Photography Blogs & Tutorials

While I agree that sharpness is a bourgeois concept, to become a better photographer you will need to learn how to take sharp shots. The key to capturing these sharp photographs is to learn about all of the pitfalls that can cause blurry photos. Once you know all of the ways you can make a mistake, the only thing between you and sharpness is your hand-eye coordination.

Back focus is the bane of almost every photographers existence. This occurs when you think you are... more

If you thought the views of the Northern Lights looked good from the ground, wait until you see them from the air. This footage captured by Nathan Starzynskishows a rather unique vantage point. Aboard a flight overSoutheastern Alberta around 8pm local time, he was surprised when he looked out of the window to see this. […]

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As a photographer, there is a huge amount of information which is easily available to you in your image file. Every single photograph is accompanied by a mass of information, the EXIF (Exchange Image File format) or metadata. However, I think there is more information, which very few photographers acknowledge at all. For a long time, I have been calling it Photographers Metadata. In this article, we’ll look at what that means, and how you can use... more

When you’re a teacher, all the knowledge you have is not of too much use if you’re not creative. Mark Zimmerman, an associate professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, is exactly the kind of teacher I admire. In order to explainto his students how apinhole camera works, he didn’t just bring one to the […]

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