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Blurry images are a common problem faced by photographers whether they’re the amateur or the more experienced ones. This issue is normally caused by hand movements while capturing images. This is common as well when one uses digital cameras with show shutter speeds or longer focal lengths.

But thankfully, certain digital cameras have become more advanced these days and have great features that can get rid of this problem while you’re shooting. No need for a tripod then as the camera itself can solve the issue right then and there. This is known as the image stabilization feature.

It was in 1995 when this featured was first introduced by Canon. It was in the stabilized lenses specifically in the EF 75-300mm IS USM zoom.

So how does this image stabilization system really work? This feature is made possible by the so called optical image stabilizer. This is a system made up of sensors that can easily detect movements made by the camera and a group of lens elements that moves to solve the issue.

With this feature, amateur and experienced photographers no longer have to worry about getting blurred images even while shooting in sequence just holding the camera with their hands. As such, those who are shooting action scenes such as sports events and wildlife can be sure to capture sharp and clear photos.

Digital cameras today are faster in detecting shakes and movement. But a tip from the experts recommends that in order for your camera to activate its stabilization system, you need to first depress the shutter button halfway. An indicator will then alert you if it’s already working. If you’re using the live-view mode, however, your LCD monitor will let you see when the image is stable. This is done through both the in-lens and in-camera systems.

Keep in mind, however, that this feature also uses up power so you can just switch from one to the other and not use both the in-camera and in-lens stabilizations systems at the same time. Turning them both on for longer periods will drain your battery.

Canon today provides 25 IS lenses that offer this image stabilization system. Another brand that has followed suit is Nikon who has introduced its vibration reduction (VR) lenses which has a similar function. Other digital camera manufacturers that have created the same lenses but have called it by different names are Sigma which offers its optical stabilizer (OS) lenses and Tamrom which now has its vibration compensation (VC) lenses.

PhotoScape is a cool photograph editing application that will let you basically fix & enhance pictures. With the Viewer function of PhotoScape you can view pictures in your folder or generate a slide show.

The Editor function will enable you take the following actions: resizing, brightness & color manipulation, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red-eye removal, blooming, clone stamp.

Some of its key features include a batch editor that can edit multiple photos at the same time, a page editor that unites multiple photos to generate one last photo, combines multiple photos either vertically or horizontally to produce one concluding photo and able to make a final animated GIF format photo from multiple photos. PhotoScape can also print portrait, carte de visited (CDV) and passport photos, lined, graph, music and calendar paper. It has a splitter that slices a picture into multiple pieces, captures a screen shot so you can save it, a color picker that searches and picks a color when the picture was zoomed, renames photo file names by batch and converts RAW to JPG. PhotoScape also have this awesome feature that finds similar faces on the Internet to match with yours.

PhotoScape’s new features in this release comprises of an added Clone Stamp (Editor -> Tools Tab), added a Paint Brush (Editor -> Tools Tab) and an added Color Picker (Editor -> Tools Tab & Object tab). It also has an improved Mosaic Filter which has a mosaic pixel size that is selectable, just go to the Tools Tab just below the Editor tab.

PhotoScape also integrated a changed editor — a region tab name from ‘Region’ to ‘Tools’, added a Print button to Viewer and Editor, has added 59 travel icons and 6 makeup icons, a Photo Development Service with FOTO.COM (EU Only), and a photo viewer that demonstrates photos in regular sequence as a1, a10, a2, a3 into a1, a2, a3, a10. At combine, with PhotoScape, the first photo’s EXIF information would be saved and PhotoScape run ‘R.

And with its new release, PhotoScape now supports 34 languages: English, Korean, Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Dutch, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico, Latin America), French, Japanese, Russian, Polish, Italian, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Colombian), Thai, Hungarian, Turkish, Catalan, Slovak, Czech, Norwegian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Swedish, Estonian, Danish, Romanian, Hebrew, Galician, Finnish, Indonesian and Arabic.

Photography plays several important roles in our society. First and foremost, photography helps the society to record its history. That said; most people are able to go back and recall their earliest childhood memories simply by glancing at a photo. Secondly, photography tends to acts as an artistic medium that actually evokes the emotions of the viewer. For instance, photographs taken of Africans dying of hunger have been known to inspire nations to come together and contribute to this population. Thirdly, photography has been used to educate. In this respect, most people would never have seen moon rocks if it were not for photography. The list is endless.

That said; we can now understand why photography plays a very important role in our lives. This in turn makes professional photographers to become highly valued members of the society.

Now, while just about anybody can take a picture with a camera, it takes a professional photographer to capture a breathtaking image. It is for this reason that these photographers have such a huge following of clients who require their services. Because of the extremely high demand, these photographers have been known to schedule numerous appointments with very many clients and as a result they usually end up disappointing some of them due to either poor memory, meaning that they cannot recall scheduling such an appointment or simply by poor planning. This of course translates to a drop in the income revenue that the photographer could have earned.

So, how can such photographers ensure that they do not lose money due to poor appointment scheduling? The answer lies in owning an online booking system. Online booking systems usually come with scheduling software that can assist such photographers to maintain and keep up with their clients’ appointments. As a matter of fact, photographers who have this service installed in their websites do not have to meet with clients in order for them to book a session. All that the client has to do is go online and find the photographers schedule. The client can then book himself a photography session and the photographer will immediately be notified of this.

Find a venue. To display your photo repair skills the first task is finding a venue. There are many arts and crafts fairs and festivals throughout the year. Simply search your area on the Internet and see what comes up. Ask some questions and see if there are any other photo repair businesses booked in at the event and if not, book yourself in! It is a good idea to pick a relevant fair though. One dedicated to beer might not be the best one to choose. Try and pick a book fair like an antiques fair, one with postcards, or art, or crafts, perhaps scrap booking or genealogy or history.

Decide on your stall before you go though, you may require a corner table or one against a wall. If you choose a center table then it’s a good idea to have some free standing display boards to display your work.

What to display. You should think very hard about what you are going to display. If you live in an area where floods are a very present risk then displaying your examples of repaired flood damaged photos would obviously be a good starting point. You could have boards mounted with work showing your before and after examples. Get some books printed up and have those on display with as many of your best examples, showing off your photo restoration skills to their fullest. If you have a laptop, book a stall with power so you can run it all day showing a slide show presentation of your skills.

What to take. If you are traveling alone then go light and do not take too much equipment. If you are going with someone else then this means you can lay out a stand with much information and gadgets as you like with no fear of them going missing.

Before your arrive check if they they show hosts provide tables, chairs and table covers, power and refreshments. If not you will need to add them to the list below.

You will need to bring: