tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:57:37 +0000http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)Blogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-7185459092075112084Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:51:00 +00002009-01-03T20:49:25.107-08:00Apparently there is a new game going around the neighborhood. It's a pyramid game where you post a blog with seven facts (known/unknown) about yourself, then tag seven friends at the end, hoping they will continue the campaign.If it weren't for good friends like Matthew Weier O'Phinney and Remi Woler having been tagged in the previous steps of this game, I am not sure I would have joined. In the http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2009/01/seven-things-i-have-been-tagged-by-remi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-5356166591634441649Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:21:00 +00002007-08-12T09:33:21.326-07:00One of the tips I gathered about taking better photos, was to approach your subject from a different angle. To make your photo more interesting, try looking at your subject differently.Instead of taking yet another bunch-of-trees photo:Try looking at them a different way (and maybe play with your Aperture to get a hazy effect):Looking at the first photo, you see a photo of a small forest. You've http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/08/different-ways-of-looking-at-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-72376158940464070Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:57:00 +00002007-07-28T22:04:49.576-07:00I know I have not been blogging as much as I used to lately, but I got a brand new job, and it kinda Hoovered me...I got this really nice Canon joke that I wanted to share with you guys:The Smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, Mr. Smith kissed his wife goodbye and said, "Well, I'm off now. http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/07/really-nice-canon-joke.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-4262121259076735639Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:17:00 +00002007-06-20T07:38:27.428-07:00I went to San Francisco Zoo on Sunday. Found out that the way I feel about zoos changed all over again. What started out as sheer enjoyment when I was a toddler, going through slight interest in my teens, turned out to be total horror being a parent to two toddlers running all over the place.This time, I was there in two capacities. First, as a parent to a toddler and a first grader. Second, as ahttp://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/06/animals-make-best-models.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-875115560331604763Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:04:00 +00002007-06-17T21:16:05.747-07:00I just logged into my Yahoo!Photos account, where I have hosted all my photos in the past three years (we are talking hundreds of Megs), and got a new splash screen saying Yahoo!Photos will be shut down in September 2007.It's not that I am that crazy about their interface (even the new one was not something to write home about), but I will be a bit sad to part from Yahoo!Photos. Kinda like http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/06/yahoo-photos-are-shutting-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-729992157139932242Tue, 29 May 2007 03:56:00 +00002007-05-28T21:20:37.721-07:00This was so exciting! Being a starter photographer, I got so many compliments and people actually dropped by my house to congratulate me on my photos!Taking the photos was really easy. I take my dog out about four times a day at different lighting conditions, so I had a few weeks to check out our neighborhood, see which flowers are blooming, what is the best time of day to take their pictures etchttp://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/05/i-just-got-my-photos-showcased-at-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-8657818053035426988Wed, 16 May 2007 04:20:00 +00002007-05-15T21:30:49.550-07:00During the past couple of weeks I have been reading tons of books about photography. I want to share what I learned with you guys, so I am taking a break from technical lens stuff to talk about composition for a while.What makes a good picture?That is the million dollar question, of course. Run through some of the photos you like, and some of the photos you dislike, and try to figure out what http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/05/composition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-6100133543432395514Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:50:00 +00002007-04-19T11:02:01.347-07:00SLRCanon Rebel XTDigital PhotographyI guess we can consider the lens as the “eye” of the camera. The quality of pictures we take depends a lot (but not entirely) on lens quality, so it is important to make the right decision when acquiring lens to your D-SLR camera.A lens will usually have the following parts:1 – An aperture mechanism - determines the amount of light that can enter the camera and hit the sensor.2 – A shutter that http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/04/lens-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-740170331355292907Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:50:00 +00002007-04-19T11:02:01.348-07:00SLRCanon Rebel XTDigital PhotographyI guess we can consider the lens as the “eye” of the camera. The quality of pictures we take depends a lot (but not entirely) on lens quality, so it is important to make the right decision when acquiring lens to your D-SLR camera.A lens will usually have the following parts:1 – An aperture mechanism - determines the amount of light that can enter the camera and hit the sensor.2 – A shutter that http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-guess-we-can-consider-lens-as-eye-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-3724519282902080224Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:19:00 +00002007-04-19T11:02:01.349-07:00SLRCanon Rebel XTDigital Photography One of the major reasons to buying a SLR camera, is the ability to use different lenses with the camera body. Unlike the average point and shoot camera that has an integral zoom lens and is limited to the focal length those zoom lenses allow, we can actually use different lenses to shoot different objects and get much better photos. First I have to explain about sensor size. The digital SLRhttp://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/04/lens-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-2680159518021383890Sat, 07 Apr 2007 23:18:00 +00002007-04-19T11:02:01.350-07:00SLRCanon Rebel XTDigital PhotographyFirst of all, I have to say I'm biased. I used Canon for many years and was very happy with the durability and quality of the camera, as well as ease of use and picture quality. I already knew how to use Canon's user interface.The only camera I compared the Canon Rebel XT with was the Nikon D70 which was the other serious competitor at the same price range. I read numerous reviews, both by http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/04/so-why-did-i-get-rebel-xt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-2776137834072275705Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:41:00 +00002007-04-19T11:02:01.350-07:00SLRCanon Rebel XTDigital PhotographyThe rule of thirds is one of the first things I learned about photo composition while doing my research. It was demonstrated in my Canon Digital Rebel XT/350D training DVD, and when I tried to apply it to my own photographs it really made a difference. So it's not just some theory you find in a text book - it really does work (take a look at the photo at the end of the post - much more http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/04/rule-of-thirds-in-photography.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-3503379940502932923Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:57:00 +00002007-04-19T11:02:01.351-07:00SLRCanon Rebel XTDigital PhotographyI am sorry, but I am just so excited right now, I am not going to do the comparison between the Canon Digital Rebel XT and the Nikon D70 as I promised. I just got my Canon Digital Rebel XT. I got it out of the box and put the battery into the charger - and now I can't wait for it to be charged so I can start playing with it.It was a perfect timing. I just got my Canon Digital Rebel XT/350D http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/03/omg-i-just-got-my-new-canon-rebel-xt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-107630720322098683Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:16:00 +00002007-04-19T11:02:01.351-07:00SLRCanon Rebel XTDigital PhotographyUnlike the regular digital point and shoot cameras, the Digital SLR camera has two separate parts – the camera’s body and the lens. The point is that you can use different lenses for different photos, according to what you need. They have a huge selection of lenses, ranging from very wide ones to very long and heavy telephoto zoom lenses. I will have a separate post on lenses later on, as there http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/03/which-digital-slr-is-right-for-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-849418061275674805Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:42:00 +00002007-04-19T11:02:01.352-07:00SLRCanon Rebel XTDigital PhotographyMy first digital camera made a real difference in the way I thought about photography. I always loved taking pictures, but was pretty frugal doing so. I usually only took one shot at a time (would be a waste of film to capture the same scene twice, wouldn’t it?), and many of those shots were pretty bad once printed on paper. You cannot believe how many times I wished I had taken that extra shot!http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/03/my-first-digital-camera-made-real_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187099176799053084.post-6413154667200029458Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:25:00 +00002007-04-19T11:02:01.353-07:00SLRCanon Rebel XTDigital PhotographyAfter playing with it for many years, I finally have the time and mind-set to start working seriously on photography. I have 2 kids, I love taking photos, but so many of the ones I take turn out to be such a disappointment!I want to get crisp and interesting view photos, but mostly get boring ones with too much or too little light. I would love to get my kids’ naughty little faces, but find http://canon-rebel-xt.blogspot.com/2007/03/after-playing-with-it-for-many-years-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nili Gafni)0