If you have just purchased your Nikon D80, the controls on the outside of the camera coupled with all the menus and custom settings can be … all » downright overwhelming. We give you a structure for looking at the controls as well as a repeatable ritual for taking great photos with your new [...]

Nikon Understanding Digital Photography DVD You are ready to take your digital SLR photography beyond the automatic settings on your … all » Nikon digital SLR camera, this 45 minute Nikon School© DVD is the perfect guide. Join Bob Krist, award-winning National Geographic Traveler Photographer, on a day of shooting and instruction. Along the [...]

Why not trash the dress the day after the wedding. We took this couple into a remote location in the RM to set up a really cool fashion shoot underwater in a cave (Centoe) in the middle of the Mayan Jungle. We have provided photo examples of our set up and narrate the shoot throughout [...]

Cats are cute and funny and everyone who has a cat and a camera will make tons of photos with the pretty pet. As a result, the Internet gets filled up with photos of all cats in the world and “professional” photographers avoid this subject (the newest concept among photographers is that they must [...]

Repetition of shape and colour can add an engaging motif to your scene without making an ugly busy composition. Finding pattern and symmetry for your shot need not constrain you to photographing your grandparent’s carpets and curtains.
Spot the Patterns
Patterns of all kinds occur at all scales throughout nature, but also throughout human constructs too [...]

Hello my dear reader!
I am kind of busy at work these days, but soon the “storm” will be over and I got new interesting tutorials waiting for you. Meanwhile, there are 2 things I want to tell you:
First, don’t forget about the photojournalism contest (write your story and win a book).
Second, I’ll leave you a [...]

Passioned about underwater photography? You want to take spectacular underwater photos with a gear that is worth less than $500 US?
Here’s what tp do: look at the underwater photo gallery from the Caribbean and plan a trip to this cristal clear see. Then, while packing your stuff (snorkel and mask in the first place), read [...]

This is wow…
I only understood the title (paint ball office) at the end when the final “picture” was shown. To make things easier for you, here’s the final image:

It’s amazing how much work, how many shots and how many well-thought details were put together to make this possible.
I think this this movie will enlighten you [...]

This winter take your gear (and don’t forget your gloves with free fingers) and go hunt for winter sports! Make a reservation near a mountain sky-way and make sure you have everything you need to stay warm. The fact is you can not concentrate at shooting if you freeze. Also, remember that at very low [...]

I’ll start by suggesting that if you can scrounge up the money, you should avoid the aluminum dish reflector type work lights that lots of beginners seem to use. They will work though, if needs be. I’ve got three lists here, the first is setting up a workable system for under $1500 USD, the second [...]