Create a DIY shaped bokeh filter for photography
Bokeh is defined as "the blurred quality or effect seen in the out-of-focus portion of a photograph taken with a narrow depth of field". With a standard lens, the bokeh is [...]
Ten Tips for Fireworks Photography
Sunday is Independence Day in the United States, and a large percentage of people will be out celebrating. One very traditional part of July 4th is watching large fireworks displays, and [...]
Tutorial: Water Drop Photography with the Pluto Trigger
Note: This article contains affiliate links. A few years back I purchased the Pluto Trigger, a device that connects to a camera to automatically trigger the camera, depending on what you [...]
Tips on Photographing with an Infrared-Converted Camera
I have been wanting to play with an infrared-converted camera for quite some time. So I contacted the folks at LensRentals.com, one of the sponsors over on Photofocus, and was able to test out an [...]
Processing an Infrared Image using Lightroom and Photoshop
I recently had the opportunity to play with an infrared-converted camera, thanks to the folks over at LensRentals.com, and had a lot of fun photographing my dog at an expansive dog park just outside of Portland, Oregon...
Up And Away
This morning I did something I'd been wanting to do ever since I moved here—I went to the hot-air balloon festival in Provo, Utah. And, thanks to my new 14mm lens I [...]
Ten Tips for Night Photography
Tis the season for beautiful displays of colorful lights. A lot of people enjoy photographing images after the sun has set, and this is a great time of year to get some [...]
