Lumix G90 Announced Hail the Baby G9
Find out why Dan is excited about the new Lumix G90/G95. One of the main reasons is the built in flash.
The Lumix Diaries: Macro Made Easy
There’s been a great deal of interest lately in a macro image I posted to Facebook. The picture was a close up of a beautiful orchid showing its soft pastel colors and elegant form. The technique is quite simple and easy to replicate with minimal equipment. The key to doing this right is… Read More »
Photo Tips From The Field – How To Use Flash to Stop Action and Create Interest
I recently left Kenya having finished our latest photography tour, workshop, adventure, or whatever you might want to call it. It’s one of our ongoing Invitational Photography Tours in a land I dearly love. This blog entry is a miniature snippet of what our small group of African travelers experienced while… Read More »
How To Improve Christmas and Holiday Photos of Family and Friends (Part 2)
Yesterday I wrote about a technique that involves using flash and ambient light to improve your holiday photos of family and friends. Today I want to discuss another trick that deals with lighting that is equally beneficial for improving your holiday pictures. It too includes the use of flash but… Read More »
How To Improve Christmas and Holiday Photos of Family and Friends (Part 1)
One of the great things about the holidays, whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s or any other celebration, is the chance to get together with friends and family. With so many digital cameras around there is no reason we all shouldn’t have fabulous photos of the ones we love. So,… Read More »
Adding Motion to a Still Photograph
One dilemma a still photographer continually faces is the difficulty of trying to make a still image come alive. To accomplish this feat there are a couple of different ways to bring life and movement to a still photograph. One of my favorite tricks is to create motion blur by… Read More »
Capturing an Image and Post-Processing
The image below was first run as part of my final post for our Arctic Documentary Project in Svalbard/Spitsbergen, Norway. It’s kind of buried in the main blog so I though I would pull this out for easier reading. The key elements I used to create this image include the… Read More »