little bit too fiddley. They are very smooth though and have a very nice feel to them. 
pan and tilt - these are great for locking into position and are generally more affordable. They are not quite as fluid to move around and take a little getting used to use but I quite like them. Tripod heads can either be bought with a tripod as a complete set or separately.

5. Height - Depending upon the type of photography you do, your height requirements will be different. Think ahead about the maximum height you’ll need but also when testing a tripod see how it operates at it’s minimum and how big it is when it’s all folded up (portability). Attempt to get a tripod that has a maximum height that you can look into without having to bend (there’s nothing worse than a full day of leaning over to check the framing of your shots).

Posted in General by InletImages on January 12, 2010 at 5:11pm | Add comment


January 08, 2010

Nexus One

Google has officially announced its Nexus One smartphone, which has a large touch-sensitive screen and a 5-megapixel camera on board. The slim phone, which was unveiled at Google’s Mountain view headquarters, runs Google’s own Android operating system. The Nexus One handset, which features a 3.7” AMOLED display with 800x480 pixels, microSD card compatibility and a 5-megapixel auto focus camera with a LED flash, will be sold via Google’s website. The unlocked version costs $530. As to the camera part, it has a fixed focal-length lens that can focus down to 6cm, provides the user with an opportunity to geotag their photos using information from the built-in AGPS receiver, and can also shoot movies at a resolution of 720x480 pixels and a frame rate of at least 20fps.


Read more here

Posted in General by InletImages on January 08, 2010 at 8:45am | Add comment


October 14, 2009

Welcome to my blog!

Thank you for stopping by my Artfire Studio Blog. I have just settled in, so be sure to check back soon for updates!

Posted in General by InletImages on October 14, 2009 at 4:57pm | Add comment


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