If you use studio strobes for lighting, and your images are consistently too light or too dark, it’s probably not your fault. It’s entirely possible that your light meter and your camera are not on the same page. I know that sounds improbable; after all, they are both precision instruments. But,...

The sun is low and behind the subjects It’s a beautiful sunny day outside so you want go out and shoot, right? Let’s think about this…. How great do the kids look at the beach in the mid-day sun, squinting at the camera? I generally try to shoot 90 minutes after sunrise or 90 minutes before sunset....

I love to travel. Even though it’s become a much larger pain in the backside than ever before, each trip I make presents innumerable opportunities for photographs. Because I’m in terra incognita, I look at everything with more intensity and curiosity than anything I might see in my own backyard....

There are three things that make me feel like a rock star.  One is getting my hair professionally blown out.  Two is watching my children grow.  And three is strapping on ten thousand dollars worth of camera gear.  Okay let’s talk about number three.  It is not the ten thousand dollar part,...