This question comes up a lot and with my recent backup array issue, it came up again.  In most cases your older photos aren’t the most spectacular photos you ever produced.  I dare say 90-95% of them you could easily label as garbage… but they are your garbage.  A couple of months ago some of [...]

Follow Someone 076 Photography Tip of the Week (audio) Think back to kindergarten when your teacher asked you that fateful question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  I don’t want you dwell on what you did or did not achieve, but I do want you to think about what you wanted [...]

I’ve been asked on multiple occasions and quite often several times a week, why don’t I watermark my images.  The images I put on this website are licensed with the Creative Commons, Non-Commercial, Attribution licenses.  Which basically says you can take it, use it, reuse it as long as you don’t make money with it [...]

That’s a Sweet Brick Wall 075 Photography Tip of the Week (audio) There are many things in life that have a sweet spot and photography is no exception.  For this tip I’m interested in the sweet spot of your lens, specifically which aperture is the sharpest all around. It’s a very simple test and only [...]

Keep it firm 074 Photography Tip of the Week (audio) It’s time to check your camera, even though it’s working just fine.  Your lenses are clean, there is no dust on the body and your strap is secure.  But there is another thing you may need to check… the firmware.  Firmware is the software that [...]