I actually like using gels on my speedlites but the biggest hassle has always been how to store them effectively. At a recent shoot, my Strobist Gell Kit had an unfortunate incident which resulted in …

Recently I decided to take up the challenge of shooting a few rolls of film through my old Canon AE-1. To be completely honest here the last film I shot was a single roll through …

It’s a pretty safe bet anymore that many people who are shooting with digital SLR’s have never shot a film camera outside of possibly an APS cameras or some other mostly point-and-shoot or disposable camera. …

Unfortunately there is a chain link fence surrounding this structure and while we could have shot through it at pointblank range and it would basically disappear, we really wanted a clean view, although …

Outside of Blythe it was time to take another shot when we tried to get off the road to shoot some wrecked cars. Unfortunately we couldn’t get to the vehicles but the road ended at …

What do you shoot when you are supposed to stop once an hour when the time comes up and there is just NOTHING around? That’s when it’s time to get creative and pull out an …

If you hadn’t heard about it before, Photo Project 24 is a collaborative project between myself and Chris Diset. The goal was to travel about 1,500 miles in 24 hours while stopping once an hour …

I’m going to try something new here. Usually I talk about some technique and build up to getting a shot with that technique. In this series I am going to show you a picture I …

Before we get too far into this, we need to have a brief discussion of what a prime lens is. There are two basic types of lenses (yes, there are more, but they are far …

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.