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So you want to know how to make money with a digital camera? Let me tell you about my Uncle Pete. Not only does he make money but he has his own digital photography business. And he started it just a couple of years ago in his late fifties. He loves it so much that he is like a little kid again.

He started making money with a digital camera by selling his photos to stock agencies online. He found out exactly what were the best selling photographs these agencies sold and then he went out took those types of pictures. He was making a few extra grand a month. But this wasn't enough for him. Not with his new found youthfulness.

He decided to go into the digital wedding photography business. He wasn't sure if there was a market share for him so he decided to do it on the cheap. He got on his computer and made inexpensive flyers that simply said:

Uncle Pete - Wedding Photographer

For the best photos and best rates

Call Uncle Pete.

(And below his name he put his phone number.)

That was it. Then he paid a couple of high school students to deliver them door to...

There is a saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. This is very true but to get this thousand word picture you need really high quality cameras or digital cameras. While many of us take for granted the presence of digital cameras and the many marvelous things that they can do we have forgotten the history of digital photography.

This history of digital photography is not that long but the events that took place have changed the way that we take our photographs.

In 1969 October 17th George Smith and Willard Boyle invented the charge coupled device or the CCD as we know it. This device was originally made for use in computers as a semi-conductor memory. These inventors of the CCD were also thinking about ways to incorporate their device into video phones.

With all of their plans and sketches finalized Smith and Boyle finally built the CCD into the world's first CCD camera. This changed the history of digital photography altogether.

The camera that was built by them was a solid state video camera. During 1975 the CCD camera with its image sharp pictures was shown on television for the first time. The image that was shown was clear enough to be seen by the viewers of television.

In the history of digital photography the first prototype of the digital camera was created by Sony in1981. This digital camera was called Mavica which meant Magnetic Video Camera. The Sony Mavica was essentially a video camera that

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Photography is the art of light and shade. A photo is basically a record of the light conditions at a certain period in time and space. That is why the lighting plays a very important role there. You could have a hi-end digital camera but still get worse shoots until you are not aware of the secrets of proper lighting. This articles teaches you about the basics of digital photography lighting.

The Light Sources

The good light sources are natural light sources. The sun and the moon are considered to be the best ones. The artificial light sources include the photoflash, the bulb, the halogen lamp as well as some other sources. Special photography studios contain more advanced lights, but they are not necessary unless you are a hi-level professional.

There are various types of digital photography lighting, but the most common are diffused lighting and directional lighting. Diffused light coming from the sides is produced by the sun in the early morning and the late afternoon. Alternatively, it can be simulated by using an umbrella reflector. Direct light can be produced by flash or tungsten.

Light can come from the top, front, back or side. Front lighting is commonly used by photographers, but it often results in unexciting and flat photos. Back and side lighting produce a better effect, especially being combined with each other. The strength of light is also an important thing.

Digital Photography Lighting Specificity

As a rule, digital...

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