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How to Take Better Vacation Photos
Vacation time is ramping up around the world, folks are dusting off their camera and bringing their photography skills out of hibernation. So what will be different this year? Will you snap the same wide-angle, all-encompassing shots you took last year? Or are you ready to take your vacati[...]
Quick Tip 116 – More Histogram Basics
When reviewing your histogram there is a simple trick to knowing if you've captured a lot of contrast or if the picture will have low contrast. Basically, if all the tones are bunched up in one place in the photo, the photo will have a low amount of contrast. If the tones are more evenly spr[...]
How and When to Use a Light Tent
Whether you'd like to list all your old crap on Craigslist, Amazon, eBay, or you'd just like to take some photographs of things in a controlled atmosphere (lighting and background primarily), a light tent of some sort is a good option. The tent is made of white nylon that allows enough light to [...]
How to Photograph Children
Inevitably you'll be asked at some point or another to photograph someone's children if you own a nice camera. You could literally buy a two thousand dollar camera and store it unopened in your closet but as soon as word gets out that you have a nice camera people will want you to use it. Ch[...]
How to Shoot Macro Photography
Macro photography is just a fancy way of saying "really close up photography". Usually a photograph is considered macro if the image is reproduced on the film the same size or bigger than life-size. You'll hear the ratio 1:1 thrown around to describe a macro lens, that means the image will b[...]
Photography After the Leafs Have Fallen – During Fallinter
Photographers each have their favorite time of the year to take pictures, just like they all have their own style or favorite way to photograph (Black and White, Macro, Landscape, etc.), right? What do you do if your between seasons and there isn't a leaf or pile of snow to be found? Get your [...]
How to Win a Photography Contest
Photo contests are a great way to improve your photography and get some feedback on what you've deemed your best shot or shots. You'll find your a little more critical of photographs you deem worthy to submit into a photo contest because they may be displayed with other submissions for the wor[...]
How to Photograph Flowers
Photographing flowers is a lot like photographing lions playfully pouncing on one another except completely different. You have plenty of time to compose your photograph because the flower is not going to uproot itself and walk away at any second. And if it does be sure to get a photo of tha[...]
Easily Take a Great Sunset Photograph
Sun Setting Over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon Anyone can point their camera at the sun setting and grab some pretty dramatic photo's right. What about getting the photograph that really takes your breath away? And what about doing that consistently? It's actually a lot easier than you [...]
How to Shoot a Portrait
Taking a portrait shot can be tough when you factor in squiggly kids, unpredictable lighting, rouge bystanders photo bombing your shot, and all the other uncontrollable things that can happen in the millisecond it takes to snap a shot. Here are some tips to capture some great portraits. Dis[...]
Landscape Photography How To
I wish I could say it's as easy as pointing your camera at a beautiful landscape and squeezing off a shot or two. The great photographs you see of landscapes don't just mirror the beauty that is already there but they share the perspective of the photographer who took the picture. The time of da[...]
How Often You Should Clean Your Camera Lens
Grab your camera and take a look at the lens. See those specs? That's what we are going to talk about. There are three ways to clean the outside of your camera including the lens. Blast of air, lens pen, and wet clean. You can clean your camera as often as you like but there is a metho[...]
How to Store Your Photos
Big Things In A Small Package Where do you store all your photos? That's what I started to wonder after I filled my 120+ GB SSD drive on my computer. Even if you have plenty of room on your computer it's a good idea to store a backup of all your pictures/files someplace safe. I'm not going [...]
Simple Guide to Using Your Camera in Manual Mode
You know how your camera's function wheel has all those pretty pictures and letters on it but you only use the "auto" mode? I understand, the manual mode sounds pretty daunting. No worries, I'm gonna give you the basics to be up and shooting manually in just a few minutes. So click that tiny whe[...]
Ten Photograph Ideas Close to Home
Getting Creative You're home "sick" today and it's not as fun as you thought because all your friends are responsible and went to work. I get it, life is rough and sometimes you need to spend an afternoon watching reruns of your favorite sitcom on Netflix and pampering yourself. But then what[...]
