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High-Key Photography Explained

Overexposure is usually considered a bad result in photography - something to be avoided at all costs. The same is true of blown-out backgrounds and overcast skies. But sometimes, this "high-key" look can be exactly what a photo needs. In this article, I will explain how to use the tool...

How to Photograph Cityscapes: A Beginner’s Guide

Hong Kong Blue Hour Taken with Panasonic S1R

Whether it’s an iconic skyline or some cool local architecture, photographing a cityscape can be a great way to create interesting compositions without having to trek into the wilderness. Getting successful cityscape shots requires a bit of preparation, gear knowledge, and location scouting. In this beginner's guide to photographing a...

Real Estate Drone Photography: A Complete Beginner’s Guide

Drone photography has grown to become an essential offering for real estate photography, but between a complex regulatory environment, a whole new set of gear considerations for both photo and video, and the challenges of shooting from a new angle, it can be tricky to start. Fortunately, in this introductory...

Best Camera Settings for Bird Photography

Imagine that you're on a beautiful beach and you see an unusual bird fly towards you. The sun is low in the sky and golden light washes over delicately patterned wings. You raise your camera, unsure of what settings to use. When you get back home, you realize the shots...

How to Photograph a Lunar Eclipse

Every so often the Moon falls into the shadows of the Earth, resulting in a lunar eclipse. Although lunar eclipses take place more often than solar eclipses, you'll still want to experience watching and potentially photographing this somewhat rare and stunningly beautiful phenomenon. I have been taking pictures of both...

How to Take Better Photographs Indoors

Many new photographers find that while shutter speed, aperture, and ISO make sense in theory, it is hard to know where to start in practice. Even if you understand basic camera settings, getting high quality photographs - especially indoors - is not always an easy task. In other words, maybe...

10 Things I’ve Learned in 10 Years as a Photographer

I just realized that I’ve been doing photography seriously for ten years (plus some change). So, I'd like to take this chance to look back and share ten of the most important things I’ve learned along the way, in chronological order. 2012: JPEG Has Consequences The first trip I took...

Nikon Z6 II Review

Whether Nikon's Z-series mirrorless system succeeds or fails depends disproportionately on cameras like the Nikon Z6 II. As a 24-megapixel, $2000, full-frame mirrorless camera, the Z6 II is aimed at many of Nikon's target photographers: DSLR holdouts, Z6 upgraders, first-time Nikon shooters, and more. Traditionally, even though $2000 is far from...

Nikon Z7 II Review

Nikon is going all-in on mirrorless. In just a few years, they've gone from a company focused on F-mount lenses and DSLRs to almost exclusively producing equipment for their ever-expanding Nikon Z system. One of the most advanced of these Z-series cameras is the Nikon Z7 II. Announced in October...