Blog Posts on making the best out of your cheap digital cameras

Sunset in SM Mall of Asia by Light Drawings on May 17, 2010Shots using my ES17 at SM Mall of Asia...

In Bataan… by Light Drawings on Apr 19, 2010A few of so many pictures taken during a two days, one night trip in Bataan with my better half.

First Macro Shots by Light Drawings on Apr 16, 2010Here are my first attempt on macro photography. However since I don’t own a dSLR yet, I had to experiment with my existing cheap but trusty Samsung ES17. In macro mode, Samsung ES17 can focus on a subject 10cm far, that’s the minimum dist...

Panning by Light Drawings on Apr 13, 2010Panning is a technique used in high speed and sports photography where the subject is frozen on the foreground while the background is blurred. This is usually done in capturing pictures of speeding race cars but it can also be applied to any moving...

Ozine Fest 2010 by Light Drawings on Apr 13, 2010Photographs above are from the recent Ozine Fest held last April 9-11, 2010 at SM Megamall’s Megatrade Hall. Ozine Fest is a yearly Anime Convention promoted by Otakuzine Anime Magazine. One characteristic of a cheap digital camera is the poor...

Night Mode by Light Drawings on Apr 11, 2010Another variation of having a slow shutter on a cheap digital point-and-shoot camera is the scene mode ‘Night’. When in this mode, the shutter speed varies from the slowest to the fastest. In my case (Samsung ES17), the slowest is 8 seco...

Fireworks Mode by Light Drawings on Apr 1, 2010Common digital cameras today have scene modes like backlight, beach/snow, fireworks, landscape, macro, night portrait, night scene, party, portrait, sports, sunset, aquarium and foliage. Since digital cameras, specially those on the lower end, don...