Monthly Archives: April 2019

When to Use a Polarizer for the Best Results

pay per click advertising Polarizers are perhaps the single most important filter for digital photographers, but you need to know how to use yours correctly if you want the best results. In this week’s video, I’ll explain everything you need … Continue reading

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When you should edit your photos in black and white

I tend to process my images in color more than black and white. I love rich tones and color often lends emotion and depth to a photo. However, there are compelling reasons to choose black and white over color. Let’s explore … Continue reading

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What Are Optical and Digital Zoom in Photography?

If you are in the market for a camera, especially a compact or fixed lens point and shoot camera, you’ve probably come across the terms optical and digital zoom. But what do these phrases mean? Is one type of zoom … Continue reading

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5 Steps to telling better stories with your photographs

I believe we are all storytellers. But as we are mastering our craft, we can find ourselves so absorbed by the new concept or technique we are trying to learn that we often end up neglecting the story.  The purpose … Continue reading

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Video: How I Took This Sand Dunes Photo

In this week’s video, I’m going to show the story behind a photo I took a few days ago in Great Sand Dunes National Park. Because it’s our first case study video at Photography Life, I wanted to shoot an … Continue reading

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