Last time we looked at tilting the camera and getting a little more angle on the subject. This time lets look at shooting from an angle that isn’t normal. Often changing to a …

Here is a quick tip for you that can make a big difference in your shots, try adding a little angle to your shots when you take them. The following two images show …

One thing that seems to baffle a lot of new photographers is understanding the term “stop” as it pertains to a measurement of light. We see this word used over and over with regards to shutter speed, aperture, film speed, filters, lighting, and other ways that light is used. You may hear a phrase like “you should expose one side of face 1-2 stops under the lit side of the face and expose the background 1 stop under the main subject”. For many people that’s about like asking them to solve a complex calculus problem.

While the iPhone gets a lot of press, Android-based phones are selling like hotcakes, to the tune of about 150,000 per day. That’s an awful lot of Android phones out there and the hardware is …

Numerous people, myself included, have written about the exposure triangle in order to explain how you need to balance ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture to get a good exposure. The confusing part is that …

I get asked a lot about what kind of lenses to use for different situations and since I needed to select the lenses I would be traveling with here to Maui, I decided this would …

Buuuut Kerrrry…..If you use your flash ON your camera (not your pop-up flash) you can’t get directional lighting, its going to look horrible. Well…yeah, and that’s why so many people don’t like to use …

David Ziser (http://digitalprotalk.com) is certainly one of my personal mentors with his classical approach to wedding photography and lighting. At WPPI this year David was on-hand at the Westcott booth to do a lighting demonstration …

In this video, Andrew from Tamron discusses the autofocus features of modern DSLRs and the different autofocus modes that are available. You will also learn when and how to use the different types of autofocus …

In this first video from Tamron, Andre talks about camera basics and getting to know your camera.