Tips on photographing fireworks from a fireworks professional

Since it is getting to be that time of year again, I thought I would repost a short article I did for a private forum on photographing fireworks. 
 
While I have rarely taken professional fireworks photos myself, I grew up in the fireworks industry and have worked on numerous professional fireworks shows in the past.  Both of [...]

Finally calibrated my monitor!

For a long time, I felt that buying a monitor calibrator was something that I should do, but it wasn’t crucial.  When I made my recent decision to focus more on print photography than on stock, I decided that it was now necessary to get a monitor calibrator.  I decided to go with the Spyder [...]

Changing how I approach the business of photography

As many of you know, though I currently do not make much money with photography what I do make is split between real estate photography and stock photography.  For quite some time I have been deliberating what the next step I want to take is – and I have finally come to a conclusion.  In [...]

One of my grandfather’s pictures – found!

For some time I have been attempting to find pictures that my grandfather took during World War II.  During the war, he was a photographer in the Signal Corps and severed in the Pacific Front – serving in the Philippines among other areas.  However, it has been very difficult trying to find his photographs in [...]

Time for some bubbles!

I finally had time over the weekend to take some pictures, including a number with my new 180L.  A review and comparison with the MP-E 65 is coming, but for now I thought you would enjoy some shots I took with the kids playing with a new bubble machine.  I decided to practice using multiple [...]

Been a bit busy…

I apologize that I haven’t written a post in a few days or responded much to the comments.  Things have been quite busy around here.  Between working hard to meet a deadline for the next version of a product at work, refinancing our house, changing all of our insurance policies, planning and purchasing our next [...]

I sure hope Nelya doesn’t read this

Sometimes, when I am not working or photographing or playing with the kids, I think about where I would eventually like to get to in terms of photography in general.  In general I like macro photography and would like to stay within the macro realm.  I will of course continue to shoot other things, but [...]

L-plates, camera plates, and lens plates

When buying camera equipment, one of the most confusing areas I have found is in the area of lens plates and camera plates.  Therefore, in this post I will attempt to give the best explanation of them possible.  This information, with hope, will save you some money in the future, as you can quickly spend [...]

Future trends with this blog and my photography

I am still new at blogging but I am very happy with the direction this blog has been taking.  Therefore I thought I would discuss some future directions I intend to take with it.  I also have some questions for the regular readers, because I want to make sure that you still find the content [...]

Book review – HDRI Handbook

Recently I have begun to do quite a bit more HDR work, particularly in the area of real estate.  I currently have only hotshoe flash – the 580EX – and I can only take it off camera as far as my sync cord will let me.  With some properties, this has forced me to rely [...]