unfortunate group of people getting their picture taken at the bowling alley by someone with their pocket camera: “the flash didn’t go off!”picture taker: “oh sorry let me take it again”unfortunate group: “the flash didn’t go off again!”picture taker: “ummm, […]

in its most basic explanation, focal length is how much you’re zoomed. the focal length most closely equivalent to that of the human eye is about 75mm. that’s not to be confused with the 35mm of ’35mm camera’, which is […]

i’m sure you’ve seen the bumper stickers… “my dad has more megapixels than your dad”. they are mean-sprited and hurtful, and even though i am a proponent of free speech, i think they should be banned. although it has subsided […]

sometimes the color is off so much in a photo that people look like oompa loompas from charlie and the chocolate factory. once in awhile your friends might end up looking like smurfs. what gives? the white balance is off. modern cameras do […]

you may have heard the term ‘ISO-9001 certified’ before in some boring business conversation or seen it stamped on a big business ad somewhere. ISO stands for international standards organization. they set guidelines and absolute measurement scales for things so […]

ever wonder how professional photographers get shots with the person in focus and everything else encapsulated in a dreamy haze? it doesn’t require any photoshop magic, but rather just a little understanding of aperture. there is a part of the […]

most people know that the shutter of the camera is what opens and closes when you take a picture. we’ll start with this component because it’s the easiest to understand of the three main contributors to your photo capture (the other two […]

as a photographer i often get “how do i” type inquiries and questions from people regarding basic camera control. i thought it would be a practical and appreciated use of blogspace to write a short miniseries on camera basics for […]