Category: Photography
Cedar Creek Grist Mill
Lots of rain couldn’t dampen my photo excitement while shooting the Cedar Creek Grist Mill in October. The autumn colors were just a little past prime, but everything else was visually wonderful. This is shot from a covered bridge nearby. If you like the work I do, please consider signing up for my low-volume mailing ...
I just gave away 5 copies of The iPad for Photographers ebook
Giving stuff away feels good, even after Christmas, and I’m happy to say that five of my readers just received codes good for downloading the ebook copy of The iPad for Photographers, Second Edition! My continued thanks to the folks at Peachpit Press for providing the codes and to the readers who signed up already ...
Scenes from a Ferry Crossing
On Saturday we crossed from Seattle to Bremerton for a second-Christmas gathering with family who live in the area. I enjoy taking the Seattle-to-Bremerton ferry, and am always looking for new photos to make (like this one from last year that ended up in my book Canon EOS M: From Snapshots to Great Shots). (As ...
Tips for Making Photos on Airplanes
Flying home after the holidays? Grab your camera from your bag under the seat and point it outside. Scientist and photographer Bryan Jones offers 11 great tips for capturing good photos while on airplanes. (Photo by Bryan Jones. Some rights reserved.) Shortly after I published this, Sam Grover chimed in on Twitter with two other ...
My Cookie Party Photos on Today.com
My friend Gael Fashingbauer Cooper hosts an annual holiday cookie party every year, and this time around she wrote an article about how to do it well for Today.com: Sweet tips (and recipes) for hosting a holiday cookie-swap. When Gael’s editors asked her to take some photos, her response was something along the lines of, ...
Support Good People, 2013
As 2013 wraps up, and especially now that it’s a week before Christmas, I’m sure you’re getting pitches from all directions for products and services to spend your money on. I certainly am. I retweet and share things on Twitter and Facebook and Google+, but that’s just as scattershot. So I’m trying something new that ...
Adam Savage Laments Obvious Flaw in Modern Cameras
Adam Savage, one half of the Mythbusters duo, rants about a problem so obvious in digital photography that it’s amazing a solution isn’t out there: the difficulty of even “easy” point-and-shoot cameras. He should know, since he’s frequently asked to pose for photos. He writes: We have been inculcated with the idea that with a ...
Canon EOS M2 Announced, Might Be Asia-Only
Canon has unveiled the successor to the EOS M, the EOS M2, but there’s no indication yet (says CanonRumors) that it will be sold in the Americas or Europe. According to PetaPixel, the biggest shortcoming of the EOS M has been addressed: autofocus is much improved thanks to a better processor. Otherwise the M2 seems ...
Jeff Carlson | Never Enough Coffee Creations 