With the summer fast approaching (and kids home from school!) and also the birth of Manic Mother’s newest little baby coming up pretty soon, we have decided to take a break from Bloggography for a while. But we didn’t want to leave you high and dry, so Manic Mother and I are sharing some of…
Bloggography Challenge – Focus
Two weeks ago, we featured photos from users who took the challenge to use their current lenses to do what they do best, whether that was macro or landscape or action. I loved the variety that we had from last week’s participants. Here is one of the photos that stood out to me, from The…
Photography Tip: How to Achieve Perfect Focus – A Bloggography Tutorial
Last week, I received a question from a friend and fellow blogger who was wondering why her daughter was not in focus in some of her photos (but the stroller was!). I am asked this diagnostic question quite a bit, and the majority of the time the solution is the same. Focus on your subject!…
Bloggography Challenge – Lenses
The last Bloggography Rule of Thirds Photo Challenge was one of my favorites to date. I am apparently naturally drawn to photos that follow the rule of thirds. Here’s one from two weeks ago that particularly stood out to me. Isn’t this a stunning photo from Jacki at Ravensspell.blogspot.com? Did Manic Mother feature your shot?…
How to Choose the Best Lenses for Your DSLR
Manic Mother and I get asked quite frequently what lenses we use, or what are the best lenses to buy, so we thought we would do a post on what we have learned so far about DSLR lenses. And believe me, we’ve spent lots of time drooling over researching the best DSLR lenses! This post…
Bloggography Challenge – The Rule of Thirds
Before we get to this week’s challenge, here’s one of the photos from our last challenge that stood out to me: Exposure compensation, by Grammie Diaries. I just love this shot! Check out Manic Mother’s post to see who she is featuring today. In two weeks, we’ll be featuring a photo from today’s Challenge. Could…
The Rule of Thirds – A Bloggography Tutorial
What is the Rule of Thirds? The Rule of Thirds is a basic composition guideline in photography. It plays on the natural tendency for our eyes to be drawn towards certain parts of an image. Imagine a tic tac toe board. Now imagine that tic tac toe board sitting on top of your picture. The…
Bloggography Challenge – Exposure Compensation
It’s time for another Bloggography photo challenge! Last week, we talked about Exposure Compensation. This is one of those areas where I could really stand to improve, so this lesson was as much for me as it was for you. Before we get on with this week’s challenge, I have a favorite to share from…
Exposure Compensation – A Bloggography Tutorial
For this week’s Bloggography photography tutorial, we are going to explore exposure compensation. This post was written by my co-host, Manic Mother. What is exposure compensation? Exposure compensation is a feature that dSLR cameras (and some point and shoots) have that allows you to manually adjust the exposure levels of your picture. When your camera…
Bloggography Challenge – Exposure Triangle
Visit my co-host, Manic Mother! I think that our Aperture challenge two weeks ago was my favorite challenge so far. There were SO MANY wonderful examples of what adjusting the aperture can do. Here is one picture that really stood out to me, by Amy: Since last week was a “bring it all together” week…