Cameras And Gear

Digital Camera Review: Panasonic DMC-FZ30K / FZ30S

Digital Camera Review: Panasonic DMC-FZ30K / FZ30S

Review: Panasonic DMC-FZ30K / FZ30S 8 MP SLR-like Fixed-lens Digital Camera Buy from Amazon.com So you’re looking for a camera more sophisticated than a pocket-sized point-and-shoot, but don’t want to deal with the big bucks and big size of an SLR? This camera may be for you. The Panasonic DMC-FZ30 falls into the category of [...]

February 19, 2008 | 0 Comments More
Digital Camera Review: Nikon D70S digital SLR

Digital Camera Review: Nikon D70S digital SLR

Nikon D70S 6.1MP Digital SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera Buy From Amazon.com One of the first entry-level digital SLRs available, the D70 was Nikon’s answer to Canon’s Digital Rebel (EOS 300D), the first under-$1000 consumer-grade SLR on the market. The D70 is currently a discontinued model, but the upgraded version, the D70S is still available. [...]

February 5, 2008 | 0 Comments More
Digital Camera Review: Olympus E-510 DSLR

Digital Camera Review: Olympus E-510 DSLR

Olympus EVOLT E-510 10 MP Digital SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera Buy from Amazon.com The E-510 is one of several entry-level digital SLRs on the market, clocking in at under $1000 with the typical inexpensive short zoom. Olympus film SLRs have always been quirky, and their DSLRs seem to follow suit. A good analogy is [...]

December 18, 2007 | 0 Comments More

Photo Editing

Why Cropping Your Photos Creates A More Interesting Picture

Why Cropping Your Photos Creates A More Interesting Picture

Someone once said that if your photos don’t seem interesting, that’s only because you weren’t close enough! Given physical limitations, we often resort to zoom lenses or print enlargement to get closer to the subject. However, digital image magnification now gives us another way to do this. This image of the bumblebee is actually a [...]

January 2, 2008 | 0 Comments More
Portrait Photography Tips

Portrait Photography Tips

People portraits are tricky. What’s key to a successful one? Well, aside from technicalities, its all about respect and interest. Respect your subject and show interest in who they are and what they do. You’d be surprised how many people will let you photograph them! I shot this image in a thrift shop. A very [...]

November 5, 2007 | 0 Comments More
Pig Phone – From Color to Black and White With Photoshop Tutorial

Pig Phone – From Color to Black and White With Photoshop Tutorial

What’s Octoberfest without a pig roast? The woman ahead of me in the meat line was snapping a cell phone shot of her dinner, so I just shot her hand shooting her subject! Its kind of trendy to selectively desaturate a color image these days, and I get caught up in it too. Read on [...]

October 29, 2007 | 0 Comments More

Composition Tips

Photographing the “Decisive Moment”

Photographing the “Decisive Moment”

One of the oldest photographic compositional tricks is to choose your setting and wait for a subject to enter into it. Set your shutter speed, aperture, and focus ahead of time, and just wait for that decisive moment when something enters the frame to complete the picture. You can even mount the camera to a [...]

August 6, 2008 | 0 Comments More
Vacation Photos !

Vacation Photos !

Unless you’re one of the unfortunates who summer where they winter, you’ll go on vacation this year. Simply EVERYONE takes vacation pictures to remember the good times. What kind of camera should you take and how do you ensure getting great shots?

June 24, 2008 | 0 Comments More
Springtime Flower Photography

Springtime Flower Photography

Nothing provides new photographic opportunities better than a change of scenery. If you can’t afford a trip abroad, then a change of season will do. Springtime in the Northeastern United States is a good example. With azaleas, dogwoods, and cherry blossoms in bloom, the world just looks like a better place! And why not capture [...]

May 20, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Privacy and Legal Issues

Homeland Insecurity

Homeland Insecurity

While some of my photography may be questionable, I never considered it to be terrorism. The FBI has its own opinion, however, as evidenced by their questioning my photographic activities in the summer of ’07.

December 8, 2010 | 0 Comments More
Tips For Taking Pictures While Driving

Tips For Taking Pictures While Driving

What the heck is this a photo of? Some sort of Photoshop digital montage? Actually, no, it’s a straight image I shot out my car window one morning last week! Ever consider keeping your camera at the ready on the front seat of your car? Read on to learn more about drive-by shooting! What are [...]

January 15, 2008 | 0 Comments More
Does posting photos of strangers to your blog violate their privacy?

Does posting photos of strangers to your blog violate their privacy?

Is it ok to post your photos of strangers on your blog or on Flickr. Wired Magazine says go ahead. As long as there’s no “reasonable expectation of privacy” – meaning, they aren’t somewhere they’d never expect a camera to be – you should be ok in regards to privacy issues in most cases.

September 27, 2007 | 0 Comments More