Sometimes you don’t even need a camera for a great “photo”. This image (I hate that word in the context of photography.) was made with our simple Epson RX620 do-it-all printer/copier/scanner. This is actually a scanned copy of the original photocopy (semantics and all…). I actually prefer the photocopy version as there were a [...]

Here are some tips and tricks for improving pictures of clouds and sky, using only a compact camera.

We’ve been having a lot of fun with the challenges of the “Year of Color 2″ photo challenge (click here for info).
In between shooting tons of travel photos and shooting a wedding last week, we’ve found the photo-challenge a good way to practice our chops.
I’ve been asked about the lighting on some of the photos [...]

Jim beat me to it, but Nikon announced a new D-3 DSLR with a full frame sensor.  I guess they figured out people actually wanted to buy these.  Also go new D-300.

This message is to remind you that good tools do not equal good results.  Here’s an ebay seller that obviously took the time to figure out that a light tent/box could help them take better product shots.  It also says they didn’t take the 5 minutes to learn how to use it.

Old news by a couple days, but Canon introduced two new DSLRs, the EOS-1Ds Mark III (long enough yet?) and the EOS 40D.
EOS-1Ds Mark III
The new model combines a 21.03 million image pixel self-cleaning sensor and maximum 5 fps shooting rate in a body that’s nearly identical in appearance to the EOS-1D Mark III, and [...]