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Travel photos help you to remember and re-live the experiences you had, and for those who weren’t on your trip, your photos are a way for them to vicariously share your experiences. Every trip you go on tells a story. Within the story arc of your trip are...

Here's how to easily combine two nightscapes into a single, stunning composite image!   The next time there is a new moon and you can get totally away from city lights, do the following. Make two separate images: one with a 20 or 30 second exposure and the second...

  As a photographer, the position of the sun (or the moon) at different times of the day is something that concerns you.  Knowing when and from which direction either will rise or set, is important information particularly if you shoot landscapes.  You can...

A question I often hear in my course “The Art of Printing Your Art” goes sort of like this: “How large does my file have to be (or how many megapixels do I need) to make a print of this or that size”.  The answer often surprises some students. Recall that digital...

Don’t shoot during the noon day hours on a sunny day!  This is a rule we are told over and over:  shoot only during the golden light of early morning and late afternoon.  While this is generally good advice and can provide wonderful to light to shape and reveal...

Happy Holidays to many of you and Happy New Year to all of you! Another year has almost passed and yes, it is hard to believe. And in the passing of still another year, I was witness, once again, to the one certainty of life and that certainty is change! Change is...

While culling images last week, I began to see potential in some of my images that I had discounted but not deleted. So I started looking at these images with a new eye. I encourage you to do this exercise – go back over your mages by year or subject, depending on how...

As a stay at home mom, I found myself taking photos of my children daily. I wanted to do better photos than just snapshots, so I started experimenting with things I could do at home to get good better photos. I would love to share with you my easy set ups and tricks...

For me, the easiest way to walk away with the best shot possible is to make a series of adjustments as I’m shooting. Photography is all about making adjustments from your first frame to your final composition. As I’m shooting, I look all around the frame. I’m doing my...