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How to get silky smooth water

Posted by toby
/ October 14, 2010 / Leave a comment

Ingredients for silky smooth water- A tripod or some other way to steady your camera. You cannot handhold for the long shutter exposures needed. A camera with manual control – does not need to be a DSLR, as long as you can set a long-ish shutter length A circular polarizing...
All About the Lenses (Acronyms)

Posted by toby
/ October 9, 2010 / 1 Comment

This post is the fourth(? – I have lost count already) in a series about lenses. For many first time DSLR users, the sheer variety of lenses can be daunting. Furthering the confusion is all the lenses that at first glance seem similar in some respects but vary widely in...
Unboxing & Examples: Gary Fong Collapsible Lightsphere

Posted by toby
/ September 25, 2010 / Leave a comment

An unboxing with example shots showing the effect of bare flash vs the Gary Fong Collapsible Lightsphere Gary Fong GFLSC01 LightSphere Collapsible Diffuser
Shooting Video with DSLRS is hard

Posted by toby
/ September 20, 2010 / Leave a comment

I am writing this post as a caution to point and shoot users who are accustomed to easy to use video mode on their little cameras and who are thinking about moving up to a DSLR and using that DSLR to take video. This cautionary tale is especially important if...
All About the Lenses (Aperture)

Posted by toby
/ September 4, 2010 / 1 Comment

This post is the second in a series about lenses. For many first time DSLR users, the sheer variety of lenses can be daunting. Furthering the confusion is all the lenses that at first glance seem similar in some respects but vary widely in price. In this post we will...
All About the Lenses (Focal Length)

Posted by toby
/ August 30, 2010 / Leave a comment

This post is the beginning of a series about lenses. For many first time DSLR users the sheer variety of lenses can be daunting with a mish-mash of numbers that can further the confusion. In this post we will take a look at what the numbers mean and break it...
Simple Portrait Tips

Posted by Christina
/ August 11, 2010 / Leave a comment

Guest Post by the wonderful and talented Christina Bernales Shoot from above – When you are photographing a subject, try picking an angle that is higher than him or her. Not only will this give you a more interesting point of view, it is also a more flattering angle especially...
Bite sized tips

Posted by toby
/ January 15, 2010 / Leave a comment

As I think of tips and share them on twitter I will also add here, I may use this as a scratch pad for tips in progress too, not always easy to get a tip into 140 characters or less Previous Tips: CameraTip: Always reformat your memory card in camera-...
10 Photography Tips

Posted by toby
/ January 10, 2010 / Leave a comment

Kodak has a very nice list of 10 tips that will, if followed, greatly improve your pictures. http://classic.kodakgallery.com/fullpages/photo_tips/top-10-photo-tips.html
Winter Shooting Tips

Posted by toby
/ January 3, 2010 / Leave a comment

Winter has certainly arrived to most of the Northern Hemisphere. Well technically to all of it but there are places where people still get to wear shorts. Here are some colder weather photography tips. Feel free to leave your own tips in the comments below. 1- Keep your spare camera...