Sometimes in the world of Basic Digital Photography, it’s real easy to forget exactly what shooting modes are and how they can affect the quality of your images. Most cameras will have a variety of choices based on what you shoot regularly, or what types of subjects you shoot most often. The cameras these days …
The Photoshop and photography Guru Scott Kelby once proclaimed something along the lines of “if you want to be a great sports photographer, the first thing you need is a really big wallet!” And, he’s right on the money. One of the most challenging aspects of shooting action photography in an outdoor arena is the …
If you decide you want to shoot a slower shutter speed to blur action, the bright sunlight will not allow for a shutter speed slow enough to blur the motion. Another really good example of when to use a slower shutter speed is when you are shooting waterfalls in the bright sunlight. Instead of capturing …
Time to come back to one of the three most basic parts of using a D-SLR or a point and shoot camera. But first, a refresher on how to take the right picture with the most basic formula of phtoography, if you know it, feel free to sing along… Shutter speed x aperture x ISO …
I’ve done a lot of silly things in my life and I’m very fortunate to have lived through them. I’ve climbed a cliff face in Idaho and come face to face with a rattlesnake at 2:00 in the morning. At least I thought it was a rattlesnake, it could have been a garter snake who was …