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I like the song ”Watching Sunrise with you” by  Joi Chua. Instead of just watching, how about taking some photos of sunset/sunrise? Here are some tips or common sense observations on better sunrise/sunset photo taking.

Be there. Obviously you need to wake up early enough for sunrise and stay late enough for sunset. This is a non-negotiable condition.
       
Use a tripod. Unless you enjoyed taking purposely blurred or out of focus photos, this is also non negotiable. With exposure time of more than a few seconds, any lens or camera with IS (image …

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8 ways to improve your photography

One computer guru once said “Experts are once idiots.” and he related this true tale : 

One not-so-guru technical person, Mr B  spent 3 days trying to solve a problem on a hard drive. The problem was driving him nuts and he had no choice but to seek advice from a REAL GURU. The real guru shook the drive and heard the noise it made. He advised MR B to change 2 screws on the drive. Mr B did so and true enough the hard drive works!Mr B was really impressed and said the …