I really enjoy raptor photography, definitely much more than any other type of bird photography. Birds of prey are powerful, aggressive, fast, agile, precise and even at times ravenous, having no mercy on their targets. They are also tough to photograph and get close to, since most of them (especially...
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...
How to Recover Deleted Photos from Memory Cards
Have you ever accidentally formatted your memory card with important images in it? Or perhaps your hard drive crashed, you had no backups and you already deleted images from your memory cards? You never think about it until it happens and when it does happen, it hits you hard. I...
Photo Noise Reduction Tutorial
This photo noise reduction tutorial is for beginner photographers, who want to reduce or get rid of noise in their digital images and don't know how to do it. I will first explain what noise is and how you can reduce it in camera and then I will show how...
Florida Birding Near Orlando
This article is about birding in Florida, where I will share my birding photography techniques and discuss some of the best birding spots in Central Florida, near Orlando. The below pictures are from my most recent trip to Orlando. (more…)
How to View DNG Thumbnails in Windows
If you convert RAW files to DNG as a part of your workflow in Lightroom, you probably get frustrated with the fact that Windows does not display DNG image thumbnails or let you view files in Windows Photo Viewer. Windows by default does now know how to read DNG files...
Lightroom Process Version Explained
Every once in a while, Adobe releases major updates to Lightroom that might drastically change the way RAW images are converted and processed. In order to make sure that photographers can preserve their existing edits within Lightroom, Adobe came up with something called "Process Version", which basically stores the different...
Nikon DSLR Error Messages
An error message showing up on a camera is no fun and it can get frustrating when it happens. All modern Nikon DSLRs such as the Nikon D3200, D3300, D3400, D3500, D5200, D5300, D5500, D5600, D7200/D7500, D500, D610, D750, D850, and D5 display specific error messages when certain problems occur,...
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G Review
This is an in-depth review of the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lens that was released in August of 2007 together with the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED. Sporting two ED and three aspherical lens elements in a complex 14-element optical design, the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G has been known for its remarkable...
How to Fix Blinking “Err” Error on Nikon DSLR Cameras
So you got yourself a brand new DSLR and after using it for a little while got the dreaded "Err" error on your camera LCD? Fear not, your camera might not damaged and there might be no need to return it back to Nikon, as they suggest in most camera...