Five Photo Fixes

Often people see a picture and don’t see what went into it, that is understandable and not as bad as those that throw pics away if they are not “perfect” from the camera. We all strive to get good shots, but sometimes circumstances do not allow it. That’s why it is good to know a [...]

Step 10 Percent

Have you ever had a picture that was great but when you added it to a print project or newsletter and you saw it again it was all pixilated and wrecked? Well this is the perfect solution. Perfection does not get much better and simpler then this, I put it here under “advanced” as we [...]

Eyeshot a Fowl

A great practice for early photographers is photographing birds. I know you are thinking, “I could never make that perfect “national geographic shot”, and your right for good reason, mostly for lack of giant sports/wildlife photography lens the length of your forearm. But don’t worry or give up there is a lot you can do [...]

Photo Journalism vs. Photo Documenting

I love photojournalism, I might use that term broadly. It might not be always things that are a news item to others but the undisturbed documenting of an event, particularly involving people as subjects or sub-plots or situations raw and unscripted is a very powerful form of communicating language. Honestly I tire of those posed [...]

Mission Impossible: A Drive By

Naturally everyone looks for the perfect settings to take pictures; but what when conditions are not right, you can’t set up a tripod, wait for perfect cloud cover and all? Many people stop taking pics, but to me that is when the fun begins and it is great exercise for being ready and kinda “paparazzi [...]

Go Live and Personal

We’ve all had times when you are at an event or show and you are asked to take pictures, usually someone goes to the back of the room and gets the whole room with heads in the foreground and little people on stage. While you might need one like that to document the show and [...]