The last weekend of October, I feel, is the beginning of the holiday season. From Halloween to Thanksgiving to Christmas, it is my favorite time of year, and not only for photography but for a few other things, too. This year is going to be even better, and here is why.
I have four boys and one daughter. Yes, she can scrap with them. Yes, she is a bit louder and meaner than her old man. She is also smarter than me, and she is very pretty, so much so that I have more than one gun at home! Ha! On the more serious side, though,…
I love a great moody photo! Of course, autumn and winter are the best (and, I believe, the only) seasons of the year to create moody photos. Here I want to share why I love them and share some moody photos I took this morning… Moody photography has always been a WOW! factor for me…
Yes, it’s my favorite time of the year for practicing this hobby of photography. What surprises me the most, however, is the fact that I am not just looking at the whole of a landscape as much as I used to, actually, I am ‘focusing’ a little smaller today. Macro photography has become a pretty…
Yes, learning how the Exposure Triangle works for properly exposed, sharper images takes time. But what I’ve learned over the last year is that composition is, and I believe this wholeheartedly, the most important aspect of photography to learn and master. So, how do you master composition? Or, better yet, can you master composition with…
As a hobby photographer, becoming a professional is not really on my immediate radar. However, it is floating there just along the edges of my mind. My one problem, though, is getting better at photography! Frustration is the enemy of progress. For me, the frustration lies in the science of using the exposure triangle correctly,…