Understand Photography

Aperture is controlled by your lens, not your camera. Most “kit” lenses that come with your DSLR camera only open up to an aperture of 3.5 or 5.6mm. Both Canon and Nikon make an inexpensive 50 mm 1.8 lens. What ...

by Peggy Farren Understanding exposure is the first thing a photographer must learn. Fortunately, the meter that is built into our cameras makes it so easy to learn. First of all, there are three basic components to controlling your exposure: ...

If you are lucky enough to have access to a pool, get creative and shoot underwater! What? You don’t have fancy underwater housing for your camera? Do not despair; you can get some fabulous images using an underwater point and ...

“Four Weeks to Proficiency”. These are our four basic classes, given weekly. We will cover all the important basics of photography in four short weeks. Of course, this is not all there is to learn, but your photography will ...

The photography business is a very competitive one. Once a friend told me that the clients can’t tell the difference between good and bad photography. Wow! That really hurt my feelings. But it got me thinking……. Why are some mediocre ...

Here is Southwest Florida, we are blessed with the beach and a beautiful sunset almost every evening! One of our most popular workshops is our Flash basics class. We talk about balancing our camera settings with our flash settings, teach ...