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 [...]

More than just focus 073 Photography Tip of the Week (audio) What are the things that are most appealing about portraits?  I have my short list, and an image to illustrate. 1) Off center lighting.  The light shouldn’t be coming from the flash mounted on your camera or a flash on the camera. 2) Blurry [...]

This is kind of a photo recipe.  We had a cycle race today in town.  The streets were closed for several races through town.  There were a lot of cameras out and most of them where phone cameras.  Don’t get me wrong, you can get some pretty amazing photos with a phone, but one thing [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]