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Why Shoot Large Format Film in a Digital World?

For the past year or so, my main camera for landscape photography hasn't been one of the newest high-resolution mirrorless cameras that I spend so much time writing about. Nor has it been an ol’ reliable DSLR. Instead, I’ve been using large format film, especially a 4x5 camera. When other...

Living Within Your Dynamic Range

One of the quieter revolutions in digital image quality has been dynamic range. The days of picking between highlight detail and shadow detail are gone; almost any modern camera can capture both simultaneously with ease. But even though this capability is remarkable, it’s also easy to overuse. Unnecessarily Expanding Your...

My Favorite Things I Learned About Photography in 2021

Mount Bierdstadt Afternoon 4x5 Portra 160

I never want to stop picking up new techniques in photography. If you’re constantly learning, you’re constantly improving. Now that 2021 is coming to a close, I'd like to share some things I learned this year and how they’ve helped my photography grow. Many of the techniques I’m writing about...

Budget PC Build for Photography Needs

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When you're building a PC for photo editing purposes, you may think it's critical to go with a top-of-the-line configuration. After all, most photographers are using complex post-processing software like Photoshop and Lightroom that can benefit from a fast computer. But even though that's true to a certain degree, there...

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...

When and How to Upsample an Image

Upsampling is a tool in most post-processing software that allows you to increase an image’s resolution after taking it. Upsampling lets you boost, say, a 24 megapixel image to 48 megapixels, 96 megapixels, or 240 megapixels! But doing so doesn’t mean you’re actually capturing more detail. This article covers everything...

How to Make Photos Feel More Deliberate

Same Photo of Pyramid Dune with Tone Curve and HSL Lightroom Adjustments

Most of the time, when you see a good photo, you'll get a sense that the photographer took it deliberately. But how can you tell that? What subtle things about the photo make it appear deliberate rather than random? That’s what I’ll cover today. Getting the Technical Things Right The...

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...

Averaged High Dynamic Range Technique (AHDR) Explained

A technique I recently learned allows you to capture lots of dynamic range in photography with better results and fewer downsides than traditional HDRs. I call it “AHDR” for “Averaged High Dynamic Range” photography. AHDR isn’t a popular technique at the moment, but I’ll make a case in this article...

Recommended Equipment for Milky Way Photography

Milky Way Photo with Rock Formations in Foreground

Simply seeing the Milky Way is already an awe-inspiring experience, and photographing it is one of my favorite things in the world. Although I've already written several articles about photographing the stars, today I wanted to specifically cover the gear needed to get great night sky photos. This article is...