Ever stuck at someone’s house without the ability to manipulate a photo?  I won’ bore you with the details, but this has happened to me more than a few times.  Picnik looks to be an easy way to get a few basic photo manipulations done when you’re in a bind.  It also has a number [...]

I’m ready to buy a new digital point-and-shoot camera. My compact Canon camera croaked out a few months ago (big bummer), and I’ve been lugging around my Nikon DSLR in my purse ever since. After some research, I’ve narrowed it down to two models, and I’d love some help in choosing. [...]

Sometimes a great picture can look dull dull dull. The expression might be perfect, the moment captured, but the shot looks underexposed or blah. That’s where Levels come in. Levels are the simplest of all Photoshop tools that can make the biggest impact on your images. I took this [...]

Thanks for waiting for the last of my “Photo-a-day” challenge pictures (You were waiting weren’t you?)!

Day 30 found me flying from LA to Marseille,France via Heathrow. This would be the start of a very nice vacation which would bring (miracles of miracles) sunny and warm days not only in France, but also in Edinburgh, Dublin, [...]

Part of the challenge in growing your photographic skills is learning to see things with new eyes. I read a book long ago called The Miracle of Mindfulness, and some of its philosophies have stuck with me. The book is about being mindful while doing the small things in your life, like [...]

Like a lot of people, my wife and I love to travel. Going to areas different to our own, meeting the locals and learning what makes each location unique, it’s an awesome experience.

A great product shot can range from the simple to the complicated, but the key to it all is to make the product look its very best so people will buy it. Here are some easy things to think about when approaching a product shot…

Lighting
In addition to a good camera support, the next thing (or maybe simultaneous-thing) that will help get sharp macro-photographs is supplemental - lighting. (”supplemental” is a latin-word which is derived from the 2 base-phrases, the first being “Suppli” which means “soft” and “Mental” which means “mentally-imbalanced”. Although I was not a latin-major in school, I [...]