Kevins Tips

Susan Boyle, 48, from West Lothian stunned the judges on Britain’s Got Talent singing ‘I Dream A Dream’ from Les Miserables.

Website: Britains Got Talent
Website:Susan Boyle Fansite

Here is her first public appearance on Britains Got Talent in HD Video

Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle on Vimeo .

Elaine Page

Elaine Paige, as an actress, recording artist and producer, has made a major contribution to the modern musical which ensures her own chapter in the entertainment world and justifies the title “The First Lady of British Musical Theatre”.

In 1978 Ms Paige was chosen by Hal Prince to create the role of Eva Peron in the original production of “Evita” and she went on to sweep the boards with her award-winning performance in London’s West End (Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the Variety Club Award for Showbusiness Personality of the Year). In 1981 she starred in “Cats” when she played Grizabella in the original London production and thereby became the first actress to perform the classic song “Memory” - one of her many hit records. Ms Paige revisited this role in the television film and video of “Cats” which was released in 1998 and went straight to the top of the video charts becoming the best selling music video ever in the UK and America.

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Take a close look at your flash photos, are you getting harsh shadows? Are the people in your photos too bright, but your background has a dark shadow.

One solution is to take your external flash and flip it at a 45 or 90 degree angle. This is known as bounce flash. This will help reduce that harsh shadow.

Going one step further, you should consider using a Flash Diffuser. These come in all shapes and sizes, including some you can make yourself with little effort. Commercial ones can range from about $10 up to over $60

My favorite diffuser is under $15.00 and is called a STO-FEN Omni Bounce.

Website: STO-FEN

Add this to your flash, set it at a 45 degree angle, and you’ll have much more pleasing portraits, just like the Pros.

If you are in need of a basic Photo Editor for FREE, Google has a nice one called Picasa. This is for the average snap shot taker, who needs some software to fix up their photos as well as help organize them.

Previously I mentioned some FREE Online Photo Editors, which is fine for fixing up the occasional photo, but if you have a lot. Googles Picasa is an easy and simple to use editor for the casual snap shot photographer.

Website: Google Picasa

Looking for a quick way to fix or modify your Digital Photos, try these FREE Online Photo Editors…

• Photoshop Express
• Phixr
• Picnik

No software to download, it’s all done on the web. Not ideal for doing a lot of photo editing, but if you don’t want to download software, and you only have a couple of photos to tweak, these are ideal.

If you have a Digital Camera, you’ve probably taken hundreds of photos. If you are organized, you’ve maybe even uploaded them somewhere and shared them with family and friends. Unlike the old days with film when you received prints of all of your photos, we no longer need to print the masses of photos. However, somewhere along the way, we lost the coziness of flipping through a photo album and sharing it with others.

Well along came Photo Books. A cross between a photo album and a scrap book, more of a coffee table book. There are several companies putting these out right now. I did a fair amount of research, and concluded on a site called MyPublisher.com

Here is a book I did as a test - KevinsTips.com Sample Book

There are also coupon codes you can use to save a few dollars.

Try one of these (they can expire at anytime)…

Website: MyPublisher

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Buying a digital camera can be an overwhelming task. I’m asked quite often, what’s the best camera.

Best resources are these two websites…
- Digital Photography Review
- Steves Digicams

Both of these sites provide extensive information about specific make and models of digital cameras. Dpreview has a nice Side-By-Side comparison available.

Best places to Buy a Digital Camera?
- B&H Photo
- Adorama

These two stores are the most reliable and have been around a very long time.

Locally you should checkout the Warehouse Clubs like Sams Club, Costo, BJs. They have good prices and often have very long and easy return policies.

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