I thought I’d share some inspirational quotes. After all, we can always use several short inspirational quotes about photography, can’t we? As a bonus, these quotes can inform our lives in positive ways. You’ll be able to see why I might gravitate toward some of these, as someone who does
The other day, I was watching a family take photos in front of a Christmas tree. They were standing directly in front of it. I realized that with a bit of practice, and knowledge, we can really use the lights in the tree to our advantage, and set the stage
The RGB Critter 2.0 is an extremely bright, high-quality RGB LED color-changing flashlight designed for flow art. How would it perform for light painting subjects in night photography? Created by Ants on a Melon, the RGB Critter 2.0 flashlight is popular with LED flow artists during shows, art exhibitions, events
I shared my shooting and processing of a meteor shower on a frosty night here. In this article, I’ll share a bit more about the gear and some possible issues that can be addressed in nightscape photography. Camera support For photographing the night sky for changes such as meteors streaking
RICOH Imaging just gave film photographers more reasons to celebrate. The company yesterday announced that research and development of new PENTAX brand film camera products. This move, they said, was motivated by a “rebirth in interest in film cameras recently.” The two-tier project aims to develop new film camera products
Are you looking for a fun project to spruce up your social media for 2023? Why not use your words or letters? Got those cute plastic magnetic letters the kids learn to spell with on the fridge? Or Scrabble letters … or how about old-fashioned ink stamps? Lots of fun
For years, I’ve photographed with a battery grip on my cameras. It no longer feels “normal” to hold my camera without one! But why do I insist on having a battery grip, and what benefits does it bring? What does a battery grip do? While a battery grip extends your
Night skies are quite beautiful here in Sedona, Arizona. I look for almost any excuse these days to point my cameras toward the heavens. The latest ‘excuse’ was the Geminids on December 13th. Here’s the story of capturing and post processing this image. How do you know? How do you
So what are plugins? These are third-party software, also called an add-on or extension which you can use to add new functions to host programs (like Lightroom Classic) without actually modifying or changing the host program itself. There are quite a few plugins; let’s have a look at what they
Being productive in our own homes and offices isn’t always ideal. Add to that almost three years of working from home anyway, and it may just be a good idea to get out of the house to get some work done. Distractions at home One way to not get any
I love Christmas photos as much as the next person, but sometimes less is more. A playful, subtle approach to Christmas photos will get you what you need for your family Christmas cards and give you some shots to update the photo album at the same time. Plus, it’s an
I wrote an article about making people disappear using some Photoshop magic. But a major part of the story was why you would need to do this. A time-lapse video screams out the reason. I’ll share the video here and how it was made using the same images from the
