How to photograph star trails and the Milky Way – tips for equipment needed, camera settings, and set up so that you can go try this yourself.
What Camera Gear Should I Take on Vacation?
My husband and I travel a lot. What to take with me in terms of camera gear is always a challenge. I get this question a lot in my travel photography class too. So I thought I’d go over my thought process of how to decide what to take, and what to leave at home. What…
Using Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts
In this video tutorial I will show you some of my most used Lightroom keyboard shortcuts, in particular for the Library and Develop modules. If you’re not a shortcut fan, I urge you to have a watch of this and see how quickly I move around without using my mouse much, or at all. It…
What Camera Lens Should I Buy Next, and Other FAQs About Gear
If you’re considering buying a new lens or upgrading some of your equipment, read this first before you stuff your shopping cart with goodies. I get asked a lot “What lens should I buy?” so here is the answer in long format, along with 4 other commonly asked FAQs about camera gear and upgrading.
We’re Creating a New Lighting Course – Help us Build it!
We’re building a new online video course on lighting and using flash and we’d like to ask for your help. We’ll be showing you exactly how to use off camera flash as well as on camera, using reflectors, balancing natural light and flash, high speed syncing and more. What would you like us to cover in more detail, what should we skim over and what might we have forgotten to even discuss? Based on your feedback, we’ll have a better idea of what to cover. Thanks for your help.




