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Well, you planned a day to photograph, you’re all ready to go and you look outside and see rain. Should it stop you? → Continue reading »

Picture this, a dew soaked flower dripping with a bead of water hanging off a petal just about to fall, or perhaps a intricate spider web that managed to survive a rainstorm and is now lit up by the sun magnifying the light through the beads of water stuck on the web. Pretty nice images, → Continue reading »

If you own a tripod and live in a cold environment, then you’re likely familiar with how cold the metal legs can get. You’re probably equally familiar with how cold your hands can get when carrying around your tripod. Often people won’t bring a tripod on a cold day simply for that reason. Consequently they → Continue reading »

A lot of the high end cameras have GPS abilities, essentially the picture you take has GPS coordinates in the EXIF data so you can see on a map where the picture was taken. → Continue reading »

Macro pictures are a very popular type of photography, however, the thrill of getting close up shots can fade fast in certain situations. Macro photography often involves a lot of kneeing, crouching or lying down. This position can take the fun out of macro photography fast, particularly kneeling on a hard surface like rocks. This → Continue reading »

Lens hoods are pretty much a must have, they’re great for minimizing lens flare and generally improve the quality of your photo even when the sun isn’t directly interfering with your shot. A lot of lenses come with a hood, however if your’s doesn’t, or if you lost or broke your hood, there is a → Continue reading »