I might stick to my new 50mm lens for the whole month of February. I’m reconnecting with all my filters that finally fit on one of my digital camera lenses! I looooooooove my filters. Anything accessory-ish like that is totally fun for me. I have lens shades, 20 or so filters, [...]

The light was beautiful in our living room on Sunday afternoon. It was brightly overcast outside and the light coming in through the sheers was so soft. Chloe was sitting right by the window while watching Signing Time (for the gazillion’th time) and was happily entertained. She didn’t mind my camera [...]

In our last part we covered how you might go about selling your lesser-used stuff online (click here). Most of the time things go as planned and both buyer and seller make out. The seller (you) is happy because they now have some cold, hard cash to replenish their stuff-collection, the buyer is happy because [...]

So my D70 returned home last week.  Weird thing is that they couldn’t find anything wrong with it and suggested it was probably my flash card.  This would make sense except it does it with all my flash cards.  Hmph!  We shall see.

So I’ve been teaching more at Azusa Pacific University. I work there as an adjunct professor and this semester I’m teaching Broadcast Journalism and doing the lecture portion of their Motion Picture Production class. It’s going really well, I think. Last semester and for the last couple of years, I taught Basics [...]

High Key photographs have an overall lightness to them and minimal contrast. Skintones are overexposed in a flattering way, and it can make a subject’s eyes really pop. Here are a few easy steps you can take to turn your plain images into interesting high key shots using Photoshop.

I’m a techie kind of guy, but I’m not an early adopter. Pretty much every piece of technology in our house was bought a year or two after it’s initial release. The reason? I don’t trust new stuff and hate being a beta tester for something I paid money for. So [...]

Ok, I must be WAY behind. What am I, new? Apparently. Because I only just discovered the Flickr Uploader. All this time, I’ve been uploading my pictures 6 at a time directly from my Flickr homepage. Well, there is a much better way, and I can’t believe I’m only now [...]