Over the last couple of weeks, I have been experimenting with shooting in extremely low light situations to see if I could do it. I’m pretty happy with the results and I wanted to share them with you and tell you my approach and how I achieved it. Light Sources in Low Light Situations First off, you have to have some …

Are you confused with how to use or set white balance? For most people, auto is fine. But for me, I need it to stay consistent. Here’s why. What is White Balance? Have you ever taken a photo that turned out extremely blue or maybe very red? This is caused by an incorrect white balance. White balance controls rather a …

Capturing rim light around my subjects fascinated me when I first started photography. I’m constantly being asked how I do it. It is actually quite simple, but you have to be in the right environment and at the right time of day. Here is how to capture rim light around your subjects.  What is Rim Light First of, in case …

I had always been interested in figuring out how to shoot product photos with a white background. Like those ones you would see on Amazon. Finally, I had the opportunity to try when a client asked me if I could do it. I said sure and got to work. Here is how I did it. The Box I used a …

One of my most favorite kinds of photos to take is portraits. You get to really capture every detail of that person. Here is how I take great portraits and some other things to keep in mind. Great Portraits What I think makes a great portrait is a from head to torso frame with the subject being in tack sharp …

I’ve always been fascinated with macro photos. There’s a whole other world in macro. But the lenses you need to take these kinds of photos are not as affordable as I hoped. Let me show you how I take macro photos and it only cost me $13. Macro Photos My baby daughter was coming soon and I really wanted to …

Being homeschooled, my 7 siblings and I always joked around that there is no such thing as summer break for homeschoolers. It’s true, at least it was for us. We didn’t mind though. We learned so much more then what one would typically learn at school. Everything was a learning experience. On top of being homeschooled, we grew up on …

As you probably know by now, I only use manual focus lenses. I do this for two reasons. One is because they’re WAY cheaper than autofocus lenses. And two is because I like to have full control of the lens and what I’m focusing on.  I have nothing against autofocus lenses at all. This is just how I roll. 😉 …

When I first started to use a nice camera that my wife bought me, I was very disappointed when the photos didn’t turn out how I thought they would. I expected some really great photos since it was a fairly expensive camera. But the photos didn’t seem to be any better than photos I could take with my cell phone. …

When I first started my photography, one of the things I struggled with was how to find good locations or backgrounds for my photos. Locations I was so nervous about not being able to take good photos because I didn’t have good places to take the photos. So I found a few locations that I liked and I would have my …