Taking family portraits is an important part of our photographic journey. And so is making portraits of our 4-legged family members. We sometimes forget to take the time to honor our canine friends with a portrait or two, but it’s really easy to take an awesome, professional-looking picture of our pets. Here are 6 steps to taking great pictures of your dog.

Wired Magazine has a cool article about some open-source (non-destructive) firmware that, once installed will bring a lot more features to your Canon point & shoot (like 1/60,000 shutter speed), click here and check it out (at your own risk of course)!

Do you really need that expensive photo-gear? If you have a $200-lens on a $15.00 tripod, chances are they’ll get along very well. If you have a $4,000 lens (say a 400mm 3.2f tele) on that same $15.00 tripod, chances are you’re throwing away some very good money.

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