by Steve Arnold | Jul 30, 2016 | Photography Basics, Photography Discussion, Photoshop
One of my favourite memories of visiting New York back in 2002 is stumbling across Carnegie Deli (on 7th ave). As I walked in the front door the first thing I noticed was every wall jam-packed with photos of celebrities who’ve eaten there. Everything else about the...
by Steve Arnold | Jul 29, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics, Photography Discussion, Photography Tutorials
This might sounding like I’m contradicting myself. Especially after what I’ve been talking about this past few days. But there ARE times when it is ok to shoot in an automatic mode. First though, let me just point out that my push to get you shooting in full manual...
by Steve Arnold | Jul 28, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics, Photography Discussion, Photography Tutorials
Today I’m continuing the theme from some recent blog posts with a quick tip about bracketing exposures. I haven’t calculated it, but I’d guess that half of the photos I create (and probably half of the full image editing tutorials I produce) involve blending multiple...
by Steve Arnold | Jul 27, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics
Following this question about capturing moving water and giving it that soft silky look in your images, someone specifically asked me what shutter speed you should use to get the “best” effect. As with most things photography… There’s no one-size-fits-all answer. But...
by Steve Arnold | Jul 26, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics
I wrote this recent post to answer a common question I receive from subscribers, and based on the replies I got it seemed to go down quite well. So to piggyback on that, here’s another question I get every once in a while: “How can I get that blurry water effect...
by Thomas Boldt | Jul 26, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics, Photography Tutorials
Digital cameras are incredible devices, able to see and capture things that even the human eye can’t distinguish. On the other hand, our eyes work fluidly and seemingly automatically, while cameras tend to need a bit more instruction about exactly how to...
