Warm In Winter
Warm in Winter: Gear and Technique for Winter Photography Check me out on: My Patreon: | Google+: | Facebook: | Twitter: | Flickr: | 500px: | Sign Up for My Newsletter : I’ve got a lot of practice shooting in winter conditions. …
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How I Got the Shot – “One Drop of Your Love”
How (and Why) I Got the Shot “One Drop of Your Love” I had an idea to combine a couple of things that I like in one shot – namely bokeh highlights and splash photography. The challenge of combining these…
Long Range Landscapes
Why You Should Bring Your Telephoto Lens when you Shoot Landscapes This article was originally written for Alien Skin Software – check out the original on their blog here: When most people think about shooting landscapes, they immediately think, “wide…
Gear for Senior Session Portraits
You’ve probably already figured out that there is a growing market for Senior Sessions. Gone are the days when it was sufficient for the crew to pull up at the school, unload some backdrops, and take cookie cutter photos of…
Nostalgia Processing
Nostalgia. It’s an odd word when you stop and look at it, but also a word that impacts us all. It might be a smell that takes you back to Grandma’s kitchen, an old movie poster that evokes some warm…
Vintage Glass, Vintage Looks
We live in a somewhat ironic day. Many of the optical defects of past years have been resolved, and lenses are no longer prone to flare or odd optical quirks like bokeh that “swirls” around the periphery of the image.…
How to Shoot and Process a Nightscape
There are few people that don’t enjoy the mesmerizing images of the night sky filled with stars over a beautiful foreground scene. It was a friend of mine, Royce Bair, who popularized the term “nightscape” for these type of images. …
How to Eliminate Mirror Hang with a SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4
Several years ago I (like many other photographers) discovered the joys of shooting vintage glass on my modern DSLRs. I’ve tried out a number of old lenses in various mounts, including M42, Contax C/Y, Pentax K, Tamron Adaptall, Konica, and…
Mirrorless or Not?
Alien Skin Software recently asked the question: Been thinking about switching to mirrorless? Why or why not? We asked a bunch of industry leaders to share what they thought about making a change to a mirrorless system. Head over to…
Circular Polarizer Where?!!
Many of you are familiar with the traditional uses of a circular polarizer. They help in keeping blue skies blue, improving color saturation, and reduce glare in bright conditions. They are like a good pair of sunglasses for your lens.…