TeachMeToShoot blog

There’s been a lot of buzz around the Net about a new scanning service called ScanCafe. They will scan your prints, negatives or slides (APS, 35mm and Medium Format) at very reasonable rates, far less expensive than anyone else. How can they do this?
The creators of ScanCafe are out of California, but the facility and [...]

Bring out the digital artist in yourself. Start with your digital images and create artful representations quickly and easily.
Last month I wrote a couple times about the Wacom pen tablets. Included in their software bundle is Corel Painter Essentials, a nice program for turning digital files into painterly looking art. If you haven’t invested in [...]

A trip to the local zoo is a fun photographic journey. Lots of things to shoot and many situations to test your camera talents. Go armed with the following tips and you’ll return with more good pictures than your last time there.
Research the Zoo itself - Go to their website and get a map. Figure [...]

There are a number of composition rules used by artists and photographers. You’ve likely heard of the Rule of Thirds since it’s been used for centuries, even by the old Masters of painting.
Remember that these are rules and not laws. They can be bent or even broken. If you want to add more impact to [...]

This month’s guest speaker at our photo club was Jeff Johnson, a Colorado photographer who does a lot of nature photography. You can find Jeff’s work online at his Soul Images Gallery website.
One of the key things he stressed during his presentation was his goal as a photographer: Create images that evoke an emotional response [...]

There’s a neat trick to create a Ringlight In a Pinch over on the Strobist site. Traditionally, ringlights are small flash units that attach to the front of your lens for macro photography. Larger units are made by a number of the lighting companies, like AlienBees, for fashion photographers. Ringlights produce a unique look, virtually [...]