Professional sports photography requires something that most styles of photography don't. Of course you need to know composition, lighting, and the ideal camera settings, but the harsh reality of sports…
When it comes to photographing your food, it's all about setting the "right" scene. If you want your honey baked ham or apple pie to make your Instagram followers salivate with…
If you are a family photographer, you have likely worked with pets. Because our furry friends can't talk, it's essential to learn what their body language is signaling. In honor…
Learning digital photography seems like a tough task—especially when you're met with all kinds of technical jargon that leave you clueless and itching for a dictionary. Or worse, leaving you trying…
Say the word “contract” to a group of wedding photographers, and you will often get the same collective sigh that the word “homework” elicits from a group of seventh graders. Most…
As a native San Francisco Bay Area landscape photographer, I have dreamt of the opportunity to do an aerial photography shoot of the Bay Area for years. However, until a…
Back button focus is a game-changing way to operate your camera. It takes some time to get used to, but it solves so many problems that you may encounter when shooting.…
Face it, you were wrong. You thought carrying all that camera gear, extra lenses, tripod, and water inside a single strap messenger bag would work out just fine. But no,…
For the vast majority of photography, the camera doesn't matter. The images you create are a combination of composition, lighting, subject, and creativity. As Chase Jarvis (CEO of CreativeLive) famously…
Owning a camera doesn’t make you a photographer any more than having a pet goldfish makes you a marine biologist. So how do you go from camera owner to photographer,…