Quick Tip: Use a long exposure to remove people in a scene
Vanelli
Quick tip on how to use long exposure to remove people from a scene.
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Quick Tip: How to hold a camera super steady
Vanelli
Quick tip on how to hold your camera.
Quick Tip: Daylight saving time has ended; rethink what you plan to photograph
Vanelli
As Daylight Savings time ends, what does this mean for photographers? Time to rethink what you plan to photograph.
Quick Tip: A landing pad might save your drone from damage
Chris Anson
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
Quick Tip: Use a white card to brighten shadows
Bryan Esler
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,
Quick Tip: Use a Black Card While Photographing Fireworks
Kevin Ames
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.
Quick Tip: Use Sparklers to Get Exposures Right for Fireworks
Erin Holmstead
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
Quick Tip: Shooting On A Grey Day – Black and White
Cathy Seaver
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
Quick Tip: Use the Moon to Find the Sun
Levi Sim
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
Quick Tip: Shooting On A Grey Day – Color
Cathy Seaver
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 first in a series of challenges to
Quick Tip: Get Close to Achieve a Shallow Depth of Field
Bryan Esler
Love that blurred background look, but don’t have a lens with a wide open aperture? Even if you’re limited to something like a kit lens, you can still achieve the same effect. Both of the above photos were shot with
Quick Tip: Cool Your Winter Photos with the Kelvin Scale
Bryan Esler
When shooting winter landscapes, I often want to show the cold temperatures I’m fighting through in my photographs, by having a cooler white balance. Using the Kevin color temperature scale, the normal temperature is 5500, known as “Natural Daylight.” But
Traffic light colors glow in minimalist night photography
Joy Celine Asto
I love it when photographers get extra creative with documenting daily life and the most mundane things out of it. It can be challenging to single out something interesting to capture in everyday things. It’s easy to fall into the
Avoiding memory card chaos
Bryan Esler
As photographers, we often take for granted one of the most important pieces of equipment we can invest in — memory cards. Whether you use CF or SD cards, there’s some simple things to remember in order to avoid card failure.
Frightening encounters: Meeting animals in the dark
Ken Lee
One of the most common questions I get asked is about if whether I have frightening encounters with animals when I am photographing at night. The answer is yes. People always think that it’s things like dogs, coyotes and snakes.
Exposure Tactics: Mastering exposure
Kevin Ames
This Exposure Tactics post explains what a “technically proper” exposure is and how to get there. Remember I said technically proper, not creatively right. The three photos above are with different exposures. Each one brings out a different feeling or
Film format comparison: 645 medium format vs. 35mm
Joy Celine Asto
Have you been shooting 35mm film for a while and are considering moving to medium format next? You may have encountered 645 (6-by-4.5 cm) as one of the formats available for 120 film. But, is it the right film format
I still want a studio, but outside my home
Erin Holmstead
I wish I had a real studio! This was my big goal at the end of 2019. Right before the world went crazy. I mean it has always been my dream! But 2020 was the year it was going to
Mind Your Own Business: New year, new plans!
Chamira Young
Welcome to Mind Your Own Business, the podcast that helps photographers improve their business and their lives! Today Skip and I have a detailed discussion about what photographers can do to make 2021 (and 2022, actually) better than ever. “Growth
Macro photography at home: Exploring the micro-world of seashells
Ken Lee
Being stuck at home doesn’t need to stunt our creativity. With just a few simple items that you probably already have around the house, we can create interesting images and have fun experimenting by doing macro photography. You have many
Going wide with 24mm for street photography
Joy Celine Asto
For many photographers, 35mm is the ideal focal length for street photography. However, if you’ve ever been curious about wide you can go with your choice of lenses for this genre, the quick video above by Pierre Lambert will give
Five exercises to help you see
Lauri Novak
We are all photographers. Phones. Tablets. Cameras. Every one of us can at almost any given moment take a photo. The question is how can you make your images different from anyone else’s? “The real voyage of discovery consists not
