One question often received regards how to take pictures showing an element of purposeful blurring, especially involving sports and water. I was recently honored to speak on the subject at the DPI-SIG camera club meeting in Naples. A few of the points I covered on this sometimes tricky subject were: What’s Going On?- low light [...]
Don’t worry about the basis for the scientific acronym but rather how things work. For some reason I find that people often confuse their ISO setting with shutter speed. Here’s the lowdown: The lower your ISO the less sensitive your camera is to light and the amount of associated grain tends to be less too. [...]
Things change especially with development here in Southwest Florida. You may have some favorite things or places that you like to photograph and one day they could be gone. I learned that this week when I met up for a beach photography class. The tiki hut which illustrates this article and coincidentally last week’s suddenly [...]
With a growing interest in digital photography I was privileged to be called on to do a series of seminars on the topic through the Collier library system. Were you at the Central Ave location yesterday? We had a full house of about 95 in attendance and covered everything from camera set up, composition and [...]
Have you ever taken what looks like a great shot only to find out at home that the colors look muted or “flat”? There are three cures, two easy and one that requires more attention. Let’s take a look- – The hard part… learn to understand exposure, at least the basics. For uniform colors and [...]
I like lots of you are from up North and the novelty of looking forward to Winter is always amusing. Know the feeling? Not because we all eschew Summer here in Southwest Florida but because Winter means great bird and wildlife photography. Could use use a few tips? – Alligators. Despite what some would guess, [...]
How about some photography resolutions? For me that includes expanding business in the areas of real estate photography services, teaching and instruction, more guided nature photography excursions and continuing to learn myself. That’s not all either! I plan to keep sharing what I encounter, know and learn right here and… I hope to meet more [...]
Regular readers normally expect photography tips, new images and other info related to the topic here. Today I’d like to start by saying “Happy Holidays” and “thanks” for your readership and support again this year. On the topic of Holidays and photography I thought I’d link to an article that reminds us that it’s the [...]
Last week we took a look at some ideas for indoor photography during the Holiday season so now here are a few ideas for outdoor shots especially at night- 1- Try out your different lenses or if using a point & shoot vary your zoom to compose both close ups and deeper scenes. Wide [...]
Interested in nature photography? Want to learn to get the most of your camera out in the field? Rookery Bay, famous for environmental research and education will be offering the 3rd of 3 nature photography classes beginning Tuesday at 8:30-11:30 am next week. Camera set up, composition, lighting and more will be covered in class [...]
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