As I look back through my images over the years, I realize that I am not the same photographer I once was. My craft has improved and the images are more visually interesting compositionally and have changed for the better. Hopefully the same is true for your photography. Perhaps, over time, the camera feels a bit more natural in your …

Often times, while looking for creative ideas, I see and read a lot of comments from others regarding someone’s image or images that they took. They say things like ” that’s not a good idea” or “if you can’t understand the exposure triangle, don’t be a photographer”, and the list goes on and on. Inevitably, if you share your work, …

If there is one thing that frustrates me the most, it is when I get home from a trip or vacation, look at my photos and some of them are soft. I realized that it is not the cameras fault, but rather operator error on my part. Here is what I have learned over the years that made a huge …

For years, myself included, I would rely on my LCD preview to check a number of things with my image before going click. Composition, sharpness, whether or not I need to dial in exposure compensation, those types of basic things. prior to taking the picture. I still do. Recently I learned that the LCD renders the back picture preview honoring …

Have you ever dialed in the focus perfectly, pressed the shutter button, and the focus automatically changed, creating an out-of-focus image? If you have the auto-focus linked to the shutter release, then there is a good chance this can happen. In my humble opinion, if you use back button focus, you’ll never have this problem again. Back button focus ensures …

I will be the first to admit, that early on while shooting , I had no clue about the subtle nuances of white balance or color cast. There was always that part of me that questioned, “Why does the photo look different than what I saw with my eyes?” I thought the camera would take care of that for me. …

One of the goal posts, for myself personally, that I use to help keep me motivated when out shooting is, am I moving forward in my photography. When I come back with images, did I capture the story I wanted to tell? Are my images better compositionally than they were a month ago, a year ago? Did I work the …

This is a great question and with the options on today’s mirrorless bodies, it can be confusing on which is right for you. The purpose of this blog post is to share with you what works best for me in my style of photography. By no means is this all there is. I wanted to share what I have found …

Do your eyes glaze over when you hear the term metering modes? They can be confusing for sure, and I would like to try to shed some light on this to help your photography along. Basically here is what the metering modes do. The metering system is what the camera uses to decide your shutter, aperture and ISO need to …

Cameras today are very versatile when allowing you to have creative control over your images. Regardless of make or model, as the photographer you can choose from hundreds of preferences to enhance you photograph if you choose. One of the easiest ways to override the camera making decisions for you is to use picture control. You can access and choose …

These myths primarily trend toward landscapes, but some are applicable to other genres as well. The main thing is to help fledgling photographers or new photographers not succumb to these long held ideas and to free them up in their photography. #1 – You need the best camera gear to take great pictures Not true at all. I started with …

This question always brings a smile to my face when I hear someone ask this. As opposed to what? A fake photographer. There are certain myths or assumptions if you will, that photographers have to do certain things to be considered a real photographer. For example, “you always have to shoot in manual mode” or “you have to always shoot …