Month: August 2019

Portrait Tip Do you like taking photos of your family and friends? Here is an easy way to get perfect portraits of them. This is keeping it simple. [NIKON D4, 85.0 mm f/1.4, Mode =…

When someone asks you for $40, you don't tell them OK if you only have $20. You tell them you have $20 if you want to share. So why can't you tell them when your…

[NIKON D4, 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8, Mode = Manual, ISO 200, 1/160, ƒ/2.8, (35mm = 14)] The difference between two parties who compromise or collaborate is enormous.  They are compromising leads to disappointment for all parties. …

Available Light, no flashes at night. We’re headed to the corn maze! Jumpee pillow, hayride, smores, and corn cannon, too. [NIKON D3S, 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 12800, 1/80, ƒ/2.8, (35mm =…

Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina. [NIKON D2X, Sigma APO 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG HSM, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 200, 1/160, ƒ/10, (35mm = 183)] We often talk about being either an amateur photographer or…

Using flash at sunset in Jamaica Not using the flash outside is one of many people's biggest mistakes with their vacation photos. Probably the one place for vacations that could use the flash more than…

Getting started “You need to take more photographs.” This is almost always my number one observation when viewing portfolios of students and emerging professional photographers. Kodak has told us this for years. However, with film…

[NIKON D100, 24-120mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 , ISO 400, ƒ/6.7, 1/180, Focal Length = 67] Cameras have improved a great deal over the years. With digital cameras and all the new improvements, one might think an idiot…

Remember standing in your new clothes in front of the hedge, squinting into the sun, while dad or mom backed across the yard, pointed to the camera, and told you to smile? Our family has…

My wife just got her fire helmet for her role as Chaplain for our local fire department here in Roswell, Georgia. I wanted to get a good photo of her in it for her to…

[NIKON D4, 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8, Mode = Manual, ISO 4000, 1/250, ƒ/8, (35mm = 70)] I have been asked to speak to various groups about photography through the years. Many of these groups are photo…

Many years ago, I started doing 360-degree panoramic photos. They were first done with Adobe Flash. Today we can use html5. HTML5 is the latest evolution of the standard that defines HTML. The term represents two…