050 Photography Tip of the Week (audio)
Photoblock Challenge – Use your “worst”
I’ve made it to the 50th episode and it’s a tradition of the photography tip of the week to have a challenge every tenth episode. So if you are having photographer’s block, here is your challenge. Use your “worst” camera. Your best camera is [...]

This is how I quickly figure out which of my photos will make good Black and White photos using Adobe Lightroom.  I select the photos from the session and make a new collection.  I set the collection to make virtual copies.  Then I select those virtual copies and apply the grayscale preset to them.

The third secret of photography is an attempt to quiet negative people, especially negative photographers.  From time to time you will run into these people, the know-it-all.  They’ll make sure you know it too… not what they know, but the “fact” that they know it all.  I ran into one of these photography “experts” at [...]

Here’s the larger version of the photo in last week’s posting.  Did you guess the colors correct?

049 Photography Tip of the Week (audio)
Make Photos Part II
Last week I pointed out the virtues of making photos, not just taking pictures.  You need to observe, anticipate and visualize the scene set before you.  Doing these things will allow you to make the most out of the photos when you have no control over [...]