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If it will help improve your digital photography, it will be in DP's Tip of the Week. Check back each week for a new photography tip.

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Get Perfect White Balance

The basic gray card can help you master color control

Everybody knows the importance of accurate white balance, and we all know that a simple and effective way to ensure accurate white balance is to shoot a gray card....
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Three Secrets To Flash Success—02/13/12

The three things every photographer should know how to do with a flash

No matter what kind of handheld flash you use, whether it's a Canon or a Nikon or a Quantum or a Metz, there are three key things every photographer should know how to do with that flash.

Essential Portrait Tips—02/06/12

Six key insights to help you create better people pictures

How do you make a great portrait? Books have been written and lives have been lived in the quest to answer this question, so rest assured that this simple blog post won’t answer every question you have about portrait success.

Should you upgrade your camera or your lens?—01/30/12

How to decide which important purchase is best for you.

Lots of folks have the same question for me when they find out I'm a professional photographer: which camera should I buy? Recently, though, a friend posed to me a considerably more interesting and challenging question: should I buy a new camera or a new lens?

Print Spotting For The Digital Age—01/23/12

Eliminate distracting dust and dirt to improve your favorite photos

Many photographers lament the death of the silver darkroom, but there's one aspect they rarely pine for: spotting. This laborious technique was a necessary evil of the darkroom print, and thank goodness it's not something we have to worry about any more. Sort of.

Readers Favorite Tips Of The Week

Four Facts About High ISOs—07/12/10
What you need to know to get the most from today’s amazing high-ISO settings
Focal Length Facts—06/28/10
A beginner’s guide to focal lengths and how they affect photographs
Colorizing Black-And-White Photos—06/14/10
Using Photoshop to create a classic hand-painted effect
Ten Tips For Photographing Kids—06/07/10
Summer is a perfect opportunity to photograph children at play
Ten Long-Exposure Photography Tips—09/13/10
Long exposures can make amazing images
10 Things New Photographers Should Know—04/12/10
What I wish I had known when I got my first camera
Use A Polarizer All The Time—09/06/10
Should you really put this filter on your lens permanently?
Ten New Year’s Resolutions for Photographers—01/03/11
Break bad habits and take better pictures in 2011
Six Techniques For Sharper Photographs—09/20/10
Make blurry pictures a thing of the past
Choose Between Two Cameras—08/02/10
Deciding which camera features matter most to you

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