Photography Tips, Tutorials & Techniques

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 […]

If you’re like most beginning photographers, you purchased a pretty nice DSLR camera, took it out of the box and began taking photos with it. To do this, you most likely turned the dial on top of it to Auto mode and didn’t think anything of it. Of course, as time passed and as you […]

When I head out for my usual photography excursions, I’ve noticed that I primarily think about what I’d like to take photos of. What I mean is, I pretty much have a basic idea of the object I’d like to photograph. For instance, if I’d like to take some pictures of a car, all my […]

After shooting portrait, landscape and wildlife photography, I would say that one of the most popular types of photography budding amateurs are interested in is night photography. Whether it be taking pictures of the moon, stars or cityscapes, night photography is downright cool. It’s interesting and it virtually doubles the number of things you can […]

I can remember back years ago, I had very little idea of what was going on with my camera. I had recently purchased my first DSLR and instead of learning what things did, I simply fumbled around and pushed buttons in an effort to take a nice looking photo. I had already heard about the […]

I was having a conversation about photography last night with someone and I said something like, “I think it would help people a lot if they focused on the fact that photography is all about light.” And it really is. Without light, no one is taking any photos. Too much light can blow out or […]

White balance is something that you’re probably not going to have to touch too often. Canon Rebel DSLR cameras are set to auto white balance (AWB) out of the box and for most of your photography, this setting is all you’ll need. Your camera will detect which temperature the light is in which you’re shooting […]

How to set up and operate auto focus on today’s DSLR cameras remains a mystery for many budding photographers around the world. If you’ve ever struggled with all the various settings and little white and green boxes these camera’s have to offer, let me tell you that you’re not alone. I swear, I was just […]