Food Photography: Back, Side, and Front Light
The direction of your light is incredibly important when photographing food. Certain angles of light will help shape the scene and can also be the difference between a successful image, and one [...]
Photographic Composition: Using the Corners of the Frame
When photographing an image with some type of line, path, or object that will go out of my frame, my very first instinct is to find a way to push it towards one of the corners...
Quick Tip: Using Diffusers with Food Photography [Video]
In this short video I share a tip on a benefit of using diffusers to soften the light with food photography. To view the full behind-the-scenes video of this shoot, click here. Watch [...]
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 [...]
Removing Glare with a Circular Polarizer Filter
When photographing water, it can oftentimes be a good idea to tame the reflections with a circular polarizer filter. A circular polarizer is a filter that rotates on the front of your [...]
Using Longer Focal Lengths to Compress and Blur Your Backgrounds
One reason for using a telephoto lens (such as 100mm or 200mm) is to keep some distance between you and your subject. This can be great for portraits of people, as well [...]
Product Photography with Natural Light
I just finished up writing a new book, all about the Canon 70D, which will be my third camera-specific book I've written so far. One of the requirements for the book is [...]
