I spent quite a bit of time during my youth hunting in the woods of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Along with my family and friends, I was convinced that the first day of deer season was a national holiday! In truth, I invested far more time in preparation for deer season than...
Photography Techniques Category Archive - Page 23
The Significance of Depth, Background and Color in Storytelling
We as photographers often make the final call on deciding the life span of an image according to our own perception, imagination and expertise. As much as we should be open to constructive criticism, I have always thought our own satisfaction from a photograph should come first. My own self-criticism...
Diseases That Plague Photographers
Photography is an art meant to invigorate our creative side and facilitate our ability to see our world in new and interesting ways. Many books, articles, tutorials, and blogs focus on various aspects of the artistic and technical merits of photography. Rarely discussed, however, are some of the strange maladies...
Tips on Photographing Wedding Formals and Group Portraits
Photographing formals during weddings can be very tiresome and stressful to all parties involved. It's the part of the day both the guests and the photographer often want to get past as quickly as possible. Friends and family want to enjoy the cocktail with others. Bride and Groom are tired...
Don’t Get Stuck with Your Gear – Pursue Your Passion
A lot has changed since digital came around in 1999. Film has always been about quality – all kinds of it, too. It was about resolving power – we have >Fujichrome Velvia for that now; it was about color accuracy, which also suits the former as well as, say, Fujicolor...
Why Downsampling an Image Reduces Noise
One of our readers, Mike Baker, sent the below email to me today. I thought it was a great and interesting analysis of why downsampling an an image reduces noise, so I decided to share it with you (with his permission, of course). Trying to digest this stuff makes my...
Have Fun While Working
I've always found photographing engagement sessions and weddings to be rather stressful for both the couple (and the guests, too) as well as myself. But stress, at the same time, has proven to be the force that makes me want to do as well as I can. I get over...
Nikon AE-L / AF-L Button
Whether you are using a DSLR or a mirrorless camera, the might be a special button on the back of it labeled "AEL" or "AE-L / AF-L" (in the case of Nikon) that can be quite useful in many situations. In this article, I will explain what the AE-L /...
How Much is Too Much?
When it comes to our wedding business, Lola put me in charge of "QA" (Quality Assurance) before images are delivered to our clients. After she is done with all post-processing work, we sit down together and review all images. She is naturally good at working on images and her creative...
Bokeh on Point and Shoot Cameras
I get many emails from our readers asking me how they can get good bokeh out of their point and shoot cameras. I first thought about posting a short paragraph in a Photography FAQ post, but then decided to elaborate more on the subject and explain it in detail, rather...