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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Shoot The Moon
When the sun sets and the rest of the photographers pack up for the night, you can get some of the most stunning and unique images  I started “shooting the moon” in a quest for unique photos, and while I’m certainly happy with my results, I’ve discovered that the actual experience of moon and moonlight photography is just as rewarding as the images I bring home. |
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Wacom Intuos4 Wireless
The pressure-sensitive precision of Wacom’s pro pen tablet, now with less tether  For photo enhancements like burning and dodging, cloning and painting layer masks, you can’t beat the accuracy and efficiency of pressure-sensitive pen tablets from Wacom. |
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 The Unguarded Moment
Steve McCurry’s personal approach has created a career of stunning photographs of people from around the world  It’s obvious at a glance that the cover of Steve McCurry’s new book, The Unguarded Moment (Phaidon), is a great photograph. |
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 New Percentages
Today, “high ISO” means values like 25,600 instead of 800. These dramatic advancements are giving nature photographers a whole new way to think about making images.  George Lepp recently returned from an expedition to Africa, where he was using the Canon EOS 7D and EOS-1D Mark IV, and one of his traveling companions was using the Nikon D3 and D3S. |
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Be Adventurous
Pro tips on how to take amazing sports-action shots  The great American author Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” |
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Film Vs. Digital
A look at some of the differences between shooting in Ansel Adams’ era versus today  When we examine legendary photographers like Ansel Adams, we realize that, by today’s standards, the equipment they used was more of a handicap than a secret ingredient. |
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 The Digital Zone System
If you thought DSLRs and new technology made the Zone System obsolete, think again. Updating the classic Ansel Adams tool for proper exposure will make your digital photographs as good as they can be.  When Ansel Adams developed the Zone System with Fred Archer in 1940, he gave photographers a tool great for controlling their images—but only with black-and-white film, and only with view cameras, where sheets of film could be processed individually. |
Thursday, February 4, 2010 Flower Photography
 April showers have come and gone. Left in their wake are little islands of germinating seeds ready to erupt in a floral fantasy. |
Thursday, February 4, 2010 Action Shots
 Action can be portrayed by freezing the motion using a fast shutter speed or emphasizing it using a slow one. |
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