You’re never too old to send Valentines, right? Wait, I should clarify: the ones with Disney characters or generic messages should definitely be banned for the over eight-year-old set. So what about the rest of us who want to share some love this Valentine’s Day, but without the cheesy sentiments of those chalky candy hearts [...]

I decided to write a little update to last week’s Storyboard post. I realized after posting about making storyboards as a great way to tell a story using a series of photos that I never actually told you how I make them. My bad!
A few people have asked me since that post to [...]

I love Flickr for the inspiration I receive when browsing through some of the millions of photos hosted there. Many times, I come across photographers that are so creative that I have to add them to my contacts list so I can be inspired by their new photos that pop up every time I [...]

A while back, Stephanie at I Speak Film did a piece about Rembrandt light, and I have been meaning to play around a little with what I’ve learned ever since then.
The key in Rembrandt lighting is to have one side of your subject’s face lit from a main light source, with the other side [...]

I am really fortunate to work at an art college because it means I am surrounded by amazing talent and creativity all the time. Recently a couple of faculty members at the college published a book geared towards children about photographing letter shapes formed entirely by nature, untouched by human hands. Authors Krystina Castella and [...]

Once again I bring you a great photography tip for parents from our friends at Parent Hacks. Want some unique wall art that doesn’t cost a fortune? Try the rasterbator. (Yes, that is really what it’s called. Stop your laughing.) What’s a rasterbater, you ask? It’s a web service that creates huge images from any [...]

So you’ve pulled out your camera manual, figured out what your optical zoom level is (and how to make sure you don’t exceed it) and how to turn on macro, right? Good. Now you’re ready to begin playing around. Actually getting depth of field effects with a point & shoot can feel [...]

Mike just wrote a little informational post about what depth of field is, which reminded me that I had a fun idea for an article. See, depth of field effects are a great way to highlight part of your photograph by naturally blurring parts of the image and leaving other parts in focus. [...]