Where's the value in a professional?With the advent of the affordable pro-sumer and crossover professional-amateur cameras, plus the addition of decent quality cameras to most smartphones, a lot of people have a hard time finding the value in a professional photographer. But here's a little secret... just because you have a camera doesn't make you a photographer. And even if you do consider...
So I've talked about what cameras I use, but there's another component to my equipment.What lenses do you use?I have a camera kit that currently employs all Nikon Nikkor brand lenses. I figure if I'm going to buy glass, I should get the best kind I can, take care of it, and pay for it once. There are other good off-brand lenses out there such as Tamron and Sigma, but like I said, I just went for...
So continuing from last week's discussion about what I actually do (Read Pt. 1 here), here are two more big questions that I get asked all the time as a photographer.Can you teach me?Absolutely! I pride myself as a private instructor in everything from the camera to the computer. I can help you with basic camera principles, the technical aspects of shooting, creative vision and effective...
More from your new blog segment.... Photographer's FAQ! This discussion: What I actually do with my time and how it all works. Featuring the simple as well as the complicated answers. First question:What is it you do?I am a photographer. I take pictures for a living. Photographer comes from "photo" meaning "light" and "graph" meaning "to draw", so you put it all together and I am one who...
Welcome to your new Photo Blog segment, Photographer's FAQ! Our first discussion: Cameras (specifically the ones I use)So one of the biggest questions people ask me when they realize I'm a photographer and I use cameras is: Canon or Nikon?!As if this is actually a life or death question...Well, I use Nikon, but not out of any serious disappointment with Canon. It's simply the camera I started...
