It’s time for a disposable camera challenge – day in a life edition… So I rarely pull out my camera in the winter just for the fun of it. By the time spring rolls around I am feeling a little rusty of the …
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What Is The Best Camera Backpack?
What is the best camera backpack??? This is a question that was being asked in a photography group I follow and if there is one thing I have learned with all my hiking with camera gear is what my ideal backpack would look …
The Rules of Composition
It has been a while since I have talked about photography on here so I thought I would jump back in to it for this post. In photography you are taught that there are different rules to composing an image, different things to …
Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall
Well it is that time of year again where I listen to Keith Urban’s “Till Summer Comes Around” and shed a few tears… I am (mostly) joking though I am most definitely sad summer is gone. Before we get all in to the …
Lens Properties
One big thing I learned in photography school is that a lens makes a picture more than the camera does. Different lenses will give you different looks, certain lenses work better in certain situations. You have macro lenses for those super close up …
How To Use Manual Mode
Using manual mode on your camera can seem a bit daunting at first. I used to give up because it seemed a lot simpler to put the camera on auto and call it a day. I didn’t have to worry about ruining all …
Photography Gear Must Haves
When I went to photography school we were given a pretty big gear list of things we had to have. The list was full of everything from tripods and grey cards to lenses and cameras. Over the last six years I have found …
A Paul Lake Date
Sometime all you need is a good friend who is willing to climb to the top of a hill and drink an entire bottle of sparkling apple juice with you while on a “date”… Melody and I have climbed Gibraltar Rock at Paul …
A Dream Shoot
Ever since I finished photography school a dance shoot has been on my photoshoot bucket list. I have saved up images and ideas but was always just missing the dancer. When I got asked to snap some photos of Taylor in her dance …
5 Things to Remember When Shooting a Wedding
I am pretty sure the memory of shooting my first wedding will be etched in my brain forever. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing and still had a lot to learn when it came to my camera. Nothing overly traumatic …