Things are buzzing over at Lensbaby today...have you heard the exciting news? They've just released a new lens! Meet Spark, the newest addition to the Lensbaby family. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links where we earn a small commission at no additional cost [...]
As photographers, we're always fighting the good fight to achieve crisp, clean, sharp focus...but you know what? Sometimes it's fun to throw the rules out the window and try something new! I discovered this De-Focusing technique just a few days ago, and decided to give [...]
Have you ever had a photo that you knew needed to have a special place on your wall? Well, this photo of my husband and I standing in front of the UP house is that photo for us. We saw the movie back when we [...]
I have to confess...I'm addicted to pretty things. Now, if that makes me a girly-girl, then I will just have to live with that. When Michelle and I were planning out our blog schedule for April, we knew we wanted to focus on flower photography, [...]
Ambient light is a flower photographer's best friend...well, any photographer's best friend, actually! It can be both exciting and challenging all at once. Light is such an important tool available to help you create beautiful photographs of flowers. As with any subject, light is going [...]
Chances are, you've probably heard something referred to as a prime lens, but what exactly does the term prime mean? It refers to a fixed focal length, for example 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm. What this means is that you are unable to zoom [...]
Last week we explained tonal range, and in that post we referred to something called contrast. Some photographers refer to a photograph as having good contrast. Some might even say a photo is a bit too contrasty. What does the term contrast mean, and how [...]
What is "tone," and how does it apply to black and white photography? The tonal range of a photo refers to the varying degrees of grayness. If you strip away all the color from a photo, what remains is its tone. In other words, a [...]
Continuing our theme of black and white photography this month, I thought I'd talk a little bit about sepia photographs. Basically, sepia refers to the reddish-brown color that is often associated with vintage monochrome photos typically produced in the early days of photography. This classic [...]