by Chris Nicholson You can’t know for sure if a sunrise or sunset will be as spectacular as you and your camera hope. But by paying attention, you can make a good guess as to what colors to expect when that sun hits the horizon. And if you don’t like those colors, you can, to [...]
by Chris Nicholson A key to good landscape photography is knowing when to use a polarizing filter. If water, foliage or sky is in your shot — and at least one of them often will be — then your color can almost definitely be improved by using a polarizer. But sometimes predicting the exact results [...]
by Chris Nicholson We all know the value of using tripods: Regardless of the situation, they will keep your camera more still than any other standard photography tool. But sometimes you may not have your tripod handy. After all, if you’re just out for an afternoon errand, you may carry a camera with you, but [...]
by Chris Nicholson Any beginning photographer wielding a camera in snow gets pretty surprised when they see his or her first results: All that fluffy white stuff, more often than not, turns gray in the picture. The solution? Do not to trust your in-camera meter when shooting snow scenes. In winter settings dominated by white, [...]
by Chris Nicholson There are many ways to fail to execute a good photo shoot, and, at some time or another, I’ve done most of them. In fact, most photographers have blundered in almost every way at least once. The trick is to ensure that the same mistakes don’t happen twice. Sometimes to learn how [...]
by Chris Nicholson One look through this website will make clear that I love making sunrise and sunset pictures. Most photographers do. Here are five considerations to making great photos of sunrises and sunsets: 1. Meter carefully—then throw out the reading Many beginning photographers are disappointed with their photos of sunrises and sunsets because they [...]
Looking at the most intricate details of the digital camera as a technologically advanced device a lot of functions come into play. Such a point is that of digital camera metering. This discussion focuses towards that intention of understanding and knowing the details of the component. Basically speaking the metering system in a digital camera [...]
I have made nice images of waterfalls in my travels around the USA. But right here in my home state of Washington, 40 minutes from Seattle, is a waterfall that is 100 feet higher than Niagara Falls. It’s the 268-foot Snoqualmie Falls. Snoqualmie Falls was a popular tourist attraction well before the power station was [...]
More than two million people each year make the trek to Mt. Rainier National Park. For more than one hundred years, the park has attracted climbers, hikers, naturalists and of course photographers. The Northwest’s highest mountain (14,410 feet) anchors this area. It is replete with old-growth forests, flowery sub alpine meadows, and rivers born from [...]
So you recently bought a digital camera or perhaps your thinking about it. And perhaps you may be wondering how many pictures will your computer hold? First you need to answer a few questions to come to an accurate conclusion. First, how big is your hard drive and how much free space does it currently [...]
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