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Tips & Techniques

How to Read Your NIKKOR Lens Barrel

Understanding what all of those markings and designations on your lens really mean.

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Photograph Family and Friends During the Holidays

The holidays are prime picture-taking time. Get some great tips on taking your best holiday photos ever.

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Getting Started: Memory Cards and Batteries

Take care of the little things, and you'll be ready for the big things.

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Getting Started: How to Hold Your DSLR Camera

Getting sharper, more in-focus pictures can be as simple as learning how to hold your camera.

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Getting Started: How to Change a DSLR Lens

Learn the steps to changing your camera's lens.

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Getting Creative with White Balance

Try getting creative with your camera's white balance for some interesting results.

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Flash Points: The Control of Light

Color temperature, rear sync, slow sync: Three key elements in flash photography.

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Creatively Photographing Objects Up Close

The idea that less is more can be applied to the subject matter in your photos.

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Capturing or Freezing Motion in Photos

Learn how to freeze the motion in an action scene or capture a blur to show movement.

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Capture NX 2: Lesson 9

Find out how to brighten up the dark edges of an image caused by vignetting.

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Capture NX 2: Lesson 8

Master your use of Black and White Control Points to bring out the details in the shadows and highlights.

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Capture NX 2: Lesson 6

Discover how to make the colors in a landscape more vivid.

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