Camera Memory Cards

Camera Memory Cards

Digital cameras are elevating the world of photography in both professional and home studio's. Digital cameras are married to camera memory cards just as traditional cameras are married to film. Making the best use of memory cards can have a big impact on your enjoyment of digital photography.

Capacity of a flash camera memory card is the amount of digital date that can be stored, measured in MB (megabytes) or GB (gigabytes. Higher capacity cards will have more room for storage of digital data and is indicated by the higher number on the card. Larger memory files or larger capacity camera memory cards of 512 megabytes or 1 gigabyte are recommended if you’re planning on working with RAW images on a regular basis.

RAW files can be from 10 to 20 MB's, while JPEGS are usually 1 to 4 MB's in size. While shooting JPEGS, many photographers will have there camera set to high quality for either sharing great photo images or to be able to edit a nice image later on.

Using multiple digital camera memory cards or having a location for backing up your photos is recommended so that you don't risk loss of your images if the camera memory card is corrupted.

A recommended size of memory card to have for safely storing images to use in your digital camera is 512 megabyte of memory. To save from 100 to 200 JPEG images depending on settings and image content, photographer's often use a memory card of 512 MB or higher.

The higher the resolution capability of the camera, the lower your available space as far as the amount of images the memory card can hold. You can determine the size of the camera memory card that you need by determining how many images you want it to be able to store or to save before transferring, and what resolution you will be using for your cameras photos.

Regular commercial digital cameras use SD memory cards and can also use Micro SD cards with an SD adapter as well, in doing so this Micro sized card can be used for mulitiple applications.

Professional digital cameras commonly referred to as SLR’s or DSLR’S use either SD cards or compact flash digital camera memory cards. These cameras can achieve high quality photos at a rapic pace, many photographers will use a compact flash card with quick read and write speeds for the processing and storage of high resolution photos. So if a photographer is taking photos at a rapic pace, high performance flash cards will be ready to process and store high resolution images with no delay.

Proper Lighting In Photography

With a good video camera, film or digital camera it is possible to produce professional quality photos of products, family, friends and yourself.  To accomplish this, one only needs to have better photography lighting to make the difference between questionable photos and high quality photos.  We are going to be taking a look at some of the   techniques for beginners for different types of photography lighting methods. The first step to begin understanding photography lighting is to understand the measuring of light.

 

A primary purpose of a photography lighting system is to illuminate a subject to allow for and achieve a desired affect or to properly capture an image.  The proper illumination of a subject being photographed is one of the most important factors in the production of high quality photography, and photographers utilize a wide variety of lighting devices in achieving the desired illumination.

 

A strobe flash lighting kit can be utilized to add light to an otherwise dull subject or image and make it come to life in a brilliant photo.  Almost everything we do as photographers is about changing or controlling light.  You have probably already discovered that an on camera flash does not generally lead to good gem photos. Not only are most flash’s on standard camera’s too bright at such a close distance, but it is also probably in the wrong position to actually light up the subject or product properly.

 

On camera flashes are also ineffective at lighting up things at a distance. As most photographer’s know, to be able to get good photographs consistently, you must deliberately light what you are shooting with a quality source of light, both natural or studio lighting .  Photographer’s utilize not only flash, but may often use a fluorescent lighting kit or one of three types of halogen lighting kits for the desired affect and outcome of their photos.  Both fluorescent and halogen lighting kits create a continuous light source, where as flash simply follows it’s namesake and is thus not continuous lighting.  Flash bulbs, studio lighting, and other artificial light can either draw attention to a particular feature or can help to minimize the appearance of another feature. Amateur photographers relying on flash bulbs for their photography may notice that their subjects end up with red eyes or very harsh bursts of light as a result of using the on camera flash.

 

Once you have proper photography lighting, it is important for the camera that you are using to be able to read shade.  So your focal point which is at the center of your frame must point to the shady area and not to a bright spot behind the more darkly lit subject, or your subject will likely appear as a silhouette.  You can soften and lesson any shadows caused by your light source with this practice.

 

Available natural lighting can produce very interesting patterns of light.  Since daylight is always in motion and moving, this requires you to work quickly to be able to capture as many of the mood changing light settings as possible before natural light falls to darkness.