For my fifth installment of the Photo a Day project, I grabbed my camera as I was heading out the door for work this morning. I work at an art and design college in Pasadena, California, so I was sure there would be something interesting to shoot. But, as usual, I got busy with [...]

The Daughter and I got to hang out yesterday with my friend, her new baby and her dog. And since all I’ve been shooting lately is babies (not that that’s a bad thing!), I decided to corner my friend’s gorgeous dog, Jade, for a few close-up shots. It’s true what they say: animals and [...]

I’m sure we’ve all heard by now that we should shoot our digital images in the highest resolution possible. But you would be surprised how many people (me included) forget to check the resolution settings on their cameras.
Clarity in digital photographry is measure in pixels, which are dots of light. The more pixels you have, [...]

The Daughter has been learning to eat food this past week. And it’s making for some great photo opportunities. I know I should be talking about technique and lighting and all sorts of other important things on the blog, but sometimes I just want to show a cute picture and again praise the invention of [...]

I came across a site that has some great tips for digital portrait photographry, particularly some good tips on taking shots of kids. Of the 29 tips, one that I found most useful for staging portraits of children was to shoot kids on their eye level.
The site suggests you should “let your digital photo show [...]

As promised - more cool stuff for Flickr!
I recently came across this great site that is filled with loads of fun toys for Flickr fans! You can do everything from making magazine covers and motivational posters out of your photos, to adding comic book style captions, to my personal favorite, the mosaic. You’ll be distracted [...]

I’m the first to admit that I’m a total amateur when it comes to digital photography. And I let myself get intimidated easily. But how will I ever get better if I don’t get myself out there and get some practice?
I am encouraging all you newbies (and even the old pros) to check out DPChallenge. [...]

As a new parent you feel like you can never put the camera down. You want to document absolutely everything about your new baby’s life. At least I did. And since our videocamera had unfortunately been stolen the year before, the only thing I had to capture all of those great memories was my trusty [...]