Behind-the-Lens: Interviews with Today’s Photographers
MATT ARMENDARIZ

Part foodie, part blogger, and always entertaining, Matt Armendariz is a food photographer and art director who inspires us with his images and makes us hungry! His style is simple, with compositions that highlight ingredients and draw the viewer in. Working at his home studio [...]

Conrad L. Hall was one of the greatest cinematographers in the history of moviemaking. He was the director of photography for such movies as The Road to Perdition, American Beauty, Love Affair, Searching for Bobby Fischer, In Cold Blood, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I wrote my Master’s Thesis on [...]

Zooms, telephoto, wide angle lenses? Ever feel confused about how to use different lenses or what the difference might be between them? Here is an easy primer on what camera lenses are all about.

Speaking in very general terms, here are some of the characteristics of wide lenses and long lenses:

Here is my favorite way to take photographs of babies. It’s simple and takes no special equipment. The trick is to get eye-level with baby on the floor, turn off the flash, and NOT look through the viewfinder or at the digital viewscreen. Huh, you say?
I find that the most spontaneous [...]

A simple bounce card may be the most useful tool in a photographer’s arsenal (other than the camera, of course). Here’s how to make and use this inexpensive tool.