How to Photograph Tulips

Tweet Todays article is a guest post by Mark Pouley It takes a special photograph of a flower to be considered unique or original.  Still, their color and splendor are a siren song drawing photographers to capture their beauty.  Where I live this phenomenon is magnified during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.  The annual display [...]

600 Photography articles and going strong

Tweet Last week we blasted by another milestone that I almost didn’t even notice. We crossed past 600 articles on this site! It feels like we hit the 500 mark just the other day and I can’t believe how fast time has been flying. I have lots of great stuff planned and already another 120 [...]

Posing for Bridal Party Photography

Tweet Posing is one of those words that I really never liked. It always reminds me of some uncomfortable pretzel style positioning where every finger, hand, toe is placed just right and really so much just right that the person being photographed looks as uncomfortable as they can be. When I pose my bride and [...]

A quick look back at 2011

Tweet I have been posting a few review posts this week showcasing some of our top posts that we have had this year and today just wanted to share some additional thoughts on 2011. In 2011 there was a lot of growth with this website and lots of wonderful connections I have made on the [...]

2 Years of Photography Articles, Tutorials and Great Connections

Tweet Time can fly by way too fast sometimes. I really can’t believe it’s been 2 years since I started this site. As something I first envisioned to be a way for me to connect with people that took my wedding photography workshops. I thought it would be a fun way to keep sharing things [...]

What if you didn’t have Photoshop or Lightroom?

Tweet I had a great talk with Jerry from PWD labs a little while back about post production and how much we can really rely on editing to fix our mistakes or lack of knowledge. The question that popped into my mind was “What if we didn’t have Photoshop or Lightroom”? Would we think differently [...]

Our 500th Post – Digital Photo Buzz

Tweet Everytime I hit a new milestone on this website I really can’t believe it. Some of you have been with me since the beginning and for those of you who have many, many thanks! From what started as a fun little project to take some frequently asked questions people emailed me about with photography [...]

Naming Your Digital Files

Tweet PWD labs has been posting some great tips on their blog recently covering a good variety of topics many surrounding some tips on shooting and pre-production that will help your editing. I’ll cover some of my ideas and tips soon on some pre production techniques so get great files but today wanted to have [...]

Tips for long exposure photography

Tweet Long exposure photography can give you some amazing results. From silky smooth water to beautiful nightscapes a long exposure image can be an image that gives us a view so different from what our natural eye sees. Sometimes opening up the camera shutter for just a few seconds can capture light in such a [...]

Photography Tip – Learning to see with new eyes

Tweet Tweet Photography Tip – Learning to see with new eyes I have been working on an article on how the camera ‘see’ differently than our eyes. There are so many differences between the human eye and the camera that having a good understanding of these differences really do help us in our photography. While [...]

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