Photography

I’ve been thinking lately about how I shoot at night and I figured it would be a good idea to share some of those thoughts here for you. Night photography isn’t the easiest of all types of photography and if you can learn a few tried and true methods for obtaining the best results, you’ll […]

Comment from a reader: This photo might not seem like much, but I was absolutely amazed with it. I took this photo from Mount Loretto, a beach on Staten Island. Mount Loretto is directly across a body of water separating Staten Island from New Jersey. The distance is about 8 miles. Years ago, a friend […]

Camera self timers are great. I was recently part of a group photo where someone was trying to set up her smart phone to take a picture of all of us. It was hilarious watching her attempt to balance the phone on a chair so it was accurately aimed at the group and then run […]

Have you ever found yourself taking photo after photo with the same exact weird little spot in each shot? I actually experienced this recently, but luckily, the cause of the spot was a small splash of dirty water that flung itself onto my camera lens. I only took three or four photos with the water […]

I think long exposure night photography is one of the most interesting types of photography out there. If you think about it, when you look at a photo that’s been captured over five seconds, fifteen seconds, thirty seconds or longer, you’re essentially looking at a span of time that’s been compressed into a split second. […]

Let me ask you a question. Have you ever picked up your camera after not using it for a while and started taking photos with it? After you took those photos (or in the middle of taking them), did you smack your head in the realization that a few of your settings were off? Not […]

There’s something about square photographs that warms the cockles of my heart. I’m not sure what it is. Perhaps it’s because I’ve been seeing landscape oriented photos for most of my life and I’m getting tired of them or maybe it’s because square photos just seem more artistic. I’m not sure. Whatever it is, I […]

Continuous Shooting mode is very important for those who wish to engage in high speed, action photography. If there’s a blur of activity, the odds aren’t in your favor that you’re going to get the money shot with Single Shooting mode. It’s simply too difficult to predict that something’s about to happen and then to […]

Part of taking great photography comes from knowing which gear to use for a given situation. While it’s easy and fun to grab a camera with an 18-55mm kit lens and run outside to take some photos of an owl perched on a branch, you won’t be getting any very good shots of it unless […]