On June 6th I am hosting a Sacramento Capitol and Park Photo Safari. This is a great opportunity to get experience with your camera in the field. Plus, it’s lots of fun. Overview The class starts at 9am and ends about 4pm, with an hour break for lunch. The first half of the day we explore […]
UV filters: Are they worth it for digita...
If you want to see a room full pleasant, professional photographers get into a brawl, ask them about UV filters for a digital camera’s lens. Aside from Nikon vs. Canon debates, whether you should or shouldn’t use a UV filter is quite a contentious subject. Some photographers will be adamantly against UV filters, some completely […]
The “Rule” of Thirds in Photography
The “Rule of Thirds” really isn’t a rule. If you break it the Photography Police aren’t going to come to your door and arrest you for a composition infraction. Instead, I like to think of it as “The Guideline of Thirds” or “The Really-Good-Idea-of-Understanding-Basic-Composition of Thirds.” For many beginning photographers it may be their first […]