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 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.
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 […]
F/8 is the Sweet Spot Aperture in Photography
Here’s a question for you. What mode should you put your camera in if you’re taking photos of groups of people? The goal is to keep everyone in focus because, well, that’s the whole point of taking the photo in the first place; to capture the people. We so often prioritize the bokeh in our […]
Why It’s Important to Reset Your Camera Settings After a Shoot
If you recently engaged in a photo shoot where you changed many of your camera’s settings, it’s important that you change those settings back to their original values immediately after you finish the shoot. Think about it. Let’s say you head out to do some very creative night photography and move tons of switches and […]
How to Get Cool Effects with Long Exposure Photography
What the heck is long exposure photography? I’ve heard this phrase forever now and I think it’s about time we discussed it. For starters, long exposure photography can be defined like this: it’s when you set your camera so the shutter stays open for a longer time than it normally would, resulting in more light […]
How to Get the Sharpest Shots with Long Exposure Photography
I’ve done tons of long exposure photography during my career and I oftentimes get asked how my photos come out so sharp. With long exposures, obviously some elements of the scene will be changing and show movement, but for anything that’s stationary, it’s important for those objects to be as sharp as possible. Those are […]
How Can I Take Super Sharp Landscape Photos?
Did you know that if you focus on something in your landscape scene that’s too close to your camera, you may not be able to keep the mountains that are far away from you sharp and clear? That’s right. This subject has to do with what’s referred to as hyperfocus and it’s sort of a […]
What’s the Best Aperture Setting to Use For Landscape Photography?
I get asked which aperture setting is the best for landscape photographs a lot and the answer is simple. It’s probably around f/8, f/11 or f/16, depending on how close the closest object you’d like to keep in focus is. There’s actually a table that can help you calculate the distance of how far you […]
What’s the Most Important Aspect of Photography?
Light. Light is the most important aspect of photography. By far. If you think about it, light is what the camera’s sensor absorbs to create the actual image, but beyond that, it’s light that can make or break a shot. Think about the different types of light different times of day can offer. Morning light […]
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