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This past Christmas, my mother told me that my brother gave her a digital photo frame with a bunch of cool pictures from the year’s past events. While I did not admit it to her, I had no idea what a digital photo frame was. This prompted me to learn more about digital photo frames. By the end of the process, I was — and continue to be — impressed!
The Old Days of Digital Photos
When we first started using our digital cameras, we’d share photos with family and friends by giving them a CD full of pictures, or else sending them by email. Printing digital photos can get expensive, so the pictures generally remained in some obscure electronic file instead of in an album. Typically, the CDs ended up in a junk drawer somewhere and the emails eventually got deleted. The more ambitious of us uploaded the photos to a file sharing area, blog or web page but again, if Grandma didn’t have a computer, she never got to enjoy the pictures unless they were printed out.
Finally, there’s a solution that makes digital photos fun and engaging — and even Grandma can look at them because computer access is not necessary and they don’t have to be printed out for non-computer users.
Digital Picture Frames Will Let You Share Your Photos Easily
A digital picture frame is something that’s physical. You can touch it. You can place it where ever you want in your home. Other people can look at it and enjoy your images.
The digital photo viewer presents pictures that are stored on a memory card that you plug into your viewer. Since it does not read pictures on a “hard drive,” per se, you can easily switch out what you want to display by simply replacing the memory card with another one that has new material. Of course, if you just have one memory card, you can always update or replace the material that is on it.
It Gets Better - Share Your Movie Clips, Too!
Sharing pictures is a great feature, but a digital photo frame lets you share movies. JPEG, MP4, DivX, AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, MP3, WMA, WAV formats are all supported in the viewer. As you know, most of the formats I just mentioned have sound with them. A fantastic feature is that it can play music in the background -or- it can play the sound that you recorded in your movie.
Digital photo frames come with built-in speakers, but you can also amplify the sound by plugging in external speakers. If privacy is an issue, plug in your headphone set.
Powering Your Unit
Obviously, your memory card will only give your digital photo frame something to view. It’ll need some “juice.” Each frame comes with a 9v adapter. Just plug it into your power outlet and your digital image viewer and you’re on your way!
Other Features
Digital picture frames area available in 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 15 inch screens. Choose the “look” of your frame from a variety of materials (like wood or metal), colors and textures so that you can coordinate the frame with your home decor. Digital picture frames also comes with a remote control that you can use to adjust your settings or use to browse through your pictures or movies.
Conclusion: Digital Picture Frames Bring Life to Family Memories
Forget about dusty old scrapbooks or photo albums that are buried somewhere in a closet. Toss those CDs away and don’t worry about burning through $30 in ink this weekend because you have to print out your digital images. With their audio capability, ability to store huge amounts of images (that you can set to scroll automatically), their movie-playing ability and sleek appearance, digital photo frames will bring life to your family memories.
Learn more about a digital picture frame at DigitalFramez.com.
~~~Urbain Beck
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The way a subject is reproduced in a photograph can be very different from how it looked to you as you took the picture. When you cast your eye over a scene, everything in it seems more or less equally sharp, but sometimes in the finished shot only part of the subject appears acceptably sharp.
This zone of sharpness is called the depth-of-field, and it extends in front of and behind the point that you actually focused on. The size of the zone is determined by three key factors - the aperture of the lens, the focal length of the lens used, and the distance you are from the subject. Varying these three elements allows you almost complete control over the depth-of-field in a picture.
When most of the picture is sharp, we say there’s lots of depth-of-field. When only part is sharp, we say depth-of-field is limited. As we’ll see later, whether you go for extensive or limited depth-of-field depends upon the subject matter and how you want to depict it
Three main factors that can be used to control depth-of-field
The aperture.
There’s a simple, direct relationship between aperture and depth-of-field - the smaller the aperture, the more extensive the depth-of-field.
So if you want to keep as much as possible sharp, you should set as small an aperture as possible - preferably f/16, or even f/22 if your lens offers it.
Depending on lighting conditions and your film stock, you may need to use a tripod or some other form of support at such small apertures, as the resulting long shutter speeds create a risk of camera-shake.
If, however, you want to concentrate attention on just one part of the scene, and throw the rest out-of-focus, you should select a large aperture. Exactly how large this can be depends on the maximum aperture of the lens you’re using. On a 50mm standard lens it will be f/1.7, f/1.8 or f/2, but on a standard zoom it will typically be f/3.5 or f/4.5.
For general picture-taking, when you want most of the picture to be in focus, you might want to set a middling aperture of around f/8 to f/11.
This is what a program exposure mode sets when left to its own devices. Whenever possible you should take control of aperture selection and use either an aperture-priority or manual mode.
Four common techniques using depth-of-field
Use these four common approaches when planning a shot to ensure depth-of-field works for you
1 Everything sharp.
With subjects such as landscapes, groups, interiors and travel you’ll usually want to keep everything sharp. Using a wide-angle lens set to a small aperture will give you extensive depth-of-field, perhaps from around one meter through to infinity. But there will be times when foreground interest is closer than that. Here you need to resort to a neat little technique called hyperfocal focusing that allows you to increase the depth-of-field.
As a rule-of-thumb, there’s twice more depth-of-field behind the subject than in front of it. So if you photograph a distant subject such as a landscape and focus on infinity you waste lots of depth-of-field. By focusing a little closer, you’ll extend the depth-of-field at the front so it comes nearer to the camera, while still making sure that infinity falls within the depth-of-field behind the actual point of focus.
You can guess the hyperfocal focusing distance, but life is much easier if your lens is marked with a depth-of-field scale. This used to be regarded as an essential feature, but with the development of wide-ranging zooms many manufacturers now omit one. If you do have such a scale, simply line up the infinity mark against the mark for the aperture you’ve set and, although the image in the viewfinder will look out-of-focus, the finished image will be sharp from front to back.
2 Main subject sharp with background completely out-of-focus.
There are some subjects where you want the main subject to stand out strongly from an out-of-focus background. Portraiture, where the emphasis is on the person, rather than the location, is probably the most popular area. What you need here is a use a telephoto lens at its widest aperture. It’s also worth moving the subject as far away as possible from the background - in cramped studio situations this is often impossible but outside against a wall or foliage it’s usually easier. Take care, though, that you focus accurately, as the limited depth-of-field will be unforgiving of any focusing errors. For portraits focus on the eye for the best results.
3 Main subject sharp, with background out-of-focus but still recognisable.
Sometimes throwing the background completely out-of-focus is going too far. You want to show the subject in its natural environment, but with the background toned down to it doesn’t compete for attention. A person on the beach, for instance, an animal in the zoo, or a flower in a garden. Here a standard to short telephoto lens, somewhere from 50mm to 135mm, is ideal - especially if it’s coupled with a middle range aperture of around f/8.
4 Zone of sharpness deliberately limited.
Occasionally you may want to limit the depth-of-field to a very specific zone. Maybe in a portrait you want just the eyes in focus, and not even the ears or the tip of the nose. Here, once again, a depth-of-field scale on the lens helps, or, failing that a depth-of-field preview facility on the camera, This will give a visual indication of what will and won’t be in focus by manually stopping down the lens.
Summary
Overall, the practical use of depth-of-field can be summed up as follows:
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Here in Arizona’s White Mountains, we’ve had an incredible monsoon season. Beginning in about mid-July, it’s been raining every single day. The forests look healthy, the streams and reservoirs are full, gardens are green … and lawns need to be cut every single weekend.
I’m not sure why I had this mentality, but for some reason, I thought that the only way to cut grass was with a power-driven device like a gas lawnmower. I live in a small mountain community and huge, green lawns aren’t a big feature here. People pride themselves with their Ponderosa Pine and flowers, not green lawns.
Since my front yard is relatively small, I was using my “weed whacker” to cut the grass. I have a larger yard in the back that’s about twice the size as the front yard. Again, it’s not that big and I could weed whack it down in about half an hour.
The problem is that my cutting job hasn’t been very even. Depending on the volume of beer consumed on the job, some sections of the lawn were two inches tall; other sections an inch tall; and other sections of grass were four inches tall by the time I was done.
Deciding it was time to get a regular lawnmower so my cutting job would look better, I stopped by the local Home Depot to see what they had. For less than $100, there were some hand-driven push reel mower models. Of course, there were gas-powered models available as well.
I was tempted to get the gas powered model, but one of the problems I tend to have is that the gas mixture usually goes bad after a winter of non-use. Plus, the fumes are usually nasty. So I bit the bullet and thought I’d try one of the push mowers.
For around $80, I bought the Scott 16-inch push lawnmower. The only thing that had to be assembled was the handle unit, which then had to be attached to the mower unit.
The instructions were typical, with all kinds of pictures but little in the way to explain what to do. At first, I attached the handles backwards, so I had to remove them and reattach. Even with this mistake, it only took around 10 minutes to assemble the unit.
After that, in between thunderstorms, I took my new Scott push mower for a spin. It was amazingly easy to push … just as easy as my old gas-powered lawnmower that someone sold by mistake at a garage sale. The cutting job was very even and although the grass was wet, was smooth. The mower discharges the grass clippings directly into the yard, which makes for good mulching.
I was able to cut both the front yards and back yards in about the same amount of time as it would have taken if I had used a gas-powered mower, but without the choking gas fumes. It was actually much faster than using the weed whacker.
The only problem is that small pieces of sticks will jam the mower. I found that if you pull it backwards a rotation, the stick will fall out or it can be easily removed. When it rains, a bunch of pine cones tend to fall into the grass. The mower easily went over these — I didn’t have a single jam from them. The only other thing I would recommend is to get a unit that is wider than 16 inches.
Overall, I am very pleased with my manual lawnmower. The greenies will love me because I’m not consuming gasoline. The neighbors love it because there is no sound when I cut the grass. The unit takes very little maintenance, has a 2-year warranty, and works like a charm.
It’s been a week since I cut the front yard with the push reel mower, and a bunch of pine cones have fallen again. Nonetheless, you can see what a good job the manual lawnmower did.
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What are you doing with your children’s artwork to preserve it? Is it creating clutter in your home, office or garage?
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Nowadays, watches have become a great fashion item, gift idea or precious collectible. Different leading watches companies are making their efforts everyday to come up with watches with better edges. With a huge selection in front of you, it is sometimes difficult to choose the perfect one you want.
Business, Formal
Many times, both function and taste matter. The kind of watch you wear in a business and formal occasion can provide different impressions to people that, many time, you want to leave a positive one with. Choose brand watches, with stainless band and casing, are the majority choice. Neutral colors that can easily match your outfit. A watch that complements your personality and image is the one you need – some famous brands include Rolex, Seiko, Casio, TAG Heuer, Cartier.
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After all, be it holidays, special birthdays, anniversary or your first job out of college, a watch is a valuable item that you will always cherish and treasure. Get one for you or your love ones today – make it timeless!
There are several companies out there that can assist you in doing something to organize, store, or preserve your children’s artwork. The problem is that they specialize in decluttering and do nothing toward preserving that fine work created by your Picasso Kid.
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Artificial flowers are copies or imitations of real and natural flowers and are often used in floral arrangements. The use of artificial flowers lessens the distress of watching live flowers wither away and ultimately have to be thrown away. Today, artificial flowers are so life like that many people at first glance do not even realize that they are not the real thing.
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