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John Freeman summer portraits

John Freeman's Tips for Summer Portraits

We accompany John on an outdoor portrait shoot to pick up a few tips

Summer portraits

Summer portraits

Get outside in the fresh air for your best portrait photos ever...

Custom setting menu

Mastering your camera: the ultimate photography guide

Essential guides to getting more from your photography

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Extra Lenses

You may find yourself reaching the limitations of your kit lens and want to upgrade or add to it. Here’s what to consider...

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Accessories

There are many accessories available for your DSLR that can enhance your picture-taking. Here's a selection

Custom setting menu

Advanced Menu Options

DSLR menus offer a bewildering list of options to control every facet of your picture taking. Here's a guide to a few of them

Dynamic range enhancement

In Camera Processing

Many cameras allow you to perform an increasing number of adjustments and enhancements on your shots afterwards

Playback menu

Image playback

Once you've taken your picture, you may want to take a look at it, but there are other things you can do too

Movie mode

Movie Mode

There are times when video may be a better choice than a still photo, and many cameras have a movie mode for these occasions

Flash

Flash Modes

In some conditions flash may well be, as Queen once said, the saviour of the universe. At other times it can spoil your shots

Creative exposure modes

Creative Modes

If you want to take full control of how your pictures will look, turn that mode dial to one of the creative exposure modes

Scene Modes

Auto Modes

The auto exposure modes do all the hard work for you so they're a good place to start - but they reduce your creative control



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