Photography

I think long exposure night photography is one of the most interesting types of photography out there. If you think about it, when you look at a photo that’s been captured over five seconds, fifteen seconds, thirty seconds or longer, you’re essentially looking at a span of time that’s been compressed into a split second. […]

Let me ask you a question. Have you ever picked up your camera after not using it for a while and started taking photos with it? After you took those photos (or in the middle of taking them), did you smack your head in the realization that a few of your settings were off? Not […]

There’s something about square photographs that warms the cockles of my heart. I’m not sure what it is. Perhaps it’s because I’ve been seeing landscape oriented photos for most of my life and I’m getting tired of them or maybe it’s because square photos just seem more artistic. I’m not sure. Whatever it is, I […]

Continuous Shooting mode is very important for those who wish to engage in high speed, action photography. If there’s a blur of activity, the odds aren’t in your favor that you’re going to get the money shot with Single Shooting mode. It’s simply too difficult to predict that something’s about to happen and then to […]

Part of taking great photography comes from knowing which gear to use for a given situation. While it’s easy and fun to grab a camera with an 18-55mm kit lens and run outside to take some photos of an owl perched on a branch, you won’t be getting any very good shots of it unless […]

We all know that lower ISO values are better when it comes to photography. High ISO adds grain to an image, so it’s only logical that the lower you go, the better things are. The thing is, it’s not always clear to many new and budding photographers how the different settings on a camera can […]

When you take a photograph with a Canon Rebel DSLR camera while holding it the traditional way and then play back that image for review, it’ll show just as you took it. Horizontally. When you turn the camera so it sits vertically and then take a photograph and play it back, it’ll show…well, it’ll show […]

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s taking a photo of something while I have my camera in Live View mode and then, when I go to look at the image on the back of the camera, it’s only there for a second or two before it disappears. I know I’m not supposed to […]

I’ve written about depth of field as it relates to photography before on this website, so I won’t rehash all that I’ve already covered here. What I would like to do instead is expand upon what I’ve discussed and move towards a more refined level of photographic planning. If you’re a still life or portrait […]