Digital photography tutor
Submission archive 8

Here you will find the accepted contributions to the digital photography tutorials page, from December 2008 to March 2009

Grab yourself a hot beverage and start browsing through them!

If you have a photo that you would like "Ed." to run his critical eye over, please contribute here

The submissions . . .

sunset at the lake 
I went to the lake just to capture a good picture of the sun setting.

I'm into photography now and I'm only an amateur. I would like to practice more ...

A river bend 
It is shot around 12:00 noon with a compact digital 2MP camera.

I like to capture the bend of a river passing through a village in Bengal (India).

The ...

Christmas going to church 
I took my grandson downtown Monroe, LA to do a photo shoot. It was late in the afternoon and I really wanted to do it a lot earlier in the day, but it ...

party watcher 
This was a shot taken at my parent's 50th wedding anniversary. The girl on the fire escape is a second cousin, Sophie. I was actually shooting with my ...

And Death Will Come 
This is a Halloween photo I took of my best friend at my parents ranch in Wyoming.

It was originally full sized but I cropped it for effect. I turned ...

It's A Long Way Home.... 
I am just now getting into photography in the last month and wanted to learn my camera, which I have had for a little over a year. The camera I used was ...

Sunset 
Photo taken from atop a mountain in the holy city of Haridwar in India.


Sunsets are beautiful. The rich deep colours, the peacefulness of the ...

sunset on a perfect day at the lake 
I took this photo when we were on holidays at Babine Lake, British Columbia.

We were camping and had spent the day on the house boat in the picture....

Rail Roads  Not rated yet
This is almost exactly what I wanted to capture except those stains on the glass.

I took the photo while sitting in a train moving at the speed of ...

Highway Man  Not rated yet
Well I took this picture in Delhi over the bridge of highway around evening, was trying to capture some great picture of highway motion blur and I put ...

Rain Rain Go Away  Not rated yet
This is my daughter patiently waiting for the rain to calm so she could go back to enjoying the local state fair.

I was hoping to capture the way she ...

Old vs New  Not rated yet
I loved the contrast between the steel battleship and the wooden clipper type sailboat. I thought the contrast between the two ships was really cool and ...

Crystal clear  Not rated yet
I took this picture using my new Nikon D40.

I love experimenting with focusing on certain areas of a picture so that other things are blurry. I like ...

Seal on Beach  Not rated yet
The seal might look a little sleepy but boy oh boy I can assure you it was not.

I was walking around the foreshore and was taken totally by surprise ...

Red Balloon  Not rated yet
I shot it on an automatic outside setting.

I went around Tetouan, Morocco with balloons. I actually made a short series with the old car in an area ...

Alaska Winter Sunrise  Not rated yet
I shot this with a Sony A350 with a wide angle lens.

This was my first stab at photographing a sunrise. I was trying to get a winter wonderland effect....

Keys  Not rated yet
Picture was taking fairly quick.

I think I need better lighting; I need to make something I can take photos of small objects in.




(for ...

Williamsburg Steeple & Lamp post  Not rated yet
While touring colonial Williamsburg, VA with my family, I noticed this steeple against the brilliant blue sky.

At first the lamp post was not in my ...

An Invitation to Autumn  Not rated yet
I took this photo one day in October while walking through a state park. I came upon this opening in the trees and stopped to capture the image.

I ...

Senior Project  Not rated yet
I'm a high school senior and we have this "senior project" which we have to complete in order to graduate; we get to choose our own topic, so I chose digital ...

Parade of Lights  Not rated yet
I shot this photo last night at the local Holiday Parade of Lights.

I wanted all my photos to be clear and sharp with brilliant colors. I wanted the ...