Why Food Photos
Why do we like taking pictures of our food? I guess because it looks good. What could be better than food? (yeah, I know, there are lots of pictures of …
Month: November 2020
Taking Bad Photos
If you aren’t taking bad photos you aren’t taking enough photos. Not that all of your photos need to be bad (that would be bad), but it shows you are …
Shooting Without a Card
My pocket camera (Olympus Tough TG-5) will let me take pictures without a card. It has no internal memory so that means without a card my photos are not recorded. …
Tripodding
I love using a tripod. I just don’t like carrying it around. (especially a heavy one) It doesn’t fit in my pocket, but it is oh so nice and steady. …
Gut Photography
Photography is a technology. It used to be chemistry. Now, it’s mostly electronics. No news, there. Guts are biological. Sensorial. You can feel things in your gut. Well crafted photos …
Book Launch
Here it is. The photography book you didn’t know you wanted. Just in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But you don’t have to wait. You can get it …
Blowout
Not something we’d want on a road trip but maybe something we can use creatively in our photos. Blowout is when parts of our photo are totally overexposed. The pixels …
Your Moment of Zen
Zen. If you can define it. It ain’t that. It’s just knowing. Without thought. Like when we are taking pictures. When we’re focusing on focusing and seeing what we are …
DARK SKY
It’s not exceedingly rare but, it’s also not everyday we get a nice dark sky that we can use as a background for something in full sunlight. It usually means …
Thinking in “Stops”
When it comes to exposing my photos, I think in “stops.” Half stops, full stops, multiple stops, traffic stops, bus stops. No wait, scratch those last two. I’m not sure …