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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 6…

No, there is no reason to panic. You were just too far away from your subject. Next time, move closer, or have them move closer… or use the zoom lens.

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 5…

No… there is nothing wrong with your camera, and you didn’t have your settings wrong. Sometimes, you just took an ugly picture because the subject your were photographing was ugly.

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 4… *Do not drive and take photos at the same time*

Yes, that is indeed a cool picture of the new section of the Oakland Bay Bridge. And yes, I was driving while I took it. But I was a trained professional driver for six years, and, when I do take … Continue reading

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 3…

Well we have already learned that trying to take pictures of San Francisco at night from a car moving 80 miles per hour when you are the person who is both taking the photos and driving the car, does not … Continue reading

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 2…

Uh… it turns out that, no matter how pretty San Francisco looks in the distance, trying to take photos from a car on the freeway doesn’t usually work out that well… Especially at night… at 80 MPH… When you are … Continue reading

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You never see a spider in a tight mini skirt…

Just something to think about… maybe…

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 1…

One thing that can go wrong is ‘camera shake’… especially when you are using a zoom lens in low light. This is why they invented the ‘tripod’. I have one. I forgot to bring it when I took these pictures … Continue reading

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Happy birthday, Mr. John Cleese!!!

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We interrupt these pictures of sunsets to bring you… uh… pictures of a sunrise…

I am just, in my own clever way, reminding you that, on the way back South from my recent adventures in the Bay Area, I did get up at 3:30 in the morning, just to get you some pictures of … Continue reading

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Geeze, Arthur, enough with the pictures of the sunset, for cryin’ out loud…

I know, I took a lot of photos that night I went up into the Berkeley hills to watch the sun set over San Francisco. The thing is… hey, thing, how’s it going?… that digital cameras let you take a … Continue reading

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