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Cheatsheets / Photography Guide / Tips & Tricks

12 Laminated 2.5" x 4" cards on a carabiner keychain.  With numerous how-to tips, tricks, techniques, and charts to help create stunning images.

The Photo Buddy Quik Cards are an inexpensive way to get up to speed on techniques that will help you create stunning photos. The Quik Cards or "cheatsheets" small enough to be easily stored in your camera bag or clipped just about anywhere.  The hard part about photography is learning what settings to change, when to change them, and how much of a change is needed.  Knowing where the settings are on your camera is the easy part, that's why we have chosen to keep Quik Cards universal to DSLR and SLR style cameras and not model specific.  These  concise, durable & ultra-light cards are a great reference for avid photographers -- just clip them in your camera bag for quick help when you're out shooting.  Unlike most manuals, Quik Cards are written in easy-to-understand language.  Quik Cards keep the information you need close at hand so you have it when you need it.

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Cards In This Set:

1.  SUNRISE & SUNSET PHOTOGRAPHY - Sunrises and sunsets by themselves rarely make for great photos. This card includes tips for getting the right exposure,  composition, etc. to help you shoot dramatic sunrise & sunset photos.

2.  WATER - This card contains  tips for shooting a  variety of scenes involving water, including: waterfalls, cascades, streams, ocean waves, rain, snow, rainbows, etc. Shutter speeds necessary for "freezing" or giving a "silky" look to waterfalls, cascades and streams are included

3.  LANDSCAPE- Capturing engaging landscape photos is a challenge for most photographers. This card discusses how to use "essential filters", offers tips on composition, etc. to help you create better landscape photos

4.  FIREWORKS - Fireworks are a challenge to photograph. If you'd like to take stunning photos of the night time spectacle  this card will help. It gives recommendations and tips on equipment, exposure, composition & more.

5.  PORTRAITS- This card discusses techniques used by professional photographers on lighting, effective composition, posing, etc. to take better photos of your family and friends

6.  FLOWERS- This card summarizes  tips and techniques used by the pro's to capture award winning flower photos. Using the techniques described will add substance to your flower shots.

7.  CHANGING EXPOSURE SETTINGS -  Camera metering systems will usually provide a "technically correct" exposure. Unfortunately, the camera can't anticipate what you actually want to create!  Do you want a photo where the background is in focus, or blurred?  Do you want to convey a sense of motion, or freeze it?  This card reviews the  settings for proper exposure, how they interrelate, and helps you choose camera settings for exposure that matches your vision

8.  LIGHTING - Lighting  is a key to great photography. This card discusses what subjects to photograph in various lighting conditions, and how to best utilize different types of natural light.

9.  METERING & EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENTS - This card discusses camera metering and shows exposure adjustments necessary to properly capture various  scenes, situations, and colors.

10.  FILL-FLASH - What is fill-flash? When and how do I use fill flash? Are among the most common questions among amateur photographers. This handy guide provides numerous tips that can help your flash photography, including controlling color, softening harsh light & more

11.  HIGH-KEY & LOW KEY PHOTOGRAPHY - This card offers  hints, tips, & suggestions for effective High-Key and Low-Key portraits, landscapes, etc. The card  is applicable to both color and B&W photography

12.  NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY -  When  photographing at night, the camera's meter isn't reliable to give a correct exposure. This card provides a solution, with exposures for numerous popular nighttime scenes - both indoor and outdoor.

• Covers film speed/ISO settings from 50-400

• Aperture of f/4

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