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Manual Focus For The Right Photo

Spring is finally here in West Tennessee. Flowers are blooming; my allergies are in high gear to prove it. The warmer weather always brings my family outside. One our favorite things to do in the spring is go to the ball field to watch our friend’s son play baseball. Of course I never go to the ball park without my camera. I noticed recently that my Nikon D50 camera had a horribly long delay in the auto focus that I was missing the action a lot of photographs. Normally I am quite lazy and want everything done for me when … Continue reading →

Take Control Of Light With Fill Flash

With camera technology today automation simplifies taking pictures. And in most situations letting your camera control all the settings you will get fantastic photos in return. Automatic settings are great partly because I am lazy and don’t want to mess with shutter speeds, aperture sizes, focusing and lighting control. Or I am in a hurry and just want to point, shoot and get the photo before the moment is gone. However there are times when you need to take more control over you camera. Learning to control light through aperture settings is not complicated but there is another very simple … Continue reading →

Turn Off Your Flash – Use Exisitng Light

Why would you ever want to turn off your flash? Most of us love the new digital cameras because they do all the thinking for us. Automation is a wonderful thing. But sometimes you need to think for yourself. Turning off your flash can enhance your creativity with your camera. Existing light situations offer some fantastic opportunities to great photographs. Your new little puppy sleeping in the warmth of a sunbeam makes for a beautiful photo that the harsh light of a flash would have destroyed. Your subject could be too far away that your flash is no longer effective. … Continue reading →