It’s late and dark, and I’m tired. So as I was going through the photos I took today, I decided on this gloomy lamppost shot I took earlier this evening for my Photo A Day image.
We took our daughter to a local children’s museum tonight, and they had a cool garden area that we [...]

Day 2 of the Photo a Day Challenge, and I’m still here! Amazing. And, although I took about a hundred photographs of my favorite subject, my daughter, today in the late afternoon light, I resisted posting one as my daily shot in lieu of the flowers. I figured I would have plenty of time [...]

Every parent knows that the toy box (or basket in our case) is often times more fun than the toys inside. Throw an imaginative kid in and the thing becomes a rollercoaster, a racecar, or a fort. Knowing this, I threw our daughter into her toy basket and proceeded to watch her [...]

I thought I’d pass along this tip just in time for the typical overindulgence of the Thanksgiving holiday.
You know how they always say that the camera adds 10 pounds? Well, HP decided to finally do something about it. Their new line of digital cameras contain a subtle new weight-loss trick — the new “Slimming [...]

As promised last week and just in time for Halloween, I thought I’d share with you just a few quick tips for photographing kids in costumes. Read on for the details…

John of Photodoto wrote a great article on what gear you need to buy to be a great photographer. To sum up his point, he says, “to take great photographs you only need one piece of gear in addition to any camera: a photographer.” Wise words!
“Why does everyone think that cameras make photographs?” he asks. [...]

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 [...]