Travel Portraits – 31+ Days To Better Photography
Welcome to another 31+ Days To Better Photography post about Travel Portraits! Going some place exotic? Plan to take plenty of photos? What about photos of the locals? Let’s dive Continue Reading →
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Capturing Beautiful Cityscape Images – 31+ Days To Better Photography
For today’s 31+ Days To Better Photography post I want to talk about cityscape photos. For those who might not be familiar with the phrase, a cityscape is like a Continue Reading →
One Of The Biggest Differences Between An iPhone Camera And A ‘Regular’ Camera – 31+ Days To Better Photography
There is a fundamental difference between the camera imbedded in an iPhone and a ‘regular’ DSLR or point and shoot camera. That difference can be boiled down to this: iPhones Continue Reading →
31+ Days To Better Photography – An Example Of Why You Might Want To Use A Polarizing Filter At Sunrise In Seattle
While shooting the sunrise on a gorgeous Puget Sound morning yesterday, I was calmly reminded of the usefulness of polarizing filters, shown by extreme differences. Both of these images are Continue Reading →
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments – Daylight Through Smoke Or Dust
Yesterday’s topic was Shoot Some Shadows. This is the last part of the light and dark, super contrasty experiment mini-series (not its real name). The other parts were Shooting Some Continue Reading →
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments – Sun Stars
Yesterday’s Post was Take A Portrait. We are at the halfway point in 31+ Days Of Photography Experiments! Today we will cover sun stars. This one is actually pretty simple Continue Reading →
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments – Shooting The Full Moon At Moonset
Building on yesterday’s post of Shooting The Full Moon At Moonrise, let’s flip the coin and shoot at moonset. This one is harder for many people because, frankly, we enjoy Continue Reading →
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments – Shooting The Full Moon At Moonrise
Friday’s Topic was Making White, White. I’m excited about today’s topic for 31+ Days Of Photography Experiments because it might actually be clear enough in Seattle for me to try it Continue Reading →
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments – Get Low
Friday’s Topic was Different Times Of Day = Different Light = Different Photos. Already at day 12 of 31+ Days Of Photography Experiments and it’s time to get down low. Really Continue Reading →
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments – Different Times Of Day = Different Light = Different Photos
Friday’s Topic was One Subject, Ten Photos Welcome to another week of photography experiments! This week we’ll be shooting different angles in Getting Low, playing with smoke in Light Through Continue Reading →
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments – Look At The Light
Yesterday’s Topic: Make Black, Black Today’s topic in the 31+ Days Of Photography Experiments series has less to do with using a camera and more to do with photography. Set Continue Reading →
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments – Depth Of Field – Hyperfocal Concepts
Yesterday’s Topic: Depth Of Field – Change Your Distance/Zoom We played around with how to change our depth of field by changing our aperture, focus points and distance/zoom. Now let’s bring Continue Reading →
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments – Depth Of Field – Change Your Distance/Zoom
Yesterday’s Topic: Depth Of Field – Changing Focus Points Over the past two days we have covered how to change your depth of field using different aperture settings and different Continue Reading →
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments – Depth Of Field – Changing Focus Points
Yesterday’s Topic: Depth Of Field – Changing Aperture Let’s try a little Jedi training with you tonight. I’m not going to give you any supporting images to help you see Continue Reading →
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments – ISO Limits Of Your Camera
Welcome to the first post in my series, 31+ Days Of Photography Experiments! Each day’s experiment is meant to help you learn about your camera, about photography or about how Continue Reading →
Light Trails – 31+ Days To Better Photography
Yesterday’s Topic: Moon Photos Light Trails take a bit of imagination to conceptualize and shoot. While not vital, it helps to be able to plot out how you want your Continue Reading →
Weekend Photography Challenge #16: WIND – 31+ Days To Better Photography
With all the blustering on the East Coast of the USA this weekend, let’s go with WIND as the topic of this weekend’s photography challenge. Wind can be tricky to Continue Reading →
Tuesday Assignment #3 – Panning Blur – 31+ Days To Better Photography
This is one test where it might be helpful to actually own a bunny. But barring a bunny, you can use any moving object. If your kids aren’t in school, Continue Reading →
A Rule Of Thumb To Help Stop Photo Blur – 31+ Days To Better Photography
Yesterday’s Topic: Quick Exposure Adjustments Short and to the point, to help stop blur in a photo because you are moving the camera too much, use this formula: This simple Continue Reading →
Weekend Photography Challenge #13: GRAIN – 31+ Days To Better Photography
This week’s topic is GRAIN. Grain can be taken a number of ways and it’s up to you to interpret the theme. That’s half the fun! It can be grain Continue Reading →
Weekend Challenge #3: SHAPES – 31+ Days To Better Photography
It’s the weekend and time for another challenge. This one conceptually is easier but realistically, in a measuring kinda way, isn’t. That’s because with this weekend challenge, which ends whenever Continue Reading →
Weekday Photography Challenge #2: SHADOWS – 31+ Days To Better Photography
Remember that part where I said the photo challenges would all be on weekends? Well, it’s Spring already which means longer days and a thousand other reasons to cover up Continue Reading →
JPEG And RAW File Formats Can Coexist – 31 Days To Better Photography
Yesterday’s Topic: Rules Of Thirds Most every post you see on JPEG and RAW file formats pits them against each other; RAW Vs. JPEG In A Cage Match To The Continue Reading →
The Exposure Triangle – 31 Days To Better Photography
First, there is The Exposure Triangle. It balances all things. Makes things right in the Universe. Or maybe it is just a handy metaphor. To be honest, the Exposure Triangle, Continue Reading →