Anyone who’s ever been a Boyscout will tell you their motto is Always be prepared. Their motto isn’t just for them, it’s applicable to everyone, in just about every aspect of your life. Planning ahead of time helps reduce problems during an event and when mishaps, accidents and problems arise, you’ll have everything you need […]
Camera Craft Articles
How to use your camera to its (and your) potential.
Photography is a fun and exciting hobby, and for many of us a job too. Once only seen as a hobby that took a lot of money and some proper schooling to enjoy, the continuing price drops in gear that consistently gets better each year combined with the wealth of information online has seen a […]
Utilizing flash in photography allows you to create unique photographs in ways that would otherwise be impossible. There are a few downsides to utilizing flash photography though. Harsh shadows Over-exposed subject matter Inability to illuminate larger subjects or groups of people properly Using reflectors and other light modifiers with your flash photography will create more […]
To understand exposure is to understand photography. Exposure is the technical aspect that allows you to actually create a photograph. While it has nothing to do with composition directly, without it, you wouldn’t be able to shoot. So what is exposure and why do you need to understand it? Exposure is made up of three […]
Cameras have a lot of buttons, functions and features and the manuals for them are about the size of a phone book these days. It can take a while to get comfortable using your gear and remembering where all the settings are, how the menu system works and remembering what features are there to utilize. […]
Learning to be a good photography takes time, patience and lots of learning, most of it through trial and error. There seem to be countless books, classes, tutorials and blog postings how to do, create, setup, finalize, post-process, etc. to yield the best possible image and get that killer shot. Less talked about is what […]