Have you ever taken a photo of something only to realize later that you missed that perfect shot by a split second? You know, Aunt Betty was the only one with her eyes closed during the family reunion.

What about another event where everything

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On this site you can find lots of great deals here, most of which are not advertised anywhere else, for all kinds of tech stuff. It's big on dell coupons and computer accessories but you can also find LCD TV's, DVD players and recorders, GPS equip

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A trip report from the Monte Cristo ghost town in the Cascade mountains. Photos and an interactive Google Map of the area and it's historical significance make the trip accessible for people who don't live near Seattle. I just recently bought a

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A blog about everything stock (photography). Random news from the microstock world like:

The message below was displayed today in the Shutterstock Forum:

...We wanted to let you know that we will be shutting down Photosights as of November 11

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Imagine being able to automatically geotag all of your photos before you upload them to Flickr or Locr or even Zooomr.

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The battle between the Nikon D3 and Canon Mark III continues. There are many die-hard users of both cameras and you can read the debates on these two popular cameras on many photograpy blogs.

I am neutral and I am not a so-called die-hard user of these two branded cameras. But I started my photography with a Nikon. I switche

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Bored one cold, dark night in the upper left corner of our map, I found another use for the fire. Today, the sun went down around 4:30 pm, although the Olympic Mountain Range across the water to the west means we loose sight early. It would be an exaggeration to call us the land of the midnight sun, but it certainly feels like eternal night i

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If you love photography, one of the ways to make extra money online is selling your photos to micro stock agencies. Micro stock agencies are the companies that store or stock your photos and pay you whenever someone buys your photos from them. The post describes some of the basics you need to know to start making extra money. Have fun taking

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If you want to improve your blog or Web site by adding photography and don’t want to spend money to do it, Stock.Xchng is a great resource. I’ve found many diverse and beautiful photos there over the years. This article details the few very minor restrictions involved, so you'll be ready to search for photos right away when you visit Stock.X

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A really clever Flickr user posted this very cool series of photos that matches up the Washington D.C. buildings depicted on U.S. currency with the real ones in the nation's capitol.

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Thinking about some family photos when everyone is together for Thanksgiving?
For many families, it is the time to take the annual Christmas card photo. For other families, it is a time to get a photo of family members that are normally out of town.
I have five tips that can help you get better family photos this Thanksgiving. I did not fol

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The Cascade Loop is a network of highways over and around the mountain range to the east. A person heads north from Seattle, or Portland, or much of the PNW, then crosses the divide through one of Washington's three national parks. The trip leaves urban civilization behind and travels through rainforest, mountain tops and alpine lakes, hig

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As Tyler Westcott says in his Flickr page, only once per year do they shut down the modern electric light and switch over the the 5 kerosene lamps and frefresnel lens of the original lighthouse as it was 135 years ago. He said the fog was also incredibly heavy that particular night. He only got one shot and this was it. Incredible.

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In July of 1918, 18,000 US Officers and Men at Camp Dodge, Iowa formed a human Statue of Liberty for this picture taken from 80 feet off the ground by photographers Arthur S. Mole and John D. Thomas. rnrnThis picture and the others the photogs took are simply amazing.

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Two versions of the same photograph of snow from Thanksgiving.
One has a normal color balance. In the second photo, the blue in the shadows was enhanced with the levels command in Photoshop Elements.
You will also find a tip for focusing with a macro lens. Focusing in this way lets you keep the magnification the same.
I ask which snow pho

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