Master What You Own

My photography started back in the days of film. I’d always have two cameras strapped over my shoulder. One contained…

HDR The Easy Way

We’ve all heard the sales pitch: High-dynamic-range imaging has solved photography’s last great problem, creating beautiful, realistic photographs of high-contrast scenes.

In Focus: July 2015

Ricoh Imaging has introduced the Pentax K-3 II camera. The K-3 II shares the K-3’s dustproof and weather-resistant magnesium-alloy casing and metal chassis, as well as the 24.35-effective-megapixel resolution, 27-point AF system and 8.3 fps shooting speed.

How To Set Exposure For Photography

Having taught workshops for many years, I’ve come to find that the biggest problem students have, both novice and experienced alike, is how to meter and set exposure for ambient light.

Go Old School

While most photography today is done digitally, there’s still something to be said for large-format film.

Harness High Contrast

High-contrast scenes always have been difficult to process, but Adobe made this task considerably easier with the Process Version tools in Lightroom 4 and 5.

See In B&W

Although there are many aspects of photography that digital technology changed, the art of seeing in black-and-white remains the same.

B&W In Harsh Light

As outdoor photographers, it doesn’t take us long to find out that nature’s lighting can be very fickle, differing greatly day to day and even over the course of a day, from that of the controlled lighting available in a studio setting.