Why is My Image Blurry?

Those who read my Blog know that I am a Tripod-Zealot. I know there are circumstances where a tripod is just not going to work (my friend, sometime mentor, and talented professional photographer, Ray Laskowitz, often points out how important good hand-holding technique is if you want to get some images). But in most of [...]

Taking Your Photography to the “Next Level” (6)

Visualization This final installment in the series, is written, as much to myself, as it is to any other reading audience. It is an ongoing experience for me and will probably be as difficult to write as it is “live.” Good Photographers Make Images A photography instructor some years back, critiquing an image-assignment, said something [...]

Taking your Photography to the “Next Level” (5)

Know Your Equipment There is nothing worse, nor more frustrating, than to be in the field, with a photographic opportunity facing you, and not know how to use your equipment to capture the moment I have admitted previously that I am a (recovering?) gearhead . This blog is about equipment, but it’s really not about [...]

Taking your Photography to the “Next Level” (4)

Understand Exposure Making images separates snapshots from creative photographic images For our purposes, I will treat “exposure” more broadly than its technical meaning. In this blog post I mean understanding and controlling the amount of light in an image, and such things as the aperture and shutter speed. The reason understanding these things is important [...]