At one time or another, digital photographers will have to deal with image noise. This is particularly true when photos have been shot in dim lighting conditions and at a high ISO. Many digital cameras produce visible noise above 400...

In teaching various workshops, one of the key points I try to get across to students is to move around when determining the compostion. Everytime I remind them, I also remind myself. It’s natural to shoot from a “comfort zone”,...

Imagine waking up one day and realizing you can’t see right out of one or both your eyes. It would be pretty terrifying, right? But not likely to happen to you because bad eye trouble and loss of vision happens...

As a kid growing up in the 80s, I used to love watching The Joy of Painting on PBS when I got home from school everyday. For any of our international readers who may not be familiar: in each episode,...

I'll be leaving for South Africa this week to help Steve Simon with a shoot that he's doing there. He and I will work together for about a week-and-a-half and then I'll be on my own for another ten days,...

I am currently on vacation. On Wednesday, I took a ferry from my home in Dominica to Guadeloupe, a French island just to our north. The trip was really nice. We left around 8 pm and it took about two...

One of my most lucrative images is also one of my most boring images. In 2004 I was assigned to shoot a hearing on Capitol Hill. The assignment was to cover a hearing of the Indian Affairs Committee. Many times...

I just finished checking out a few samples from Apple's new online seminar, Aperture for iPhoto Users. In the samples, Joe Schorr walked me through a few techniques that iPhoto users already know how to do, such as create a...

After listening to Derrick Story's podcast interview with Aperture wedding shooter Joe Buissink, I got to thinking. Joe mentioned he uses a technique to train himself to be a better photographer. Basically, when he's out in his life and he...

Earlier this evening, I sat in on a presentation by Robert Houser at the Apple Store in downtown San Francisco. Robert talked a lot of about the value of a personal project. In fact, for him, his personal project has...

Diane Arbus once said that the more personal you get, the more universal and interesting the photographs become. After years in the business and years more teaching and leading workshops, I know how difficult it sometimes is for photographers to...

One of the memes that's been going around the circle of photographers that I chat with is that the better your original RAW files, the better your final files. The whole idea of "Fixing it in Post" is somewhat flawed...

I find it very helpful to give yourself a photo assignment from time to time. Photo assignments can help you expand your skills and force you to step out of your comfort zone and work on your craft a bit....

"It's the photographer that takes the picture, not the camera" This is a very popular saying, and a lot of people agree with it ..... but I'm going to play devil's advocate and take the opposite opinion tonight. Some people...