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The approach and skills for the actual capture of a photograph with a camera.

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Fun experiments I can do with my bridge camera?

Such experiments are often carried out not only to have fun, but also to broaden set of skills in techniques available. An easy way to devise such an experiment would go like this: Think of an aspe …
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Should I shoot underexposed photos?

I think your advisor might have meant that when the light levels on scene are so different that you have to choose whether to under- or overexpose, underexposing (losing shadow detail) should be prefe …
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How can I hold my camera steady?

One way to reduce impact of inherent unsteadiness would be to work towards shorter shutter time - use a faster aperture (lens), higher ISO and/or more lighting. That would also reduce motion blur resu …
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How can one light something in the foreground well while metering for lightning in the backg...

Well, it does look like a flash photo to me. By the shadows behind front leg, it seems to have been bare flash slightly on the left of camera. When the camera is well supported, the good thing about …
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Does having the AF points bunched up in the middle make a big difference?

Yes. The phase-detect auto focus is based on comparing light rays reaching the focus sensor from two facing sides. The smaller the maximum aperture, the higher the chance that light reaches a periphe …
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How can I maximize the "blurry background, sharp subject" (bokeh) effect?

While using shallow depth of field is the most common technique to get blurred background, there are some other ways: using plain background so it would not need any blurring set up your own backg …
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