You have your digital camera – and you have your pictures that you can view immediately – they’re right there on the camera as JPEGs … or TIFFs … or maybe RAW…? It depends on how you have your image … Read More

One of the nicest things about digital photography is the immediate gratification – you get to see what you’ve shot right away. Most everyone checks their photos right after taking them by viewing them on the camera’s LCD screen – … Read More

Getting Started: If you’re reading this, you’re probably already interested in photography and probably have a camera – or perhaps this has interested you in photography and you’re considering getting a camera – or this has inspired you to get … Read More

It’s easy to get so involved with your subject that you don’t pay much attention to the background or surrounding space. The background and surrounding space around your subject is every bit as important as the subject, and there are … Read More

“Photography” literally translates to “painting with light” – without light, there is no photography. Being aware of the lighting quality of your images, and manipulating it at times, can turn a snapshot into a beautiful photograph. 1: Never Between 10 … Read More

Deciding where to place your subject within the frame is a great place to start, but there are several techniques that will help your photograph invoke the reaction that you want your viewers to experience. Is your image a dynamic … Read More

OK – so something has caught your eye, and you’ve identified what that “something” is – now how are you going to compose the shot. Let me start off by saying that all composition “rules” are meant to be broken … Read More

Before we get into the mechanics of composition, let’s talk about why you’re taking the photograph to begin with. Something caught your eye enough to make you want to preserve the scene in a photograph – but are you photographing … Read More

Buy a good tripod and use it religiously. Too many photographers feel that a tripod isn’t necessary unless shooting in a low light situation or shooting with long lenses. They tend to rely on the old “1 divided by the … Read More

What exactly is a camera “mode” and what’s the difference between them? Let’s go back in time a bit… Before the 1960s, just about all cameras were fully manual, but the advancements of electronics generated the first cameras with “Automatic … Read More