Guest post by Erin Holmstead. Shooting sports changed my whole photography business! At the end of 2015, I met a gentleman, Rick Parker, who shoots sports photography for a local
Every chance you have with a wild animal in front of your lens is an opportunity not just to capture split-second moments of action or behavior, but to also learn
This is article #25 in the DSLR Video Weekly series.  If you’d like the whole thing in one shot, check out the book Creating DSLR Video: From Snapshots to Great Shots. Once
I recently noticed my camera had a lot of dirt on it, so I took it to the nearest creek and threw it in for a good scrubbing. OK, maybe not, what actually happened was every photographer’s nightmare. Setting up on the side of a creek to photograph a series of rapids, I tripped, with the result of my camera getting a solid dunking.
Now, speaking from experience, this is what we call an “Oh Sh!@#t!!!…” moment. A 10 on the “Brown Pants” scale. In other words, an unpleasant experience. Â However, quick action and a proper drying out process can, in some cases, save your gear from an untimely demise. Despite its underwater expedition, my DSLR is still alive and well thanks to the tips below.
As I’ve begun to take more and more portraits this year with my Lumix GH5, I’ve started to wonder why I’m getting rainbow patterns on some of them — specifically
One of the things that’s always intrigued me about HDR photography is the effects you’re able to generate outside of your typical HDR imagery. In checking out the new Aurora
In the wake of one devastating hurricane, we are looking down the barrel of another, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms ever recorded. To put it bluntly, a category
Image credit – Jag_cz on Adobe Stock. These two videos are from my new class over at LinkedIn Learning… I’ll share with you in a six-part article the entire part
I’m often asked how to further utilize Instagram as a photographer. And while using applicable hashtags and giving a location to your images is great, sometimes the simplest of techniques
Despite the wishes of most avid photographers, the photographic image is not really finished at the moment of capture. Every image can benefit with some level of post processing, even
The latest versions of Lightroom include a new slider in the Effects tab called Dehaze. It’s a useful tool for cutting through hazy pictures and revealing the landscape. It seems
Over the last few months I’ve had a series on conversations that have made me think that perhaps one of my next tutorials should be on how to watch a
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