September 2009 Archive

By Brian

After much work, our eBook on – you guessed it – digital photography is in the final stages!  Learn the top secrets, tips, tricks, and techniques to taking pictures like a pro. There has been a brief delay but the book will be available soon!

We have been sharing some of the more generalized lessons here.

I am having some people in the ebook business world look things over so as to make sure the ebook is of the highest quality. As mentioned, there has been a lot of hard work, re-work, and prayer that has gone into this. I will keep you all posted on this exciting venture!

No, not the direction you are pointing your camera — what do you hope to accomplish with a picture?

With unlimited shots available (no expensive and limited film) and a good photo-editing program, the sky is the limit with what you can accomplish.

What are you trying to accomplish with a shot? What would you like to see in the image? How can you manipulate or perfect the image with photo-shop or similar software?

Photo-shop aside, you should still work to take the best photograph possible. There are, after all, some issues that digital photo editing cannot fix. Therefore, consider what you would like you image to look like or convey before you randomly aim and shoot. A little thinking and planning can go a long way to more enjoyable pictures

Today we celebrated my son’s belated birthday. As the birthday cake arrived, I was poised with the camera. I did not want to miss that moment when he blew out the candles. Unfortunately, digital cameras are notoriously slow. There is a split second between depressing the shutter button and the actual snapping of the photo image.

It takes a few moments for your camera to assess exposure and focus; this can cause that annoying delay. If your shooting an image of something happening quickly, that split second might be the difference between the little boy physically blowing out the candles and a grinning boy with a wreath of smoke and blackened candle-stubs.

One trick I know is to depress the shutter button half-way which locks exposure and focus. When you are ready to take the picture, depress the shutter button fully. Doing so will give you a much quicker response to capture the picture you really want.

By the way, the picture of my son blowing out his candles came out great!

by Brian

Many people make a good living from photographing major sporting events. However, say you want to photograph a little league game, high school football, or junior soccer – there are a few tips to know about sports photography.

by Brian

Your own neighborhood, home, or backyard may prove to be a thrilling and unlimited Photographic journey.

First of all, you need to look at the familiar sights in a different light.  Look for unique lighting at different periods of the day or examine intersting shadows and colors.  Zooming in close to normally mundane objects can reveal impressive abstracts or textures.

Just because the landscape is familiar doesn’t mean there is nothing new to see.

If you are going to practice with a new camera or if you are trying out new techniques, where should you go to train yourself?

Why not focus on an area of interests: if you like hiking, take your camera on your favorite trails or if you enjoy plants, shoot images of flowers and trees.

If you combine interests like photography and birdwatching or visiting museums, you will naturally feel drawn to take pictures. In fact, you will probably attempt assorted angles and variations that might not have been inspired otherwise.

Once you begin to photograph your interests, hobbies, or favorite locations, don’t stop. Your images will progressively get better and more creative with each passing attempt.

by Brian

Our goal is to have this baby – our digital photography ebook – launched by the end of the month. Anouncements on this blog, twitter, and Facebook will follow our progress.

The project is going well and I am very happy with our work covering digital photography! This blog has been a lot of fun and I hope and plan to continue and expand with more information and thoughts.

Thank you all!

After much work, our eBook on – you guessed it – digital photography is in the final stages!  Learn the top secrets, tips, tricks, and techniques to taking pictures like a pro.

We have been sharing some of the more generalized lessons here.

I am having some people in the ebook business world look things over so as to make sure the ebook is of the highest quality. As mentioned, there has been a lot of hard work, re-work, adn prayer that has gone into this. I will keep you all posted on this exciting venture!

By Brian

Many of you may know this, but I though I would pass this along.

Those of us who use Photoshop to “touch-up” our digital images can get free updates/download from the following web address

http://download.cnet.com/The-Print-Shop-Essentials/3000-6675_4-10443717.html

By Brian

In the short history of photography, there have been many immortal pictures. I don’t have to describe or name any, you can recall dozens right away.

Pictures that are burned into our memory. Pictures that changed our minds, changed history, or changed the world! Dramatic, shocking, or inspirational images of leaders, people, battlefields, catastrophes, life and death…

Most of those images were captured by professional photographers and processed in labratories. With digital photography and the internet, any one of us might capture the next climatic moment of photographic infamy. You just might be the one on hand as fate or fortune unfolds. Who knows what images you might capture and share with history?