Getting Beyond Auto - ISO Hello and welcome to the third and final installment in the “Getting Beyond Auto” series on my blog. This is a series of articles to help amateur photographers make the best of their cameras, without investing too much time or energy. This series explores, in layman’s terms, several key concepts that will turn your pictures from “just capturing a moment” shots to “I decided to hang this in the living room” shots. This group of concepts is commonly kn

“Getting Beyond Auto” Series Welcome back to the “Getting Beyond Auto” series on my blog. In case you missed it, I launched this series of articles to help newer photographers make the most of their cameras, without investing too much time or energy. This series is exploring, in layman’s terms, several key concepts that will turn your pictures from “just capturing a moment” shots to “I decided to hang this in the living room” shots. I hope you’re enjoying the ride! The fir

Quite some time ago I hired a non-photographer to delve into the three main controls in the exposure triangle, and write a full blog post on each topic. I wanted to have s non-photographer write this, because as an experienced shooter, a lot of information is simply taken for granted, and I was afraid that I would miss something that was very important, or that somehow I would not convey the ideas as well as someone who was just figuring it all out. Here is that exploration

If you ever want to have a "spiritual" experience while photographing something, try Milky Way photography. Going out into the darkness, setting up the camera on the tripod and spending the next few minutes dialing in the settings while having a background filled with crickets and coyotes is a beautiful thing. Unfortunately, some beginners treat Milky Way photography as a forbidden object. Photographing the Milky Way is super simple. It was one of the earliest things I wen