Forget Zoom Lens For A While – Zoom with Your Feet
You’ve got to use zoom lenses to take great photographs, right? No! If you love zoom lenses, I am not against you in any way, but merely invite you to [read more]
You’ve got to use zoom lenses to take great photographs, right? No! If you love zoom lenses, I am not against you in any way, but merely invite you to [read more]
Sometimes, when photographers are talking about their cameras and their work, they seem to be speaking another language. The experience of listening to them using photographic terms can be as [read more]
Old-world Floral Victoria, British Columbia Flowers are works of art that stand alone as beautiful creations of nature. The study and variety of flowers as art has gone on from [read more]
Observe your subject with wide angle, normal, telephoto and panoramic eyes. For many of us, amateurs and professionals alike, producing creative photographs is a challenging objective. Snapshots just don’t satisfy. [read more]
In a previous article you learned that mastering the basics of your digital camera isn’t really as difficult as it seems – even for those of you who’re confronting [read more]
As a young person with a growing interest in photography, you’ll eventually want to buy a second lens for your camera. Perhaps you’ll be thinking about either long lenses or [read more]
Level: Beginner In photography you learn best by doing. To understand basic as well as advanced concepts, it is important that you experiment for yourself. In working with the camera, [read more]
© Willis T. Bird. All rights reserved. After all my years of observing photographs, I still ask, “Good, in whose opinion?” No matter what you may hear, the subject matter [read more]
© Willis T. Bird. All rights reserved. RULE #1: PROTECT YOUR EYES! RULE #2: REMEMBER RULE #1! Unfortunately, no one told me about Rule #1 when I began my photography, [read more]
Ready to ‘Catch the Light’ in Death Valley, California During my years of providing photo workshops there was one comment from a student that really gave me pause to ponder: [read more]
In my last featured article, I used theme photography to illustrate how to set up practice sessions that will push your learning curve. This time we are going continue with [read more]
Why photograph people? Human subjects offer an unending variety of expressions, moods, poses and of course facial and body shapes. They are both challenging and satisfying in a way no [read more]
“Abstraction is inherent in the photographic medium and through abstraction the photographer exercises choices that carry photography beyond record-realism to the expression of his or her personal viewpoint”…… Barbara Morgan [read more]
I’m going to delve deeper into shutter speed, as well as when and how to let your camera do the work for you. After all, if you’re using a new [read more]
Which camera lenses are for me, and what do they actually do? Most lenses can be divided into three categories: standard, wide-angle, and telephoto. In most 35mm cameras, [read more]
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