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Where does digital noise come from?

‘Bollocks, it’s dark out here’, you think, and scratch your head. ‘I’d better up the ISO a little bit, to ensure that I can use a decent shutter time’. The downside of using a higher ISO, of course, is that you introduce digital noise. But where does this noise come from? Why does your image [...] Read the rest of Where does digital noise come from?

Teaching yourself photography

Imagine, for a second, that you are a young person with a camera. There are other cameras in the world around you, and there are people who use those cameras, too, but nobody really knows what they are doing, nobody can teach you anything you don’t already know, and the only tool you have in [...] Read the rest of Teaching yourself photography

How much should you charge for a photo?

The other day, I received a really interesting question from one of my regular Photocritic readers. Danielle lives in Ohio, is a Senior in high school, and wants to be a professional photographer. I’ve seen some of her photos, and while she still has quite a bit to learn (why not send in some photos [...] Read the rest of How much should you charge for a photo?

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