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Five Basic Tips for Better Point-n-Shoot Photography

Tripod Set-Up Example

Want to take better digital photographs of rocks, cars, cities, people, nature, or just about anything?  Well if you read some of the articles I do, you’d better have about $30,000 handy, because you’ll need about that much to cover the costs for all the cameras, equipment, and gear I often see for suggestions.  That doesn’t help a lot of us that wish they could take better photographs but can really only invest—in terms of money AND time—to the level of a point-n-shoot digital camera.

If you don’t care to capture better photographs and are content with blurry, low-quality party pics, then I suggest you support my sponsors and then close this browser for I just saved you a few minutes of valuable time.  If you do seek improvement then stick around and read on.  I’m going to provide you with my Five Basic Tips for Better Point-n-Shoot Photography that I believe will dramatically improve the quality and composition of your photographs in a relatively short amount of time and effort on your part.  So let’s get started from the bottom up…

#5 – Know Your Camera

You have to know the ins and outs of your camera so well . . . → Read More: Five Basic Tips for Better Point-n-Shoot Photography

Kitchen Herb Value Pack Seeds Giveaway!

Hey all! Is anyone interested in having an herb garden this year and need a good starter seed kit? Well then stop on over to fellow blogger Kendra’s site New Life on a Homestead and enter to win at this direct link:

Kitchen Herb Value Pack Seeds Giveaway!

Hurry though because the giveaway end Sunday March 13th at 9 PM EDT!  Good luck and make sure you check out New Life on a Homestead.  Good information and fascinating stories.

Earthquake 3D Global Monitor

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Here’s a nifty little free program that’s been popping up more and more lately. It’s a Windows-based “real-time” global earthquake viewing program called Earthquake 3D. It’s nothing fancy, and for me it’s much more of a toy since I can kind of build a three-dimensional picture of things by virtue of years of experience.

I thought I’d post it up though with the most recent earthquake in the Canterbury, New Zealand region in the news. [Lyttelton & Christchurch]. There are two versions. One is less robust and free; whereas, the other requires a little donation but has a little bit more capability.

The download page is located HERE.

Earthquake 3D screen capture of Oceana – www.wolton.net, 2011

I’m not going to spend a lot of time on how this program works because I think most of you can figure it out. It’s pretty intuitive and the onboard Help page is pretty easy. Again, it’s a novelty tool for those interested in looking at global earthquakes in different ways and quickly.

I do want to mention to the families of the victims of the most recent earthquakes in Canterbury: The world is there with you at least in spirit. Many . . . → Read More: Earthquake 3D Global Monitor