Today is the last day of our online advanced landscape class, and we had a lot of discussion about image sharpness. We have discussed everything from where to focus in the frame, subject matter and acuity, depth of field, chromatic aberration, diffraction and light affects on sharpness. I think one statement really got folks thinking Read More
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Rule of Odds
We’re getting ready to start our next online class next week, Advanced Landscapes, and it is going to dive deep into composition and technique we don’t have time to cover during our workshops in the field. I’ll be talking about ten new compositional guidelines way beyond the rule of thirds. And one of those I’ll Read More
Maximizing Depth of Field
Depth of field is important in all types of photography. While portrait and wildlife photographers might want very shallow depth of field for a tight headshot, landscape and travel photographers often want as much depth of field as they can get. We all know that by closing down to smaller apertures like F16 or even Read More
What is focus breathing?
There are a lot of new lenses being introduced right now, and many in the 200mm range. One topic that is being mentioned in reviews is focus breathing. Many of you might be saying what is focus breathing, and does it really matter. Focus breathing is a lens aspect worth knowing about, and depending on Read More
Focusing on stars
Spending hours in the dark last week photographing the Milky Way, I was reminded of a few questions I was recently asked about focusing at night. We teach a number of workshops that photograph stars and the northern lights. With the amazing ability of modern digital cameras to capture night skies, all photographers should be Read More
Dragging the shutter
We have had a fantastic week of teaching speedlights, three classes each day, and participants have been creating some fantastic work (check out on Facebook ‘Photos for Inspiration TBPW’). We have covered numerous topics…but the one thing that surprised folks was how much you can do with one flash on camera. We showed seven on-camera Read More
Black and White Creative Challenge
One class we teach during our online Creative Camera Class is shooting in black and white. Black and white was the original foundation in photography, and I love the pure design aspects of it. General post processing wisdom says shoot in color and convert in black and white. But we take a different approach during Read More
Backyard Birds and Bees
We have been teaching a lot of online classes right now, and realize a lot of photographers are having trouble getting motivated. We have heard from numerous people they haven’t picked up their camera in months…not good! It is tough to motivate right now with so much uncertainty and tumultuous times. But give yourself a Read More
Creative Camera Craft; creating sunlight.
Five years ago on this blog I wrote about recreating sunlight using a speedlight. I’ve always preferred to ‘do it in the camera’ if it is possible. Not to say I don’t enjoy post processing and working in LR and PS, but honestly, I’m always looking for any excuse to be outside and making pictures. Read More
Focus Stacking Landscapes
Focus stacking was a popular technique during our online macro classes. If you want to increase your depth of field, and still keep a blurry background, focus stacking 20 or more images at F4 is the way to go with macro shots. But what about landscapes? Cree and I were just in the Colorado high Read More