Link: National Geographic: Digital Photography Tips from National Geographic Photographers.
Some of the most important tips I take from this are…
- Get 2 extra pairs of NiMH batteries (that’ll give me 3 pairs, 6 batteries total)
- Eventually, snag at least 1 more 512MB xD card. At my current 6MP resolution on my Fuji E550, that’ll give me about 680 shots (that might seem like a lot, but after on-camera editing, the 6 days in SoCal trip took up all of one card alone)
- Save in TIFF format. Never thought of that one; being a web geek, all I ever think of is JPEG, JPEG, JPEG… oh yeah, and the occasional GIF. But TIFF is a much better archive/original format
Now to start getting more prints made, for collaging, framing, and general decorating of apartment and office. Oh yeah, and to start doing a hell of a lot more photography.
Via Photo Tips – Photos – photos.gadling.com
you don’t have to take your photos in tiff (some cameras don’t have that option — I don’t believe mine does). you just have to save your edited photos as tiffs. in a nutshell, this is b/c jpegs resample the image every time it is saved. don’t ever touch the originals (always resave as a new name when editing), and resave them as tiffs after editing.
now that I read the article, I see what they’re saying (and what you’re saying). yeah, go ahead and save in tiff. I don’t, but I never ever ever touch the originals, and all my editing is just reducing quality for the web.
extra batteries never hurt. I really need to pick up an extra for my camera. It’s only been an issue one time, but I hated having to stop taking photos that one day.
Yes bring extra battery!!! And dont forget the charger if your away overnight.
Great tips.
RTFMing (reading the fecking manual) is also one of those obvious, basic, and most essential ones. I was trying to snag some sunset shots the other night, but I’m not familiar enough with the manual settings yet to get things down right. Time to crack that manual…
I made some shots of apartments.There are a lot of really good decorating ideas.