http://www.mycamerasucks.com ...are you sure it's the camera? Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:48:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of those "looks" that is just hard to achieve with a point and shoot camera is depth of field. That "look" we are referring to is what you see in most professional portraits, where the person is in focus and everything else is blurry. That's not magic or an ... http://www.mycamerasucks.com/?p=77 Let There Be Light! Part I... Today is the start of a series of posts (they may not be in order, I am scattered sometimes) on lighting. Everything in photography revolves around light. You may not think you care about light or types of light, but I promise that if you ... http://www.mycamerasucks.com/?p=75 What camera should I buy?  I always get that question.   I usually recommend people buy a good entry-level DSLR, unless they REALLY need a camera to fit in their pocket.  My favorite camera to recommend is the Nikon D40.  At the time I am writing this post, you can pick ... http://www.mycamerasucks.com/?p=39 Today we are going to look at some of the built in functions of a digital camera. All consumer model digital cameras have built in automatic functions called shooting modes. These modes are meant to allow the camera to make all of the decisions so you don't have ... http://www.mycamerasucks.com/?p=38 By far the most popular question I get from new Digital SLR owners is "what lens should I buy first?". I usually recommend people buy a more powerful flash first, but having a good lens is definitely another key to taking better digital pictures. Lenses seem like a big ... http://www.mycamerasucks.com/?p=18