The land of Crop-a-lot 072 Photography Tip of the Week (audio) There is  whole discussion one could have on cropping focused solely on whether one should crop or not.  That discussion would go into whether you should use cropping as a way of making a photo better verses getting it framed properly in camera.  This [...]

I’ve been online a long time and I’m no stranger to flame wars. It’s amazing how often these topics continually come up: Mac vs PC, Canon vs Nikon, Aperture vs Lightroom, Flash vs HTML5, etc. These are just tools and no one tool is better than another. It’s not the tools you choose, but how [...]

Print Big, Print Often 071 Photography Tip of the Week (audio) That’s the tip, I suppose that’s it….  I guess you want to know why you should even print your photos in the first place.  I know there are a lot of photographers that love the fact that you can display your work online and [...]

Photoblock Challenge – One Shot 070 Photography Tip of the Week (audio) There are many benefits of digital photography over ye-old film days.  Instant feedback being the primary benefit, but the second important benefit is the ability to take a limitless number of photos for relatively no added cost.  If you shoot in JPG, you [...]

The saying goes, “Imitation is the highest form of flattery.” So as a photographer what do you consider to be imitation that’s worthy of the term flattery and when is photographic imitation considered something a bit more? A friend of mine recently posted an image where he specifically stated that he was attempting to duplicate [...]