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I have been testing something new from my friends at Lensbaby and am madly in love with this little lens! It's called the Sol 45 and it has renewed the magic that Lensbaby has always brought to my photographs. This is a lightweight sweet spot lens, 45mm, with a fixed...

Most of us are familiar with the saying, “When a tree falls in the woods, and there is no one there to hear it fall, does the tree make a sound?” Well, here is a ‘similar’ question, but first the background story. On this particular morning a few weeks ago, outside...

This post is one in a series on how to create a sense of place.   CASE STUDY: A ROMANTIC GETAWAY Next time you’re taking photos on holiday or during a celebration, include detail shots to flesh out your story. Details shots, when added together with photos of...

Visual maturity often recognizes the need to slow down, observe, move closer, move back, move up or down, consider other lenses, return at a different time etc. all in an attempt to fully explore the subject and in the process we should make numerous other and equally...

Adapted from Photography Essentials, taught by Brit Hammer. The one simple thing that will improve your photos immediately Creating a strong composition is that one simple thing. Composition is a function of camera angle and framing. Every time I photograph, these are...

Have you ever wondered how to continue editing and cataloging your images with Adobe Lightroom when you are away from home? There is so much to think about when preparing for a photography expedition and having a secure place to upload and edit your images is as...

If I had to limit my comments to just one helpful critique to amateur photographers world-wide, it would be this; “Quit focusing on the ‘story’, and instead focus on the exclamation point!” Too often, the compositions of amateur photographers include far far too much...

I don’t know about you, but the two hardest things I’ve ever had to photograph are kids and dogs, and photographing both together can be problematic. It’s stressful enough when you’re shooting for a client whose paying you a lot of money to deliver the goods, but when...

Using depth of field to tell a story Many photographers have a favorite aperture. Mine is f/2.8. Why? Because it allows me to tell a story...   Do your eyes go first to the plants in the foreground, then to the person standing in the blurry background? Do you...