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Adding a human element to your architecture photographs can help to show the scale of a building. It can also be an easy way to add a pop of color, depending on what someone is wearing. Having a person walking
Technology changes. High ISO’s are no longer the monsters we photographers have made them out to be. Increased processing power and camera improvements are removing my objections to noise. Anti-aliasing low pass filters are being removed as well. As a
Take time after the convention to put the ideas you learned about into play. How many times have you gone to the following years’s convention, heard the same idea, and wanted to Gibbs-slap your own head saying that was a
When working with wide-angle lenses there is the opportunity to get lots of information into a scene. Sometimes part of the story can get lost. Try forcing the perspective. You capture your wide angle scene. Then with a longer lens,
Quick tip on how to use long exposure to remove people from a scene.
Quick tip on how to hold your camera.
As Daylight Savings time ends, what does this mean for photographers? Time to rethink what you plan to photograph.
A few weeks back I had an incident with my DJI Inspire 2 drone. While I was taking off from a very gravelly location, I had one of the propellers detach. Because I was on a large landing pad, I was
When you’re shooting on-location, it can sometimes be challenging to control the light and shadows in a scene. At a recent food shoot, I used a white card to help to brighten the shadows that were visible around the pizza,
Firework photos require the shutter be open for long periods. Ambient light can creep in between bursts of exploding visual goodness. Prevent this by holding a black card over the lens until the streak of firework heads into the sky.
When working with wide-angle lenses there is the opportunity to get lots of information into a scene. Sometimes part of the story can get lost. Try forcing the perspective. You capture your wide angle scene. Then with a longer lens,
Quick tip on how to use long exposure to remove people from a scene.
Quick tip on how to hold your camera.
As Daylight Savings time ends, what does this mean for photographers? Time to rethink what you plan to photograph.
A few weeks back I had an incident with my DJI Inspire 2 drone. While I was taking off from a very gravelly location, I had one of the propellers detach. Because I was on a large landing pad, I was
When you’re shooting on-location, it can sometimes be challenging to control the light and shadows in a scene. At a recent food shoot, I used a white card to help to brighten the shadows that were visible around the pizza,
Firework photos require the shutter be open for long periods. Ambient light can creep in between bursts of exploding visual goodness. Prevent this by holding a black card over the lens until the streak of firework heads into the sky.
Fireworks and the Fourth of July go together like hot dogs and apple pie. Thing is getting the exposure right for fireworks is anything but simple as pie. Here’s an easy way to make sure your settings are perfect. Buy
A comment on one of my recent articles got me to thinking that I need to write some tips on how to make good looking photos on a grey day. This is the second in a series of challenges to
The other morning I was in the mountains waiting for the sun to rise and looking for the right composition. The moon was helping me because it was indicating exactly where the sun would be rising, which was great because
