Many of us use cameras to capture shots of our families. We may also carry around a separate video camera to record events as well.
In the last several weeks, some significant announcements have been made that affect the future of DSLRs. Both Canon and Nikon have introduced DSLR cameras that record High Definition video in [...]

It’s almost the end of summer, and you probably have a great collection of images from the last few months. So now it’s probably a good time to drag you down into the mud and talk about backing up your images!
I can’t stress enough the importance of backing up, and I am sure you have either [...]

‘Bigger is better’, we often hear (including diamonds, as my wife and De Beers have made me painfully aware). It’s time to officially put the ‘more megapixels’ obsession to rest.

When digital cameras first arrived, everyone was concerned with megapixels. This large, unruly number became a de facto ‘hot or not’ descriptor of your camera. Think [...]

When you take pictures, do you find that you end up with a lot of shots that would have been great if they had just been in focus? Do you toss more images than you keep because of this? Let’s look at some ways to improve the focusing with your camera.
For the most part, these [...]

Good and Evil, Black and White, Yin and Yang: meet JPEG and RAW, the newest members of the never-ending battle royale club.
Visit most photography forums today and you’re bound to find an intense discussion on the benefits of shooting one file format or another. Everyone has an opinion, and they might as well be arguing [...]

For this week’s photography tip, let’s focus on discovering what soft light is, and how to find it!
What’s soft light? It’s light that’s like butter. Does that help? No? Ok, let’s explore this a little further.
Light is considered harsh when the resulting shadows and highlights are strong. That is, there’s a very defined separation between [...]