“Whether capturing photos of products or shooting portraits or other images. Achieving great photos of publishable quality, does require some photographic ability whether natural or learned. Photographers often utilize photography equipment such as muslin backdrops and photo lighting kits or lighting stands to highlight the subject. Often times a back light or fill light will

Well, something like 'Back to the Future' anyway. I thought I'd post these personal images from back in 2007. It's hard to believe that a whole 2 years has passed since snapping these photos - I can still remember taking them and working on them in Photoshop. The photo of the Frog is one of my absolute favourite photos. It's been entered in various competitions and consist...

Lomography already makes an instant back for its more popular Diana F+ camera, so it was about time they did the same for their classic LC-A+ model too. It brings Polaroid-like instant photos to the highly-saturated, soft-focus photography format. The instant back will set you back a rather steep $100, and if you think you can write that off against the saving you'll make on rolls of 35mm fil...

A while back I did a post about painting from photos - last month I tried my hand using pen and ink.When drawing from photos I like that I am not tied to a location. I drew the following sitting outside listening to lectures or ...

Light Wave Canon 5D Mark II, 400mm F/5.6, f/22, 1/10, iso 100 We are back from our 8 day trip to Monterey, the (CA) Central Coast and Long Beach/LA. I had two main photographic goals on the trip. First, to...

Now that we are back and getting everything sorted out, we thought we should bring back the photo newsletters. Each newsletter is published every 6 weeks and contains 4 photos from professional and enthusiast photographers from around the world. Adventure Photo Newsletter (APN) – Our original newsletter for the adventure sports enthusiasts. This is the home for images of ski, snowboard, back...

Latest photos from the MURK. Took about 3 weeks for it to come back via the local camera chain, and cost a small fortune (thanks to someone requesting high-res scans. Top one is my birthday cake as presented by my wife a few months back. The three in the middle are of our cat, Ava. She doesn't usually play up to the camera like this. Poser. The bottom two are from Bridport in NE Tasmania. Nic...

“Cameras these days generally do a good job of automatically determining exposure, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept what yours comes up with. By understanding the photographic triangle, you can take control of exposure. Back in the film days, photographers mainly talked about exposure in terms of aperture versus shutter speed. The Law of

I just finished uploading my photos from Italy to the Italy Image Collection. In all I posted 70 photos, from Venice, Tuscany, and Rome. I may go back over my photos and add some more in the future, but I think I got almost all of them!

Backing up photos has been and always will be an ongoing debate within the photography community. What is the best way, the cheapest way, the safest way? I have mentioned