Jim gets a question about how to take great photographs at a car show without having to spend a fortune on top-end equipment. Part of our series “Jim Redux.”

So I finally got my photos off of the SD card in the Nikon camera and I’ve decided this whole sharing a camera thing just doesn’t work. Then I remember that before the DSLR there was the Canon point-and-shoot that seemed to work so well for years. Why not just use that [...]

My new digital SLR Nikon D40X is here! And what fun we’ve been having. I have taken so many photos in the past few days, I haven’t even had the time yet to look at them all. I came home Wednesday from work to a HUGE box. And of course, as I started taking [...]

Happy Mother’s Day to me! OK, actually it’s happy early birthday to me. With a milestone birthday coming up next week (and a handy little rebate check from the IRS burning a hole in my pocket), Chris and I decided now was as good a time as ever to finally join the ranks of the [...]

So this is how my camera rendered this carousel ride photo I took on a recent trip to the mall (click to view larger). In the thumbnail on my computer, the image looked fine and ordinary — although I was pretty excited about the fun blur and motion capture that appeared to be going [...]

I love old signs. I drive past the Rose Bowl from time to time and always slow down to appreciate the cool old sign out front. It makes me wish I were around to see Southern California back in the 1920s when the stadium was built. What a different time.
I took this photo with [...]

Sometimes you just gotta take a break for coffee with a friend. That’s exactly what I needed today, Day 26 of the 30 Day Photo project. I’m totally running out of ideas for what to photograph, so I figured the funky lighting of a local coffee shop could make for a cool photograph. (Yeah, [...]

Day 20 of the 30 Day Photo Challenge was an overcast and rainy day here in Southern California. I was out of ideas for what to photograph when I came across this cool mirror art installation. I decided to try out some reflection shots while the rain had stopped for a little while. The [...]