I just had a conversation with someone asking me to critique their work. I usually do not do this as I get so many requests, but this person wanted my opinion on the work. I ventured to his website to look at the ten photos he had set aside for me, and I was stunned. […]
Lighting Tips For Beginner Photographers
Lighting Tip #1: Open A Window Understanding various lighting techniques does two things. It adds to the photographer’s bag of tricks, allowing you to understand how light behaves. We must continuously be programming our brain to “see” light, and how it can affect the scene in both obvious and subtle ways. And there are subtle […]
Using A Zoom Lens The Right Way
Zoom lenses are a great asset to photographers, especially the more expensive kind with excellent optics, wide-open apertures, and various stabilization technologies. The problem is, many photographers use them like it looks like they are supposed to be used and not how they should be used. Most people stand at a comfortable distance from their subject and then use […]
The Best Rechargeable Batteries For Photographers
I get asked for battery advice all of the time. Photographers want rechargeable batteries for their flashes if they use them a lot. But what to get? There are so many choices, so how do you know what a good deal is? When it comes to AA rechargeable batteries, they come in a range of […]
Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
Photoshop can do just about anything. Sometimes, we find something that we do a lot of when we are there. To make things quicker for some people, Adobe assembled a massive list of Keyboard shortcuts. The next time you are working away and decide that you want to know the keyboard shortcut to a frequently […]