Tag: Techniques

  • How not to shoot a sunset

    I learned a couple things about aperture, light and shooting sunsets today. I don’t think I fully understand what I sort of figured out but here goes. I walked out of my office this evening and saw this amazing sunset. I carry my Nikon D5100 with me every day now and, today, I just had…

  • Photo distortion issue I could use some help with

    My wife took this photo recently and I noticed some distortion in it while I was going through the batch in Lightroom. Here is the original: And here is the detail: I’ve noticed this distortion in photos I take with my DSLR and I don’t know what causes it. This particular photo was shot at…

  • Great tips for newbie photographers

    I just read Simon Dingle’s terrific post titled “Choosing a first DSLR” and it is definitely worth reading if you are thinking about buying your first DSLR camera. I sort of went through this process in December when I decided to splurge on a DSLR after years with Canon point and shoot cameras and my…