How to Use Math in a Photography Career

Math is always a marketable skill, regardless of the career you go into, but especially in photography. While you can be a successful photographer without using math, math is necessary for basic photographic calculations as well as conducting day-to-day business. Instructions 1 Use math techniques to calculate shutter speed and aperture openings, or F-stops. To do so, you will need to know the law of reciprocity, which addresses a change in...

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How to Add Plug-Ins to GIMP

Besides being free, one of the true advantages of GIMP is the ability to download and add plug-ins to modify your software. Like Firefox, GIMP is open source software, and therefore, users can create their own scripts or plug-ins and share those with other users. There is no charge to download plug-ins, although you do have to register if you want to upload a script or plug-in that you developed. Not all plug-ins are worth downloading, but there...

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How to Apply Elementary Principles of Photography

Whether your camera is digital or uses film, taking great pictures requires some basic skills that everyone can learn. With today's camera options, most of us no longer need to worry about F-stops, light meters and ISO speeds, but we can all use some help get subjects into proper focus, eliminating red eye and getting the best photos possible from our cameras. Apply some simple fundamentals of photography, before you squeeze the shutter, to make...

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