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Learning Your Camera Part III-Aperture Priority

Now that you have had some time to experience the Program (P) mode on your camera let’s try something new. Click the dial over one more spot to the Aperture (Av-if you use a superior Canon camera, A if you use a capable but lesser Nikon camera) mode. Aperture mode allows you to have control […]

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Deliberately Guide the Viewer in Your Image

Earlier this year I was on a trip with the family and we hiked to Stewart Falls near the Sundance ski resort in Utah. I had been there many times before with my wife WAY back when we were dating and first married. I remembered how much I enjoyed the waterfall there and was excited […]

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How to critique and evaluate your images

We all enjoy making pictures.  For me personally I am always excited to copy the images to the computer and start picking the winners in Lightroom.  If the trip was a big one I may have quite a job filtering through the images.  I want to share a bit of my workflow of how I […]

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Instantly Improve Your Photography-Tripod

We all want to improve our images and have them match the quality of the eye catching images we see online and in our email boxes and in high end galleries.  Some of the equipment to elevate our personal photography to that level takes years to acquire.  Some of the technique and skills to elevate […]

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Another dimension to sensors

Almost everyday we hear of some breakthrough in digital technology that takes our breath away and leaves us salivating to get that technology now!  Samsung announced a new technology that holds great promise for how we capture images. Samsung, or rather Samsung’s Advanced Institute of Technology, has created what they claim is the first CMOS […]

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