046 Photography Tip of the Week (audio)
See with new eyes
How do you stand out in a crowd?  There was one time I served on a jury.  Right before the trial I sat back and watched a custody battle for a newborn to a twelve-year-old.  This was truly a sad case to have a preteen pregnancy. [...]

As a photographer, at some point you need to take a picture of yourself.  If for no other reason you don’t have anyone else willing to be pictured.  But what do you do to make your pictures different?  Obviously you put something in the frame that you wouldn’t dare to put in anyone else’s pictures.  [...]

Photography as a hobby is one pretty expensive hobby.  As a business it’s a pretty expensive business if you really need some of the specialty gear.  I love the fancy new gear, but when it gets right down to it, how much of it do I really NEED.  So when I look a purchasing some [...]

045 Photography Tip of the Week (audio)
Catch that eye
In a previous tip, I stressed the importance of focusing on the eyes in portrait photography. Obviously having the eyes in focus is key. But there are secondary factors that greatly enhance the photo, kind of like adding salad dressing to a salad. Sure salads are great [...]

Wow.  I was looking through some old digital photos and found a pano I did back in June of 2002 in Shenandoah, VA.  This was taken with my handy Olympus D360L.  That was my first digital camera.  I got it because of it’s really good low light sensitivity (for that point in time) and the [...]