Photography Tips and Solutions

With the exception of a few SpongeBob and Hello Kitty point-and-shoot digicams, every digital camera allows you the option of setting the White Balance (WB) to a selection of specific pre-sets (Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Tungsten, etc.) or Auto, and for the most part, you’ll get...

Spaghetti is a tasty and cost-effective meal; however, if you're not careful, your wires and cables have the potential to turn into it. When you acquire multiple pieces of equipment, you can end up with a messy tangle of AC adapters before you notice. It's always a good idea to keep them organized with...

As the only pro photographer in my neighborhood, I sometimes get asked to shoot a quick photo of an event or a friend at the very last minute. My studio is only 15 minutes away, but I do most of my file processing, printing, and gear prep in my home office.

The human eye, with support from the brain (the fastest CPU on the planet), visually reconstructs our surroundings in real-time as we go about our days and nights. Describing the human eye and how it interprets the world around us in terms of camera optics is a tricky process to explain...

An ample home studio can be constructed in spaces as small as 12 x 12 - 20'. Within the confines of this space you can create countless professional-quality portraits.

If you wish your holiday greeting cards were more personable (more you?), perhaps it's time to start creating them yourself. Many desktop printers come bundled with software containing greeting card format templates, and even if they don't, most imaging applications, including Photoshop CS/2/3, and...

Lighting Food 02/01/2008

What is often missed when approaching a plate of food is its unique architecture, which begins with the vessel or plate. There is no substitute for moving it around and rotating it in-camera, arranging the elements utilizing the unique perspective of the lens in use. This is a...

Soften Lighting with a Softbox 09/11/2006 (All day)

Softboxes provide photographers, filmmakers and videographers with a viable solution to the problem of how to make light look more "natural." But you don’t have to be a working professional to take advantage of the flattering window light that softboxes simulate.

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