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Jim Hughes

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Posted on May 17, 2022May 19, 2022

White Balance For Dummies – By A Dummy

Confused by “White Balance”? It’s not just you.

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Posted on December 21, 2020March 2, 2022

DPI: a concept you should forget.

The question of “what DPI do my photos need to have?” comes up often in forums about online photo sales. It can set off a firestorm, with some replies containing total misinformation. Arguments can ensue.

A newspaper photo up close.
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Posted on October 11, 2020March 9, 2025

The “Shift” of a Tilt-Shift Adapter

I like doing photos of city scenes and tall buildings. There’s always the question of how “vertical” those buildings should look. Point the camera up and the vertical lines converge in the distance, making the building seem really tall. Sometimes that’s exactly what I want.

Photograph of  IDS Center, Minneapolis
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  • Elgin Standard Time
  • Water Meets Ice
  • Bricks
  • Woodpecker Portrait Session
  • The Northern Flicker
  • The Downy Woodpecker
  • Crazy Ice On The Creek
  • Photography: What’s Left?
  • A Highway At Night
  • A Darker Minneapolis
  • Hover Flies: Pollinators In Disguise
  • On The Franklin Avenue Bridge
  • Stay Cool In The Skyways
  • In The Wind
  • The Rusty Patched bumble bee
  • A Hot Day Downtown
  • The Sleeping Queens
  • Dragonflies and Damselflies
  • Cycling Nowhere
  • How Big Is That Fish Eye, Really?
  • White Balance For Dummies – By A Dummy
  • Red-wings
  • Ride The Rails
  • The Great Blue Herons Are Back
  • The Cyclist
  • Street and Sky
  • Young Owls
  • Cardinals
  • The Perfect POD
  • Capture One and Lightroom: why I don’t like catalogs
  • SmugMug SEO and Google – An Epitaph
  • Birds In Winter
  • The Pergear 10mm Pancake Fisheye Lens
  • SmugMug: Where Photography Goes To Hide
  • Tuning Dials and Channel Knobs: Retro Tech
  • Why Does Duotoning Work?
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  • Protect your photos with an AIR GAP
  • Google Indexing: My Balloon Loses Air
  • Windows 10 Ransomware protection
  • Nicollet Island Railroad Bridge

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