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What causes redeye? It’s simply because the flash is so close to the lens. Whether you have a Digital SLR or a Point-and-Shoot camera, both suffer from the same problem. The redeye you see is a reflection of the person’s retina. The flash goes into the eye and is reflected back almost directly into the [...]

After spending a bunch of cash on a nice 13×19 photo quality inkjet printer it would be a shame to feed it cheap paper. You may save a buck or two, but you’ll be disappointed with the resulting prints. Man up and buy the good stuff!
If you have a Canon printer, buy Canon paper. Epson [...]

Want to know what goes into making new Nikon products? Ever wonder how long it takes to bring new technology to the market? Now you can get some insight in to Nikon’s philosophy and technological minds that make the equipment we’re so proud of.
Visit Nikon Imaging - Behind the Scenes for a series of articles [...]

Last week my newsletter readers got information about various methods and tools for softer flash lighting. Let me share some of them here.
The first, and easiest, thing you can do is to use Bounce flash. Obviously, your popup or built in flash won’t do this. You’ll need and external flash with tilt and swivel ability. [...]

Ah, Thanksgiving! Seeing family members you haven’t seen in ages, eating until you’re stuffed, watching too many football games. Enduring the pain of air travel seems worth it in order to get to where you’re going and enjoying all these things.
Remember to have your camera at the ready, as you’ll have opportunities in the next [...]

Before you get engrossed with Black Friday and all the sales and bargains, finalize your plans for this years photo greeting card. Talk to your photo buddies and schedule for one of them to come take your family picture.
No photo buddies? Lots of local photographers have special deals this time of year to take a [...]