As we approach Independence Day and prepare to celebrate our great nation, shutterbugs everywhere are ready to photograph fireworks displays.  Here in Naples I usually position myself on the beach to catch the excellent show launched from the pier. So without getting too technical, here are three techniques for dazzling photos that will make your [...]

Summer’s here and that means a  sunset marked each night by a different cloud formation that just might add interesting pastel glows and unusual patterns to your shots.  If you’ve got a Westward facing landmark like the Naples Pier now is the time to line it right up with the setting sun for perfect silhouettes [...]

At first that sounds like a stupid question, right?  Not for those who enjoy sports, light trails and other scenes involving moving subjects.  Anyone who’s attended one of my classes or seminars knows I like to hit on the subject.  Sometimes a completely frozen action shot is impressive but more often than not an image [...]

That’s easily one of the common questions I get and in some sense the breakneck speed of developments in photo technology makes it a tricky question while on the other photography is still basically light through a hole.  So the question to the answer is “what do you plan to do with the camera and [...]

This week a question came in about entry level or free photo editing software programs.  Anyone has attended one of my seminars knows that I’ve always been a fan of picnik.com but Google decided to sunset that product last month.  For those not ready for the standard bearers like Photoshop Elements & Lightroom, there are [...]