EOS Photographer

When you get started with Speedlites, there are so many decisions — on camera or off, optical or radio, one flash or many, fill flash or key. Fortunately for us, we have the man who has been going de…

I walked by Frank and Scott three times before I stopped and asked to take their photo. The two tattoo artists were joking around outside a tattoo shop, and I was out shooting street portraits for my…

Street photography is one of the more accessible yet challenging forms of photography. As long as you have a camera, any camera, it’s available to you. 

We’ve been seeing it in some form or another fo…

Sometimes the mayday comes with a long explanation. Sometimes it is a message that is short and to the point.

“Help I have to photograph a wedding!” 

I know many photographers get that call, because of…

For a photographer and sports fan growing up in a football town, there’s one question you always dream of hearing, “would you like to shoot from the sidelines of an NFL game?”

And for Scott Kelby, the…

Scott Kelby shared a rare moment of honesty that you don’t usually hear from professional photographers. 

“Do you know how you can take better pictures? Go somewhere interesting!” he joked during a pr…

If you spend more than five minutes with Rick Sammon, you are bound to learn something about photography. After photographing more than 100 countries throughout his career, there are few things he ha…

Today, we go back to basics. I’ve heard from a number of you that you are struggling to learn your DSLRs…that you struggle with shooting in manual mode. That you aren’t sure what all the buttons on y…

Were last year's fireworks photos a bust? No worries. You won't have to be frustrated this year, too. You can take spectacular fireworks photos with the right tools and settings. 

In this special podc…

Ever feel like just screaming when you download your photos from a shoot?

You wasted so much time fidgeting with your camera rather than shooting. And the photo you thought would be the money shot? Yo…

Before you pack your bags and take off for the next photography conference, how do you make sure that the experience will be productive?

Many photographers arrive at the latest trade show with lots of…

Sherry Hagerman was divorced, single mom of two with $700 to her name when she made a decision that changed her life. She had been trying to get her photography business off the ground with little su…

You can get all the technical things correct, light, composition, exposure — and still get a so what picture. How do you fix it? Ask yourself these questions to find the story for your photo.

Storytel…

If you’ve ever experienced your mouth watering, just because you were looking at a photo of a cold drink, you can thank people like Freddy Clark.

Beverage photography is a more challenging subset of f…

Whether they are roaring by at 200 miles per hour or parked in the perfect light, automobiles can be both thrilling and challenging to photograph. 

Jim Rose should know. He’s been a fan and photograph…

You’ve asked it. You know you’ve asked it.  

It might have been when you were just starting photography. It might have been last week. But at some point you asked… which lens should I buy next? 

Today,…

The questions tickled me. Back in 2015, I announced that I was shutting down my Free Photo Webinars and starting a podcast instead. My webinars had run for four years — on second Tuesday night of eve…

On a photo walk this weekend, I heard what’s probably the most common complaint from photographers. 

Why aren’t my photos sharp?

We usually don’t have time to do a complete diagnosis, but it typically …

I got a text from my Mom last week. She said, “did you see the Groupon with Canon T6Is? They sold thousands of them.” 

I hadn’t, but I know those cameras have been selling well for a long time. Places…

In the oft-told story of Alice in Wonderland, she reaches a fork in the road and sees a Cheshire Cat in a tree. 

Alice asks, "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’

`That depe…