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Photography Tips, Tutorials & Techniques

The photography section includes posts and articles that cover tips, tutorials and best practices for various areas of photography and photographic manipulation. Discussion includes camera fundamentals, composition, lighting, macro and close-up images, lenses and gear, low light and more. Additional topics include traveling as a photographer, developing the "eye" and special effects.

Do Prime Lenses Cost More Than Zoom Lenses?

For the longest time, I couldn’t make heads or tails of the cost of camera lenses. It seemed as though the prices were completely arbitrary and made no sense. As I got better at photography though and as I actually used a wider variety of lenses, I began to learn exactly what the seemingly strange […]

Capturing Multiple Images for an Action Composite Photograph

Have you ever seen those photos that contain the same person doing different things throughout the entire image? It’s almost like a time lapse in one photograph. I’ve seen these types of photos pertain to the sports industry and a few other places. For instance, let’s say a basketball player is jogging from the center […]

Practicing Waterfall Long Exposure Photography in Industry, Maine

A few days ago, my lady and I went on a rather long ATV ride through the hills of Industry, Maine. There are dozens of miles of trails in this region and there’s no shortage of fun to be had. Of course, being the amateur photographers we are, we brought along our cameras. Luckily, my […]

50 Travel Photography Tips – Good or Bad?

I was watching a photography video on Youtube a few days ago and I came across one that offered 50 alleged photography tips. I’m not using the word “alleged” in a negative sense here. It’s just that I haven’t tried all these tips and I don’t know if each and every single one of them […]

How Do I Set the Timer On My Canon Rebel Camera?

Question: Anyone know how to set the timer on my Canon Rebel T7i? I looked through the menus and I can’t find that setting anywhere. Thanks. Answer: To set the self timer, push the left arrow button on the back of your camera. Make sure you’re not in Live View mode, because if you are, […]

Prime Lenses + Shallow Depth of Field: A Good Combination?

There’s been an online trend that I’ve seen evolve through the years that has amateur and professional photographers alike trying to out “shallow depth of field” one another. There are actually websites popping up that are dedicated to how thin the plane of focus one can garner. It’s pretty strange because, from personal experience, having […]

I Hand Hold My Camera a Lot. How Can I Avoid Camera Shake Blur?

This is a very common question when it comes to photography. Essentially, the question is, what’s the bottom limit when it comes to shutter speed for hand holding a camera? What’s the slowest shutter speed you should have to avoid blur from camera shake? Because after all, camera shake is experienced every single time you […]

What’s a Good Tripod to Bring Along Hiking?

Question: I plan on going to the mountains this weekend and I’d like to bring a tripod along. I don’t own one, so I’ll be buying it. I’m looking for something that’s good (obviously), but not very heavy. It would be nice if it came with some sort of a travel sack or some type […]

What’s the Best Way to Clean a Camera Lens?

Camera lenses can get filthy when they’re used a lot. Even if we try to take care of them as best we can, smudges and grease/oil can end up on the glass and other foreign objects can end up inside of the lens itself. If you’ve ever turned your lens to zoom into something and […]