People - both local and online - often come to me with photography questions, so I’ve compiled a list of my photography tutorials: The Basics: 10 Tips to Improve your Photography The Mode Dial: Get to Know Your Camera What Are Megapixels? Photography Tips for Rainy Days Outdoor Photography Tips How to Achieve Perfect Focus […]
How to Avoid the Red-eye Effect
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 by 5 Comments
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 Red eyes might be fashionable for Halloween, but I don’t know of anyone who wants to be remembered with blood-red eyes. So we’ve […]
Photography Tips for Rainy Days
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 by 19 Comments
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 […]
Outdoor Photography Tips
Monday, June 14, 2010 by 9 Comments
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 […]
How to Choose the Best Lenses for Your DSLR
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by 17 Comments
The Rule of Thirds - A Bloggography Tutorial
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 by 13 Comments
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 […]
Exposure Compensation - A Bloggography Tutorial
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by 9 Comments
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 […]
Easy Kite Making Instructions for Preschool Kids
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by 37 Comments
Spring is a great time to fly kites. I found a fun and easy kite making 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, […]
Exposure Triangle - a Bloggography Tutorial
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by 14 Comments
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 […]
Aperture Explained - a Bloggography Tutorial
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by 29 Comments
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 […]
