Recent Blog Posts
Understanding Light
Light is everything in photography. It controls your shadows, your landscape, which direction you point your camera, and even if you bother going outside that day. The bottom line is that light is extremely important because it can have a HUGE influence on the...
Understanding White Balance
White balance is a setting many beginning photographers shy away from. Either they don’t know what it does, don’t think it’s that important, or maybe have never heard of it. To be honest, I didn’t pay that much attention to the white balance setting my first...
How to Capture Brilliant Star Trail Images
Star trails are one of the main factors that drew me to night photography. When I first saw an example of a star trail image, I was blown away. I didn’t know what they were but I wanted to create them. Learning the process of capturing the stars...
Alabama Hills – A Complete Travel Guide
Alabama Hills is a hidden gem. It offers travel enthusiasts, photographers, and explorers a wonderful assortment of rock formations and a complete view of Mount Whitney and the rest of the Eastern Sierra Mountains. Whether you're there to hike, camp under the stars,...
Lightroom Explained for Beginners
Adobe Lightroom is a very popular and powerful tool for photographers. Most have heard of Adobe Photoshop, but some have been hidden from another photography treasure. Well, today that changes! I am going to explain the ins and outs of Lightroom (as best I can...
Why I Love Sunbursts and Why You Should Too!
Sunbursts, sunstars, sunspikes, oh my! Whatever you want to call them, they're awesome! They can add incredible value to your shots and transform a good photo into a great photo! The best part is that they are super easy to create and can be a lot of...
6 Essential Camera Accessories for Photographers!
Camera accessories are extremely important for any photographer! Besides the actual camera and lens, accessories can aid you in capturing beautiful images. Whether they hold your camera steady, keep your lenses protected, or all in all, make taking pictures...
How to Focus at Night
Night photography is all about FOCUS! Literally! When you’re shooing at night, it requires focus and patience to capture the images you want. It also requires you to literally focus your camera. If you haven’t read my article on obtaining sharp images,...
3 Lenses You Need to Have in Your Camera Bag
Lenses are arguably the most important part of the camera, even beating the actual camera body. They are like the windshield of your car… they let you see what your camera is seeing! They determine how zoomed in your image is, if your image is in focus,...
How to Capture the Stars!
Astrophotography is the term used to describe photography at night. From images of the moon and planets, to the constellations, nebulae and star clusters, capturing pictures of celestial objects allows you to appreciate the vastness of the expanding universe. ...