A few years ago, my lady and I visited Camden, Maine during the spring. The crowds hadn’t arrived yet and the weather was simply glorious. We visited almost the entire town and captured hundreds of photographs along the way. Some of my favorite photos were taken in and around the harbor. If you’ve never visited, […]
Photography
The Photography category 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.
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Photography Challenge #2 – Simplicity – Only One Object
This is a composition and technique based photography challenge. I think you’ll find this one fairly difficult. While there are no rights or wrongs when it comes to this challenge, I’ll offer you some guidance and examples for the best results possible. Really though, it’s your imagination that’ll bring this one home. The reason I […]
Neewer Complete Lens Filter Accessory Kit
There are certain things in this world that I truly love. Camera lens filters are one of those things. I love lens filters. Before I begin, you may want to read through a previous blog post in the topic I’ll discuss below. It’s pretty thorough and I even added a few photos in there. Check […]
Photography Challenge #1 – Depth – Sharp Foreground & Background
I recently got a great idea. Photography challenges! The goal of this challenge is to take a photograph of a landscape where the entire scene is in focus. Meaning, the foreground is in focus as well as the background. It’s easy enough to keep your camera in Auto mode so the camera makes all the […]
How Can Using My Camera’s Histogram Help My Photography?
I’ve been photographing for some time now and during that time, I’ve learned a few things. What I would do through the years is go out shooting and then come back to my computer to review my shots. If anything was wrong with them, I’d dig into the specs of what the camera was set […]
How to Set the Drive Mode on Your Canon Camera (6D, T7i)
If you aren’t sure what Drive Mode is, let me fill you in. It’s not actually a “mode,” per se. It’s more of which type of shooting mode you’d like to set your camera to. Single shooting, high speed continuous, low speed continuous, 10 second timer, 2 second timer or self timer continuous. Since I […]
Photography Composition Tip: Simplify Your Images
Have you ever viewed another photographer’s work and really liked it? I have. I have a jealous streak that runs through me and when I see something I like, I make it my business to figure out a way to do that same thing, just as good as the other person did. This happens a […]
Canon 24mm F/2.8 Camera Lens Test – Sample Pictures
I received my new Canon 24mm f/2.8 lens yesterday and I just went outside to take some sample shots. I didn’t spend much time; just enough to grab some quick photos and to make a determination of its performance. I’ve heard a lot about this lens and I was excited to get down to it. […]
How Does Aperture Priority Work on My Canon Rebel T6i?
I use Aperture Priority for most of my shooting. I have my camera set to this pretty much all the time. I prefer this setting because it gives me a very simple method for controlling the light that comes through my lens, without having to concern myself too much with shutter speed or ISO. Of […]
What is Shutter Speed? How Does it Work?
I talk to a lot of newer, less experienced photographers and whenever we get to the topic of the different priority modes on a camera, shutter speed comes up as one of the most popular. While many budding photographers have heard of shutter priority mode, many don’t quite grasp what it does or what it’s […]
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