If you’re looking for a variety of fun photo opportunities, it’s hard to beat the array of subjects and activities at a local festival. Food, rides, music, cars, costumes and activities make for memorable and dynamic images. With the coming of fall, the local festival scene is in full swing. From the Emma Crawford Coffin …
A short while ago, I wrote an article talking about high key photography. Related to high key, as you may have guessed, is low key photography. While it is by no means necessary in order to understand low key, if you get a chance to head over to the other article and take a look, …
You have the opportunity to go to one of those photo “hotspots,” a place you’ve always dreamed of shooting. You’ve seen some photos, heard about some locations, but you’ve never been there. Like most photo trips, your time is limited and you want to maximize it, getting to the best spots at the best times. …
Have you ever wondered why a flash unit makes noise? No, not the kind of noise you get from low light or long exposure star photography. The audible kind. The loud kind. My speedlights make a popping sound when fired and a high-pitched whine when recharging. Why is that? In a digital age, when we …
What are my 10 best (alternative) photography accessories? Read on and you will find out – here I am writing about photography accessories that you will not find in a camera shop. One of them you won’t find in any shop – it is free! I was going to call this non-photographic accessories for photographers, …
I love looking at other people’s photos, and one of my favorite things to do is see the lighting diagram. It’s amazing how complicated some of these setups are. There might be two lights on the background, two on the front of the subject, and another for a hair light. Then, there might be all …
Labor Day weekend not only marks a time to celebrate workers in the U.S. and Canada, it also unofficially signals the end of summer. While summer isn’t really over for a few more weeks, for many, the Memorial Day to Labor Day time period bookends summer and, perhaps more importantly, the additional time off work …
It had been almost 20 years since I took a shot with my last film camera, a Pentax ME Super. It has sat on a shelf with some other relic cameras, decorations and dust-collectors as much as anything. But when Russ Butler, a camera club buddy, recently handed me a 36-roll of Fujicolor 200 I …
Have you ever wondered whether the flash from a speedlight or a studio strobe could damage someone’s eyes? After all, they can be mighty bright! On the other hand, photographers have been using flash for decades. You’d think that if there was a problem, it would be pretty widely known by now. Models and …
In this article I am going to tell you about 9 things that I have been wasting time doing. Bad habits, things that eat away at my time with little or no benefit. I should have called this post “Mistakes I keep on making” but I have already done that! (5 Photography Mistakes I Keep …
New Zealand is a big country with two bigger and a few smaller Islands somewhere in the south pacific. If you are not from Australia, it is far away from everything. It is the long journey there, but it is worth it. Besides a lot of nature and great landscapes there is also wildlife and …
I remember about two years ago I walked into a new clothing store in our town. I had no idea what this place was like, but as soon as I went in, I felt out of place. Everyone was dressed nicely, and there I was wearing khaki shorts and a t-shirt. When I looked around, …