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FAQ Fridays: Night time photos

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you have a safe and cherished holiday weekend. This week’s FAQ Friday question involves getting proper ambient exposure for night time photos. We are asked to post about this issue a lot, so here it is =) We hope this helps a lot of you out there struggling to get decent [...]

Get help with night time photos
Posted in: FAQ Fridays, Photography Tips, Tutorials   |   Tags: faq friday, nighttime pics, photography tutorial, tips   |   4 Comments

Merry Christmas 2010

Christmas time is by far and away our favorite time of the year. The celebration of the birth of Christ, the music, the lights, the scent of fresh wintergreen trees and the love of family really does bring a smile to our faces. Putting things in perspective, we’re so blessed to be able to celebrate [...]

Posted in: Site Updates   |   Tags: christmas, holidays, natural light, Nikon 50mm f1.4 photos, Nikon D700 photos, snow   |   15 Comments

FAQ Fridays: white balance help

We’re starting a new weekly feature on this site called “FAQ Fridays”. With many questions from all of you, we hope this new segment will help with your photography challenges. As always, you can ask questions in the comments section if it relates to that certain post. But, if you have specific questions that do [...]

Click for help on White Balance
Posted in: FAQ Fridays, Tutorials   |   Tags: faq friday, Photoshop Tips, tutorial   |   4 Comments

Victoria’s Secret runway fashion show: A night of a thousand fantasies

Unless you like watching models all bubbly-like, dressed in shiny bits and lacy pieces of colorful eye candy and working miracles in 6 inch heels, you didn’t miss out on much from last week’s Victoria’s Secret Runway show. I realized I haven’t done a fashion post in a while so I thought I’d share a [...]

more pictures from Victoria's Secret Runway Show
Posted in: Fashion   |   Tags: 2 million dollar bra, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Anja Rubik, Candice Swanepoel, Chanel Iman, Constance Jablonski, Emanuela De Paulo, Erin Heatherton, Gracie Carvalho, Isabeli Fontana, Izabel Goulart, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Jessica Stam, Julia Stegner, Karolina Kurkova, Katsia Damankova, Lais Ribeiro, Lily Donaldson, Lindsey Ellingson, lingerie, Liu Wen, Magdalena Frackowiak, Martha Streck, Maryna Linchuk, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Shannon Click, Victoria's secret, Victoria's Secret runway fashion show   |   5 Comments

New York trip 3: Statue of Liberty

Three weeks later and I still haven’t tired of looking at my totally tourist-tastic pictures! Our final destination while in the Big Apple was to see one of America’s most well-known landmarks, the Statue of Liberty! I love visiting places with a lot of history because there is sure to be tons and tons of [...]

more Statue of Liberty and China Town pics
Posted in: Snapshots, Travel   |   Tags: Autumn in New York, Ellis Island Ferry, food photography, gallery, Golosi, Manhattan, New York City, New York Water Taxi, Nikon D90 photos, statue of liberty, Xe Lua Vietnamese Restaurant   |   15 Comments

Holiday gift guide for photographers

With our bellies fattened up from thanksgiving day… it’s time to start thinking about Christmas and all the joy in gift giving that comes along with it. Christmas really should be a time for giving, the smile on your loved ones faces when they unwrap a gift they had actually wanted is priceless (something you’re [...]

See the photography holiday gift list
Posted in: Reviews, Site Updates   |   Tags: holiday gift guide, photography gear, Reviews, shopping, wishlist   |   1 Comment

Bigfoot sighting 2010!

OMG, OMG… OMFG. I’m not sure what I saw this morning… still a little shaky, still unsure if it really happened or not. I’ve read all the stories and have seen all the pictures growing up.. but never thought I’d ever see it in person. At least that’s what I thought I saw, will have [...]

See for yourself!
Posted in: Photography, Random, Snapshots   |   Tags: bigfoot, bigfoot sighting 2010, domo, Nikon 50mm f1.4 photos, Nikon D700 photos, pacific northwest, snow   |   6 Comments

New York trip part 2: Central Park

Central Park was a grand maze of stunning attractions. It spans 843 Acres and includes unique monuments and statues, numerous playgrounds, beautiful ponds and bridges, a miniature castle (Belvedere Castle, omg!), and so much more! Bethesda Fountain (a statue of an angel blessing the Pool of Bethesda and giving it healing powers) was a favorite [...]

more Central Park snapshots
Posted in: Snapshots, Travel   |   Tags: Belvedere Castle, Bethesda Fountain, Bow Bridge, Central Park, gallery, New York City, Nikon 50mm f1.8 photos, Nikon D90 photos   |   9 Comments

New York trip part 1: Metropolitan Museum of Art

It’s pretty amazing when I think about the 30 chapters of my life so far. Each year, new hurdles to overcome, lessons to learn, a sense of purpose to find…and thinking back on all that, I can honestly say I am the most confident in myself and most optimistic about my future, right now in [...]

more New York sightseeing photos
Posted in: Snapshots, Travel   |   Tags: gallery, grand central station, Manhattan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Nikon 50mm f1.8 photos, Nikon D90 photos, planet hollywood, Serafina   |   12 Comments

Site update: Gear list

Just wanted everyone to know that we’ve updated our Gear List page. We’ve included short reviews of a lot of new things we’ve acquired within the year. Also updated a lot of the older item reviews. If you’re thinking about an addition to your photography gear, take a look at the page; hopefully it will [...]

Posted in: Site Updates   |   Tags: gear, review, site update   |   Leave a comment
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