Tag: How To
Article: 10 Keys To Unique Portraits
No matter what type of photography you like, at one point or another, you’ll find yourself shooting a portrait.
Article: White Balance Blues
If you had asked me a few years ago if I could tell the difference between a photo shot with Auto white balance and one with a specific setting.
Article: Lighting Gear Makes A Difference
Lighting is the most crucial element in photography, and, in fact, it’s at the very core of image-making, be that photographs, paintings or drawings.
Article: Target Fixes
In the digital darkroom, it’s important to think and work selectively, rather than thinking and working globally.
Article: Extra/ordinary
There couldn’t be truer words than those found in the Latin proverb, “By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.” ...
Article: Go Macro
So you want to dive head-first into the great big world of photographing little bitty things?
Article: The Details Of Portraiture
Photographers, in essence, are storytellers. Instead of words, we use images to tell our stories. In traditional portraiture, we most often focus on the face of our subject to narrate the shot.
Article: Smoother Skin In Minutes
If you want to be a portrait photographer—whether pro or weekend warrior—you need to know how to light a person for soft and flattering lighting.
Article: Noise-Reduction Basics
In the days of film, we worried about grain, and higher ISO speeds resulted in larger, more pronounced grain.
Article: Photo Flexibility
Several months ago, I attended a wedding in northern Michigan. Originally, I planned on spending only a few days, but found the area so interesting, I stayed nearly two weeks.
Article: Holiday Scenes & Portraits
The holidays are here, and no matter what you celebrate, you’re sure to enjoy photographing holiday lighting displays. The holidays are here, and no matter what y...
Article: Winter Photo Tips
I always look forward to the holiday season. Everyone has time off from work, the mood is festive and snow is falling through the air. ...
Article: Which Camera Is Right For You?
If you're not familiar with Aesop’s fable, “The Fox and the Cat,” here’s how it goes: A Fox was boasting to a Cat of its clever devices for escaping its enemies.
Article: Blur It!
I don’t know about you, but when I look at a photograph on my monitor, I sometimes wish I had used a different shutter speed (to freeze or blur action) or a different aperture (for more or less depth of field).
Article: Shooting For Action
There’s nothing more thrilling in sports photography than nailing the climactic moment in a still image.
Article: Creative Wedding Photos
Photographing a wedding is one of the most challenging assignments a photographer can take.
Article: Photo Storytelling
How do you capture and convey the essence of a place with still photographs?
Article: Key Steps to A Better Print
Printing photographs well is both an art and a science. The science of printing involves all of the technology made for inks, papers and printers. It also includes monitor calibration, color profiles and other printing technology built into your...
Article: Dramatic Weather Photography
Should we turn back?” a workshop participant asks between breaths. Should we turn back?” a workshop participant ask...
Article: Flattering Light For Portraits
Let’s get one thing straight: There’s no simple formula for portrait lighting.
Article: Beyond HDR
One thing I love about digital photography is the capability to create images that are closer to what we see in the world, rather than being restricted by the technological limitations of the camera sensor.
Article: From Drab To Fab In Five Minutes
Check out the color, contrast and sharpness in this picture of a short-eared owl that I photographed with its prey, a small dove, in the Galápagos.
Article: Photo Adventures With GPS
You’re probably familiar with the metadata that’s embedded in digital photos—information your camera automatically adds to each image file—such as the time stamp, camera model, lens and camera settings and more for every shot.
Article: Travel With Still+Video
The year 2009 will go down in history books as a revolutionary one for photography.
Article: Photographic Time Shifting
I recently was watching a nature show on television and marveled at some of the nighttime images of jaguars.
Article: Water
Water can be a deep subject. But seriously, it’s photographically fascinating. It takes on so many different forms, you could build an entire portfolio around it.
Article: Overexposing Raw
Most photographers try to make the perfect exposure every time. But there’s a school of thought that says photographers who capture RAW files would do better to slightly overexpose.
Article: The Art Of Selective Focus
Save the planet. Stop world hunger. Eliminate poverty. These mottos bounced around in my naive brain as I entered journalism school years ago. ...
Article: Go Ultra Wide!
Ultrawide lenses are usually defined as lenses 20mm or shorter in full-frame 35mm-film-equivalent terms.
Article: Creative Flash
The word is finally out: TTL flash is a powerful tool to improve your photography, and easier to use than ever before. Modern TTL flashes are loaded with useful features and can even work wirelessly from your camera.
