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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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What’s the Benefit Of Owning a Prime Lens?

Purchasing a camera body is sometimes easier than purchasing a camera lens. When it comes to camera bodies, sure, there are many to choose from, but you generally know what you want. You at least have a price range that funnels you into a certain make and model. When it comes to lenses though, things […]

Photography Challenge #10 – Fill the Frame – Getting Nice & Close

Somewhere between distant landscape shots and macro shots lies close up shots. These are photos that many people find very appealing. Not many of us are able to see the plethora of objects from the perspectives of different photographers, so close up photos are welcomed. In general, we see close up shots of flowers, animals, […]

Do I Really Need to Edit All My Important Photos?

I’m sure this question gets asked a lot by folks who think their pictures look just fine out of the camera. I was like this for so long. That is, until I bought myself a copy of Adobe Photoshop. I remember doing this too. It was the year 2000 and I picked up a copy […]

Can I Set My Canon Rebel T6i So It Doesn’t Rotate My Photos?

Question: When I take a picture with my Canon T6i and then review it on the screen in the back of my camera, I notice that the camera rotates the picture automatically so it stand up straight. Since that makes the picture smaller, I don’t want it like that. I’d like to keep the picture […]

Photography Challenge #9 – Balance – Equalizing the Frame

I can’t tell you how to precisely balance your photos. Or your scenes. You just need to practice the technique, post your practice shots here and let us critique them. In the most basic sense, when it comes to photography, you’ll find balance in your photographs when primary objects in the scene have equal weight. […]

How to Set Minimum Shutter Speed For Canon EOS 80D

Setting the minimum shutter speed is a good idea when you are using one of the automatic or semi-automatic modes, such as Program, Auto or Aperture Priority. Basically, any time your camera controls the shutter speed for you automatically, it can be helpful to set a “bottom” for that speed. Shutter speeds can drop substantially […]

What’s a “Pro” Photographer? Do You Need to be in Business?

Back when I was in elementary school, we used to have to pick teams to play certain games during gym class. I remember getting all excited when it came time to pick those teams. We were all excited. We’d say, “Pick Mary. She’s a professional!” Or, “We need to get Jim on our team. He […]

How Do I Make Continuous Videos With Canon “Rebel” Camera?

Question: I found that it’s not as simple as pushing a button and leaving the camera. It shuts off after about a minute. How do I prevent this? Answer: This is a good question. What model of Canon Rebel camera do you have? There may be a few things going on with your camera turning […]