Category Archive: technique

technique

off-camera lighting

off-camera lighting

I wrote a post some time ago about off-camera lighting, with the promise that I would “let you know if anything interesting develops.” Well, I’d …

 

humility

humility

So, here’s a thing. The photograph above is not mine. I hate to say it, but it’s not. I like it. It has simplicity, focus, …

 

zooms

zooms

It’s a funny, but understandable thing, that if you are known among your friends and family as being “the photo guy,” you are likely to …

 

on iphones and depth of field

on iphones and depth of field

I have mentioned before that the iPhone has essentially unlimited depth of field. Practically speaking, under most circumstances, this is true. But not always. The …

 

artifice

artifice

You may have noticed in the last post that the images that accompanied it had been manipulated to a certain extent. Just a little tweaking, …

 

lighting and the accidental photographer

lighting and the accidental photographer

Sorry. This is what the last post was supposed to be about. I got distracted before I even began. I am something of an accidental photographer. …

 

light

light

It takes a long time to get good at photography. This year marks my tenth with an SLR, meaning my tenth where I have had …

 

making the best camera better

making the best camera better

Well, I did say I’d follow up with a second post on the subject, that subject being the use of TiltShift Generator (iTunes link) to …

 

the money/mouth relationship

the money/mouth relationship

Following on from my “best camera” post, here’s an iPhone photograph. I’ve discovered a good tool for improving photos quickly and easily. There’s a good, …