This is a collection of pieces of advice to make your everyday photos more enjoyable to look at; a little more with every post. These are only bits which do not claim to be complete, but are rather all you need to know at that moment.


I assume my readers are non-professionals who are interested in capturing their memories in the way they have experienced them, instead of how their camera device automatically suggests an output, thereby speaking of using anything from a mobile phone to an auto-set DSLR.

About the author: I am Mareen Fischinger, a professional photographer, living and working in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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(Please note that I know nothing about certain camera models and do not see myself in a position to give any shopping advice.)
November 15

justmeandtheworld asked: Hi Mareen! What do you recommend me for cleaning a DSLR Camera. Any special brush or mini-vacuum? Thanks! :)

Hi José,

A lot of people have been asking this.

I clearly recommend not messing with the sensor. The first thing I turn off is the automatic sensor clean. It shakes the sensor, but at the same time, it can become staticy and attract more dust!

When I am aware of one big fuzzy thing on my sensor, I usually use air, as carefully as possible, but not from a container because it sometimes freezes.

I would never (again) touch the sensor myself with a cleaning device and alcohol. Because doing that, I have scratched a sensor before with a piece of dust that I was trying to remove.

So what I do is spend the extra money to get it done professionally by a camera store/dealer. Those Euros are saved when it takes much less time to retouch a photo because there are no dark spots in the image!


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