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Category: Tips and Techniques

Articles and quick tips that cover shooting techniques, post-processing techniques, do-it-yourself projects, and the like.

Categories: Tips and Techniques Posted on July 2, 2017June 18, 2021

Stars are Better than Hearts and Flags for Ranking Photos

Adobe Lightroom allows you to ‘Pick’ photos by flagging them. You can interpret ‘flagging’ or ‘picking’ a photo any way you want, but treating it as a way to mark your favorites (like using the heart on your phone) is pretty common. Lightroom also allows you to … Continue readingStars are Better than Hearts and Flags for Ranking Photos

by Jim
Categories: Tips and Techniques Posted on September 2, 2016June 18, 2021

DIY #1—Double-Ended Rear Lens Cap

A double-ended rear lens cap allows you to safely stack two lenses together in a bag, end-to-end, while allowing easy one-handed access to both. It solves a common problem and you can make it yourself with no tools, no skill, and almost no money.

by Jim
Categories: Tips and Techniques Posted on August 7, 2016June 18, 2021

Using Backlight for Dramatic Swim Meet Photography

Swim meet photographs can get pretty predictable. The standard advice for any sport, including swimming, is to get the athlete’s face in the image. In fact, the standard advice is that if you don’t get the athlete’s face in the image, it’s not worth much. A … Continue readingUsing Backlight for Dramatic Swim Meet Photography

by Jim
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