Yesterday I gave you 4 reasons why you may want to consider buying a DSLR instead of starting out with, or continuing to use, a fixed lens digital camera. Today I’m going to flip the script and present an argument against going with a DSLR and opting for a compact, subcompact or other...

As your passion for photography grows you will likely start to consider upgrading from a point and shoot or other fixed lens camera to a DSLR. Or, if you’re just getting started, you may want to jump right in with a bigger camera. There are certainly many pros and cons you will want to...

March Madness is nearing its end but, unfortunately, both of my Basketball Buckeyes (men and women) were eliminated in the Sweet Sixteen.  Oh well… So, with basketball being on everyone’s mind I thought “What better time to talk about brackets“. Not your NCAA brackets...

Welcome to the final part of my short “What to do with all those digital photos” series, Photo Editing. First, let me apologize and say that this post ended up being very different from the way it began as a first draft. I had originally wanted to expand on some features of various popular...

Assuming you’ve been taking digital photos for, well, more than a day you’ll no doubt realize that all those photos (and especially videos) can take up a good amount of space. Eventually, you’ll have to get them off your camera and store them somewhere safer and more...

If you’ve read part 1 of the “What to do with all those digital photos?” series you should now have a well planned and logical file and folder naming system and hierarchy. That’s definitely a good place to start but things certainly don’t end there. Since these are photographs we’re...

One of the first things that anyone getting started with digital photography will notice is how quickly the number of files can add up on their hard drive (or, heaven forbid,  memory cards for those who don’t back up to HD…more on that in Part 3).  It can be very overwhelming for...

Every photographer knows that the photographic experience doesn’t begin and end with merely snapping a photo.  For the digital photographer that is just the beginning.  You then need to effectively organize and store your photos as well as edit them if your aim is to do any kind of...

Do you want to take better photos? Of course, we all do! The important question, though, isn’t if you want to take better photos but how to go about actually making them better. In this article I’m going to briefly run down five of MY top ways that you can start to improve your...