For Christmas this year, I received a digital SLR camera.  While I am by no means a professional photographer (quite frankly I have no idea what I am doing!), I have already found myself photographing everything and anything I can point my lens at.
One of the first features I began experimenting with was increasing and decreasing exposure time and using longer shutter speeds.  My intention was to photograph scenery I would not have been able to capture using my old Canon point and shoot digital camera, such as waterfalls, night …

Camera shake is a problem.  It may not seem like a big deal when you’re taking photos of items in your livingroom, but when you start using a telephoto lens to capture items off in the distance or you’re taking a photo using macro settings, every minor bump moves the camera out of the zone and your amazing shot becomes a so-so one.
A simple and well known technique is to use a tripod, but even with a tripod you have the shake at the last possible second when your finger …