Hello, Pittsburgh There seem to be two distinct impressions of Pittsburgh in conversations I’ve had surrounding my recent, short trip to the city. You either think of Pittsburgh as “that place that won ‘most livable city’ a couple years ago, right?” Or, you think of Pittsburgh as a floundering city six decades on, one that […]
Triathlons are pretty awesome. It takes a heck of a lot of endurance and coordination to complete three different sports in a row–swimming, biking and running (note that the order is most-to-least-likely to die). [Show slideshow] 1 2 3 ► Doing a tri can take anywhere from about 60 minutes to several hours, depending […]
With many moving pieces and lots of projects going all the time in my life, I’ve struggled to find a task management app that really fits with my workflow and doesn’t overcomplicate things. I’ve tried almost all of them, and maybe one day I’ll write about why each one didn’t take, but for the moment, I’d […]
Specs ISO: 12800 Aperture: 3.5 Shutter Speed: 20 seconds Focal Length: 18mm Lens: EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS (Yep, the kit lens.) Background Just outside of Luray, Virginia is the small town of New Market. With a number of friends in the area, we were visiting for a community event that put us at the Shenvalee Golf […]
In this week’s tour of the tubes, we focus on upping our street photography skills, find competition in helping the climate, and see some of the fastest planes in the world from a completely different angle. Street Photography: Highlights from around the web This Street Photographer’s Start-to-Finish Analog Process is a Rarity The number of […]
A bit more than five years ago, just before my then-fiance-now-wife and I went on a trip to California together, she surprised me with a new Canon Rebel XS. I had been photographing back in high school and some in college, and had largely walked away from it, letting the industry pass me by. Recently, […]
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”8″ gal_title=”Night Sky Photography Images”] Photo Specs ISO: 12800 Aperture: 6.3 Shutter Speed: 15 seconds Background As many regular readers know (since all two of you are friends anyway), we go home for the holidays to east Tennessee, where my parents live on a small farm. There’s not a great deal of that farm […]
A significant part of the mission of this website is to help reduce the friction for new photographers. I won’t do too many lists, but I will occasionally have a post with the quick tips I’ve learned to improve my photography/feel more comfortable shooting. Here’s the first installment! 5 Tips for New Photographers Summary Use […]
I see this question pop up quite often in forums and discussion groups. I’ve seen it pop up so often that I decided to write a post about it simply so I could have something to refer people back to. Quick disclaimer: this is all Mac-based. I just don’t know he PC world enough to […]
I’ve written before about how there’s a variety of different software available for editing and processing photos, but what about displaying them on the online? There’s basically three different routes photographers can go: Flickr.com, 500px.com and setting up your own website. While cost is different between all these options, I’d suggest they’re competitive enough that […]