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69 votes

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67 votes

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66 votes

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62 votes

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56 votes

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50 votes

16 answers

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50 votes

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45 votes

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45 votes

3 answers

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44 votes

12 answers

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33 votes

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What is the "exposure triangle"?

What is "ISO" on a digital camera?

What is bokeh, exactly?

In portrait photography, what is 'broad' lighting? What is 'short' lighting?

I know what a bad photo is, so why do I keep taking them?

What is "angle of view" in photography?

What historic reasons are there for common aspect ratios?

How much do lens lineups vary across DSLR platforms?

What is Rembrandt lighting, and when do I use it?

What advantages does manual mode have over aperture priority mode?

How do I generate high quality prints with an ink jet printer?

Is it lenses which make your photographs, not camera bodies?

What exactly determines depth of field?

What is the 'Golden Ratio' and why is it better than the 'Rule of Thirds?'

How to compose flowering plants?

What are the key photography-related features from Photoshop that are missing in GIMP?

What tools are available for RAW image processing in Linux?

Is there development in the world of lenses?

What methods can be used to micro-adjust autofocus of a camera body to a particular lens?

Can anyone suggest books/resources on the artistic side of photography?

What image-quality characteristics make a lens good or bad?

What does it mean for a photograph to be "high key"?

What is the "Rule of Thirds"?

Are there disadvantages to a prosumer camera for a beginner, aside from cost?

What software can show my most frequently used focal length?

How do I interpret an MTF Chart?

How do I give someone a critique of their photograph?

What makes a photo a good photo?

Should I buy a camera with kit lens, or body plus lens separately?

What are the best techniques for making great photographs of LEGO creations?