And now for something completely different: A special journey to the bottom of the world! f you go, here are some important tips: - ask your Dr. about seasickness pills; you will be traveling through some of the roughest waters in the world. once you get there, seas will be relatively calm. - snack on ginger and Skittles during your journey; helps to settle your tummy. - get the best gloves money can buy for shooting in the cold. try on a few different pairs. i use Windstoppers. - pack a polarizing filter to reduce glare on the spectacular blue ice.

The camera looks both ways, in picturing the subject, we are also picturing a part of ourselves. Keep this expression in mind when photographing people, and you'll see that the mood, energy, emotion, etc., that you project will be reflected in your subject's face. So, you'll get a higher percentage of "keepers" from a photo session. Another important thing to remember is that it's often important (or essential) to control the light when photographing people.

Ever use a ringlight? I personally feel as though it's the only way to go for serious macro shooters. Advantages: great depth of field (because you can shoot even at f/22) and usually no need to use a tripod. Plus... super sharp photos - because you can use an ISO setting of 100.

I am sure some of you use this technique in Photoshop for fixing the keystone (falling over backward) effect you get when photographing a tall building with a wide-angle lens from close up: Select All > Edit > Transform > Perspective - and then pull out from either of the top anchor points. It's a cool technique, and I use it when I want the building to look as though an earthquake had not struck the site.

Hey All - Just back from Carnival in Venice. Here is one of my favorite photos. More to come. Just wanted to share a photo.It's a daylight fill-in flash shot. I balanced the light from the flash to the daylight - so it does not look like a flash picture. The technique: meter the scene with your camera on Manual and set the exposure. Turn on your flash. Set the +/- exposure compensation to - 1 1/3 for starters. Check your camera's LCD monitor. Fine-tune your flash exposure compensation until no shadows (from the flash) are visible.