One rainy afternoon I saw a large caterpillar in one my small crepe myrtle bushes and ran to get my camera. I wanted to try to get a macro photo of the caterpillar as it was brightly colored. What I didn’t realize until later when I opened the photos up for editing, is that it… Read More Metamorphosis
Anyone who likes to shoot landscape photography is going to have their camera outside a lot, and that means the camera is susceptible to getting dirty. This can happen when you change lenses in less than ideal conditions and perhaps the wind blows dust into your camera. When this unwanted material gets on you sensor,… Read More Cleaning a DSLR Sensor
There is a fun effect you can achieve with a zoom lens called zoom burst. This is where you crank the zoom during an exposure to give a motion blur out from the center of the frame. Being trapped in the house on a rainy weekend, I thought that I would try my hand at… Read More Zoom Burst
While I was out at the lake shooting photos, I really wanted to get a look at the shots that I was getting on a better screen than the one on the back of the camera. This happens to me often as I am not quite sure about my composition and exposure and the camera… Read More Editing DSLR Photos with an Iphone
I have been wanting to go check out Lake Buchanan, which is north of Inks Lake. Lake Buchanan is bigger than Inks Lake but is mostly private property on the east side of the lake. There is a public accessible park on the east side of the lake called Canyon of the Eagles Nature Park.… Read More Lake Buchanan
The last time I was at Brushy Creek park, I wanted to do some long exposures but I didn’t have my ND filter with me. So, I just didn’t get the picture and thought that was that. A few weeks ago, I was watching a YouTube vlog by a photographer I like named Evan Ranft… Read More Image Stacking vs. Long Exposure
