by Thomas Boldt | Sep 6, 2016 | How-To, Photography Discussion
The Global Positioning System is one of the most useful innovations of the last 40 years. Over 30 satellites orbit the Earth at 20,000 km with no other purpose than to help people triangulate their position anywhere on the surface of the planet. As landscape...
by Steve Arnold | Aug 1, 2016 | How-To, Photography Discussion, Photoshop
Someone asked me the other day: “how do I know when enough is enough? [when editing my photos]”. Thing is there’s no way to give a quantifiable answer. You just kinda need to hit the “goldilocks zone”. Not too hot, not too cold, but juuuust right… But the hard...
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 26, 2016 | Photography Discussion
Have you ever been about to shoot a landscape, patiently awaiting that fleeting moment of perfect light… The moment arrives, you take your first shot then you take a quick look at the back of your camera at what you hope will be “the money shot”… Only to...
