In this article, I will talk about what gear you need for a successful photo of the eclipse. There are two solar eclipses in North America in the next 7 months. The Annular Total Eclipse tracking from Oregon to New Mexico on Oct 14, and the Total Eclipse running from Mazatlán to Maine, April 8, 2024. […]
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Nothing depicts the soul of a place better than the faces that occupy it. Travel and Street photography can be some of the most rewarding and interesting photographs that we can make. It does, however, take a special approach and way of thinking.
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Perspective Control In Camera What is perspective control? How can you achieve perspective control in your images? In this article I will discuss the concept of perspective control and what it means in our photographs. To achieve In-camera Perspective Control you must have either a view camera or a tilt shift lens. For the examples
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Vu Filter Holder As most of you know I rarely endorse a specific brand of photographic equipment, however, this month I am writing about a filter holder that was provided to me to review and use. Many of you also know that I have been working with filters specifically neutral density filters and graduated
Image Stacking There are two ways to approach image making for capturing star trails at night; one long continuous exposure (see previous newsletters–2013, November, December, and 2014, January) or to use a technique called “Image Stacking.” It is this second technique that I will discuss in this article. Depending upon the situation and the
Photographing Night Skies Part II: the capture. Photographing at night can give you dazzling results, but your camera technique had better be spot-on! Using maximum apertures and high ISO’s are one of the techniques and as such require particular care in the shooting and post-processing of the image. In the last newsletter I discussed
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Photographing Night Skies Part I: the gear. Photographing after the sun goes down can offer some of the most exciting and yet challenging opportunities for a photographer. Night photography stretches the capabilities of the photographic medium, will most likely challenge the capabilities of your equipment, and will test the limits of your photographic technique.
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Panoramic Photos; a tutorial San Galgono, Italy. There are times when I get to a place and I look around and think “Wow, this place is great! It seems like everywhere I look is something interesting. A single photographic frame can’t convey the sense of space or uniqueness of the place.” It is at
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Reading Your Histogram Frequently I am asked: “What should a proper histogram look like?”, and while I admit this topic is not exactly a party ice-breaker it is a topic of constant consideration for the attentive photographer. There is no absolute answer to this question: A proper histogram is one that reflects the tonal values
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This last week I was fortunate to” catch” the northern lights and make some awesome photographs. Actually if you want to photograph the aurora borealis it requires good planning, patience, and a significant amount of luck. Aurora Borealis is named after the Roman Goddess of Dawn (Aurora) and the Greek term for northern wind (Boreas.)
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