It’s almost Independence Day and you’re thinking about BBQ, friends and family, and fireworks. A great ‘ol American celebration.  Here’s the $95,000 dollar question, how do I take pictures of fireworks?  Of course there are many options, some easy and some hard. Let’s start with easy (if you’re pressed for…

I just received my update from Red River Paper about their new Canvas paper.  In the body of the blog was an announcement that Google, who owns Snapseed, my favorite app for tuning up photos on my tablet is giving away my favorite Black and White program.  Not only are…

Your camera does many things extremely well. It meters the scene and selects the correct exposure.  The newest generation of cameras can select and focus on a face in the scene.  It can sense when the light is too low and a flash is needed to compensate.  In all this…

            In the digital age it is easy to take hundreds of pictures and hope for one or two good shoots.  I’ve heard it referred to as “spray and pray”.  While that is one strategy for getting good pictures I would like to recommend another that will result in taking…

Update-March 29, 2017. While we were taking this picture in February, 2016 a crew from the PBS series Nature was filming a future documentary about Yosemite.  They talked to several people during the hours we were all waiting for Horsetail Falls to put on it’s show.  The episode aired this…

Ever since Galen Rowell captured a little sliver of light falling off El Capitan in February that resembles a fire fall in Yosemite National Park, photographers have been seeking to recapture this amazing natural phenomenon.  I you put Horsetail Falls into your favorite online search engine you will see some…

I like big boy cameras, the kind I can change lenses on, the kind everyone sees when I pull them out. I also like look-at-me lenses, the ones where people say “He must know what he is doing.”  I don’t like them for that reason, well not for only that…

It wasn’t so long ago that the vacation check list included film for our camera.   For many of us there is no need to even put a camera on the check list thanks to the iPhone in your pocket.  You might be surprised how many features are in your new…