Basics
The Classic Shot
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010For all I’ve been blogging lately about being different and unique with your photography, never forget that all good photos are worth taking. Don’t become a one-trick pony with one specialty just because you practice and become good at it (such as Macro or Abstract or HDR). Case in point- beautiful sunsets. I took this [...]
What’s Your Specialty or Passion?
Friday, March 12th, 2010I imagine most photographers and budding photographers have a preferred subject matter when it comes to taking pictures. There are lots of genres, and each can take a while to become comfortable with, and a long time to become an expert at them. Of the genres I can think of off the top of my [...]
Simplicity
Sunday, January 27th, 2008The other day I saw a photo in one of my contact’s photo stream that smacked me in the face. I’ve learned a lot in the last year with the Picture365 project, and learned a bit about framing and composing, but it’s always hard to put into words. This photo easily summarizes that a photo [...]
Do I Have Enough Megapixels?
Saturday, January 5th, 2008I may revisit this topic in the future, but for now I wanted to point you to a couple of links a friend of mine sent me (thanks Kris!), regarding how many pixels are enough. The first one discusses how many pixels are enough when purchasing a digital camera. That depends on your final use [...]
Digital Camera Display Discrepancy
Sunday, November 4th, 2007Something I’ve run across with a number of digital cameras is a discrepancy between what I see when I take my photo, and what I get when I view my image on my computer. Digital camera displays ratchet up the gain and oversaturate the colors on the display so that the images “pop” when you [...]
A Sense of Space (addendum)
Monday, August 6th, 2007I decided to write an addendum to the previous blog entry because of a picture I took today while out walking through the neighborhood. A neighbor a few doors down was mowing his lawn, with the help of his very young son. Spotting the opportunity, I got this photo with my N95, a promising camera [...]
A Sense of Space
Friday, August 3rd, 2007A Sense of Space This guideline kind of sort of goes along with the rule of thirds. I say that because if you follow the rule of thirds for a shot, depending on the scene you are photographing, you will automatically have a sense of space around your subject. If your subject is a person [...]
The Rule of Thirds
Saturday, July 28th, 2007The Rule of Thirds is probably the #1 guideline in photography for taking good pictures. Keep in mind that it’s a guideline, and not actually a rule. Just if you are beginning in photography, or people just aren’t reacting to your photos in a way that you would like, this is a good place to [...]
The “Rules” of Photography
Thursday, July 26th, 2007I took a photography class years ago offered by a local camera store (the recently defunct Warehouse Photographic). I remember vaguely them talking about rules. Some of them that I can remember are: 1. The rule of thirds- never place your subject in the center of the frame, but rather offset to one side or [...]
