
Creating Textures in your Photos
Contrary to popular belief, direct sunlight is not necessary for creating side lighting. Here are a few example of how we use side lighting to photograph textures.

Capturing Moody Photos
Fog and mist can create the subtle lighting required to capture moody images. But there are other ways to add mood to your photos as well.

One Piece of Non-Photo Gear that Changed My Photography
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There is one piece of non-photographic gear in particular that has helped me get more unique and interesting shots than any new camera, lens, or filter.

3 Tips for Photographing Moonrise
Ugo Cei give some very useful photography tips for capturing the elusive moon rise with proper details in the foreground.

Looking for a perfect Mangrove
Landscape Photography is hard work... and sometimes we have to wander into an icky swamp, dodge poison oak, and avoid snakes and alligators just to get one shot.

Ian Plant: Planning Your Next Photography Trip
Here are few tips from Ian Plant about how to plan for a trip to your next photography trip.

Do You Know How to Use Your Gear?
I routinely shoot the panorama of Montreal under different weather conditions...so I confident that I was prepared.

Photographing Reflections on the Beach
Patrica Davidson shares highly effective, but easy to follow photography tips to capture reflections on a beach.

Exploring Bromeliad Forest
To visit this Bromeliad Forest, we had to hike through a muddy swamp and skirt the edge of a large alligator hole to get there.

Get Yourself Oriented
Do prefer to shoot in Horizontal or Vertical Orientation? We prefer to shoot in both orientation....Here is why.

Kevin McNeal: Photographing Dramatic Light
Here are some practical photography tips from award winning photographer Kevin McNeal on how to capture dramatic light.

Creating a Sense of Place
Jay uses a simple technique of shallow DOF combined with a carefully chosen subject to capture a sense of place.