Last week I shot an engagement session that started earlier in the day than I prefer. Most photographers will try to shoot during the “golden hour” just before sunset because you generally get the best light then and maybe a great sunset to work wi…

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I read a blurb on the Internet about the new Class 10 SDXC cards in several brands. This type of memory card sounds perfect: super fast and tons of capacity at 64 gigabytes. Why would anyone want to use any other kind of SD card, except for th…

Aphid and Desert Sunflower. A ground up, rather than eye-level, perspective, was an essential part of making this image pop. © Joe Decker
The week before last we talked about moving: about what a difference moving a foot to the left or right, forwar…

I recently sold my 70-200mm VR lens (which was in mint condition) so that I could get the new VR II. Why would I do such a thing? The VR (1st version) lens works perfectly on all Nikon Pro SLR’s however when using it with a full frame …

Udi over at DIYPhotography.net sent me a Bokeh Masters Kit a while back and asked me to play around with it and give him my impressions. I actually wrote a detailed review for all of you back in December.
If you’re too lazy to read my review, I can s…

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At one point in my life I considered being a furniture maker. I had the woodworking bug. I read books and magazines on the subject. I built really, really bad tables with drawers that didn’t work quite right — all of the …

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Every day Amazon offers a Gold Box special. During those 24 hours you can purchase what’s inside the box at a greatly discounted rate. Today, this Gold Box Special is the Pentax K-7 DSLR for $899 body only. This is a fantastic price …

If you’ve always hungered for a DSLR and more importantly, a Nikon DSLR, but never had ‘the ready’ to fill your ambition … The Nikon D3000 DSLRcould be your opportunity.
It’s hard to quantify the allure of the breed but undeniable is the bloo…

A Guest Post by Chris Folsom.
Lineup of Lenses – by canonsnapperIt’s a question I hear a lot from new photographers: “what lenses should I buy?”
And while there are a lot of different types of lenses appropriate for many different situations and …

Over the past few months I’ve noted a couple dozen compositional “ideas”, not so much rules as tools that you can use to make more effective photographs. But this leaves a question hanging: How do I actually use all these ideas in practice?
Petro…