http://digitalphotographyhints.com Helpful tips & advice on using your digital camera. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:53:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As most of us enjoy a chilly holiday break, all of us here at Digital Photography Hints wish you a very happy year ahead, in fact a very happy new decade. Hopefully you all got the wonderful camera gifts and presents that you hoped for. Or at the very least had ... http://digitalphotographyhints.com/blog/2009/12/25/all-the-best-for-2009/ Last weekend I was lucky enough to be over in New York for a few days so as usual I headed to the ever wonderful B & H on 32nd/9th to check out the latest cameras. It transpired that the PhotoPlus exhibition was on round the corner, which meant the ... http://digitalphotographyhints.com/blog/2009/11/01/canon-s90-first-impressions/ A new site, TinEye, has been launched in Beta that lets you search for images that match, or match part of, a source image you provide. This differs hugely from Google's text based image search which relies on the person uploading an image and putting appropriate keywords around the ... http://digitalphotographyhints.com/blog/2009/09/25/search-for-matching-images-online/ In our post the other day we suggested a few tips on how to extend the life of your digital camera battery while taking photos. In an ideal world every battery would last forever, but we all know that isn't yet the case. In fact with older digital camera batteries ... http://digitalphotographyhints.com/blog/2009/09/05/camera-battery-life-keep-batteries-healthy/ In the world of digital photography how long your battery lasts is a big issue. Whereas old school film cameras tended to use easily replaceable standard size batteries, digital cameras tend to have their own, proprietary rechargable batteries which, while they tend to last a long time, are tricky to ... http://digitalphotographyhints.com/blog/2009/08/31/camera-battery-life-extending-during-use/ Canon have made a couple of announcements in their small digital camera range - an update to the Canon G-Series, the G11, and the firing up of the S-Series again after a haitus of 3 years with the new Canon Powershot S90. Regular readers of this blog will know that I'm ... http://digitalphotographyhints.com/blog/2009/08/19/canon-announce-g11-and-powershot-s90/ We've posted a few times recently on the worrying trend of the British police to stop and allegedly harass photographers as they go around doing what they enjoy doing. It's one of those aspects of modern society that hasn't gone down too well with many people - especially photographers! The ... http://digitalphotographyhints.com/blog/2009/07/08/london-police-ease-off-photographers/ Sammy Davis, Jr - the original Man in the Mirror The classic era of the Rat Pack, with Frank Sinatra, Matt Munroe and Sammy Davis Jr., evoke such memories in most of us that images of that time seem hugely familiar and personal. For Sammy Davis, Jr. these images are personal, ... http://digitalphotographyhints.com/blog/2009/07/01/rat-pack-photos-sammy-davis-jr/ The British Journal of Photography (BJP) have another worrying article on the continuing erosion of the rights of photographers in Britain to take photos in public spaces. British police now have the right to stop photographers and seize their equipment should they be taking photographs of 'sensitive' buildings or areas. ... http://digitalphotographyhints.com/blog/2009/06/13/england-continuing-erosion-of-photography-rights/ Image from Whitehouse Flickr Stream In his continuing efforts to bring the US Government further into the world of the modern web, Obama's Whitehouse has embraced Flickr. You can now see a wonderful selection of Presidential moments on the Whitehouse Flickr Stream. Ranging from http://digitalphotographyhints.com/blog/2009/05/02/president-obama-photos-flickr/