Better in Bulk - Family photographer with a large family
Daily thoughts on living with a large family. I often share the tips I've learned as a photographer on how to get better pictures.
Help me win the Amazing Avocado Big Hit Grand Prize ($5000!) for my yummy Avocado recipe by voting daily for me at http://www.theamazingavocado.com/bighit/vote.php?id=8 How many times have you taken a photo with the flash and come back with something like this? Megan and Allison from Mom Central with me in Baltimore for the Aquafina party [...]
Today’s quick photography tutorial is inspired by our current wet weather. It has been raining here for the last 2 days, and after the dry spell we’ve had for the last little while, it has been quite enjoyable (albeit quite WET). The rain inspired me to start my regular photography tips back up. After a [...]
Did you know that June 15th is National Nature Photography Day? Today is the day to not only hug a tree….today is the day to photograph it! The North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA), which established National Nature Photography Day in 2006, encourages everyone to do some of these things on June 15: • Get [...]
Manic Mother and I get asked quite frequently what lenses we use, or what are the best lenses to buy, so we thought we would do a post on what we have learned so far about DSLR lenses. And believe me, we’ve spent lots of time drooling over researching the best DSLR lenses! This post [...]
What is the Rule of Thirds? The Rule of Thirds is a basic composition guideline in photography. It plays on the natural tendency for our eyes to be drawn towards certain parts of an image. Imagine a tic tac toe board. Now imagine that tic tac toe board sitting on top of your picture. The [...]
For this week’s Bloggography photography tutorial, we are going to explore exposure compensation. This post was written by my co-host, Manic Mother. What is exposure compensation? Exposure compensation is a feature that dSLR cameras (and some point and shoots) have that allows you to manually adjust the exposure levels of your picture. When your camera [...]
Spring is a great time to fly kites. I found a simple and fun kite pattern that is perfect for kids (today kids 2 to 9 used these kites!). They decorated their papers first before following these instructions to “assemble” their kites: Step 1: Gather materials (one piece of paper, a ruler, a pencil, some [...]
Visit my co-host, Manic Mother! We have spent the last month discussing and experimenting with ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speed, the three elements often referred to as the three points of the Exposure Triangle. It is at the intersection of these three elements that a picture’s exposure is decided. Most importantly (and the most important [...]
This tutorial was written by my co-host, Beth from Manic Mother. What is aperture? Aperture is the hole inside of your lens that lets light in. Different lenses have different apertures. A lens of f/1.4 will have a large hole where as a lens of f/4.5 will have a smaller hole. Aperture is measured in [...]
It’s time for another addition of Bloggography! Today we’ll concentrate on shutter speed. Visit my co-host, Manic Mother! What is shutter speed? Shutter speed is the amount of time that the camera’s shutter (or the opening that lets light into the camera’s sensors) stays open. The shutter speed is measured in seconds (or fractions of [...]
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