I was camping this weekend with a few people and we got into a conversation about photography. One of the people is totally into the hobby, but isn’t too well versed with the technical side of things yet. She takes awesome photos and has a really good handle on composition and lighting, but tends to […]
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.
What are the Limits When it Comes to Focusing My Lens?
This is a great question. I love getting into the nitty-gritty of camera lenses and I enjoy looking at the specs of each lens I come across. A long time ago, I taught myself what those specs actually mean and I’ve been rewarded with knowing what I’m talking about and looking at ever since. For […]
Tips For Night Landscape Photography
When it comes to low light night photography, there are a few solid tips you need to take into account to make your endeavor a successful one. These aren’t terribly difficult things to grasp, but you should keep them in mind when it comes to setting up your scenes. Night photography is much like daytime […]
The Real Reason to Use Aperture Priority Mode
Let’s face it. Most people who own DSLR cameras out in this world are amateurs. And within that group of amateur photographers are a whole bunch of people who really don’t know that much about photography itself or how their cameras work. I used to be one of these people, so I speak from experience. […]
When Should I Change My ISO Setting?
I’ve always tried to keep my ISO setting as low as possible because I don’t want excessive noise in my photos, but there are times when raising this value is simply unavoidable. By the way, if you aren’t familiar with ISO as it relates to cameras, you can take a look at these two articles […]
What’s the Best Lens for Food Photography?
Question From a Reader: I’d love to get the opinions of others on this topic. I know everyone is going to say something different, but I’m flying blind right now. As it stands, I’m using my Canon kit lens that’s 18-135mm for my food photography and it’s working okay. The thing is, I was taking […]
How Do I Get the Background Blur in My Pictures?
The big question for new photographers is, “How do I get the pretty blur in the backgrounds of my photos?” I can remember wanting to know the same thing when I started out. It actually wasn’t very tough to do. All I used to do was zoom in as much as I could with my […]
Canon 18-135mm STM Lens Extends By Itself When Facing Down
I recently purchased a really nice Canon 18-135mm STM lens and noticed that when I point it straight down to take food photos or something like that, the lens slowly extends by itself. For years, I used an 18-135mm Canon kit lens and that didn’t do this at all. The reason I purchased this new […]
Photography Challenge: Use Light as Your Subject
Have you ever taken a photo in mid-afternoon when the sun was high in the sky and discovered that no matter what you did, the image looked terrible? Like, flat and too bright? I have. It’s so frustrating. I’ve gone out there with the best of intentions and photographed away, only to be disappointed with […]
Can I Take .MOV Videos with My Canon Rebel T6i?
I have an account with iStock where I usually upload photos in JPG format. I recently began taking video for stock purposes as well and noticed that iStock only accepts video files in .MOV format. My camera, which is a Canon Rebel T6i, apparently records video in .MP4 format and after looking around for a […]
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