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Don’t overuse your zoom lens: Fix The Pix, Episode 13

Superzooms are very tempting, but there's a downside

ArticleBeginner Techniques and How-Tos - by Mason Resnick, September 24, 2009

At the longest focal length, zoom lenses on compact cameras produce darker images, especially when shooting with your flash.

TAGS: flash, snapshots, tip

Don't let far flash foible leave your subject in the dark: Fix the Pix, Episode 12

Your flash has limits. Here's one of them, and how to work around it.

ArticleBeginner Techniques and How-Tos - by Mason Resnick, September 23, 2009

Have you ever shot pictures of a ballgame or a concert at a stadium or arena—or just across a room—and were disappointed to see...not much of anything?

TAGS: flash, snapshots, tip

Did you shake your camera while in night portrait mode? Fix the Pix, Episode 11

Get that flash but blurred effect under control

ArticleBeginner Techniques and How-Tos - by Mason Resnick, September 22, 2009

What to do when a mode designed to save people pictures in low light ruins them instead.

TAGS: flash, tip, blur

Undo unflattering flash with a simple setting: Fix the Pix, Episode 10

No more deer in the headlights

ArticleBeginner Techniques and How-Tos - by Mason Resnick, September 21, 2009

Avoid on-camera flash as much as possible. But when there's insufficient light to get a decent shot without it, here's a simple way to get more flattering people pictures with it.

TAGS: flash, snapshots, tip

Do your photos have too much space overhead? Fix the Pix! Episode 5

An easy fix for a common compositional boo-boo

ArticleBeginner Techniques and How-Tos - by Mason Resnick, September 14, 2009

When photographing people, don't waste half the frame with stuff that isn't important. If you can fold the picture in half and not lose anything you won't miss, it's time to change your shooting habits.

TAGS: snapshots, tip