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Everything changes. When I first purchased my camera I found myself frequently saying “oh i’ll just photograph that later”. More often than not I would go back to photograph something again and it would be completely different than how I originally saw it. Read the rest of this entry »

How can you become a better photographer? Critique your photographs. After taking a photograph that I think is one of my best I sit down with it and analyze. Figure out what is working, and what is not working. Ask yourself some questions about the photograph. Even better, ask others about your photographs. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most important things to understand if you want to take your photography to the next level, depth of field. But what is it? Professional photographs always have one thing appearing sharp (the focal point of your photo) and other elements of a photo appear blurry. That is depth of field, the portion of a photograph that appears sharp. Read the rest of this entry »

The quick tip of the day is to shoot during “the Golden Hour“. I know I have spoken about this before, but all this beautiful sunlight in NYC is reminding me again of its importance.  Read the rest of this entry »

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After checking the weather in NYC for the next couple days (endless rain), it was clear that I was going to be stuck indoors for a little while. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ever get really bright washed out areas in any of your photographs? The Pentax K-x has a highlight correction setting which attempts to try and correct this. When turned on it can help to prevent bright areas from occurring in your photographs. Here is how to turn it on. Read the rest of this entry »

As you learned in my previous post, your camera’s ISO value sets the sensitivity of its sensor. You also learned that the lower the ISO the better the quality of your image. The higher the ISO the more digital noise is introduced into your photograph. Here are some tips you can use for setting your ISO. Read the rest of this entry »

Every time you snap a photograph with your digital camera, your camera generates an image histogram for it. That graph that you see when you are viewing your photographs either on your digital camera or on your computer. But what does it actually mean? It gives you valuable information about the tonal distribution of your image. Read the rest of this entry »