To get a photo sharp from way close to infinity, just focus on the hyperfocal point for your camera, f stop, and degree of zoom… Read More »Hyperfocal Landscape Photography: Maximize Your Depth of Field!
For about a year now I’ve been bracketing exposure on most shots so I have the option of using high dynamic range (HDR) software to… Read More »Tame HDR to Produce More Realistic Images
My first attempt at editing a couple of smoke shots together, using layers and basic Photoshop Elements tools like dodge, burn, eraser. To get this… Read More »Up In Smoke
Here are a few photos from tonight’s outing with the Northern California Photography group, which organizes frequent outings through Meetup.com. I used my Canon’s Auto… Read More »Night Photography with Meetup.com Photographers
Here I am packing for my next photography trip. My ex scheduled a court date for exactly the middle of my planned trip. What a… Read More »Fall Colors: Selecting a Destination
Here are some of the things that I do to capture nice Fall shots: 1. If the sun is shining, use a circular polarizer and… Read More »How To Shoot Fall Colors Like a Pro
For the August 28 lunar eclipse I decided to go shoot by Mono Lake, where there would be no light pollution and at an elevation… Read More »Lessons Learned: Photographing the Lunar Eclipse
As a general rule of thumb the full moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. This is very convenient because you can get the… Read More »How To Plan Great Full Moon Rise and Set Photos!
Polarizing filters are fairly well known for being able to darken a blue sky and increase contrast with white clouds in a scene, for reducing… Read More »Polarizing Filters: A Major Ally for Landscape Photography