Do Your Photos Suck? Feeling discouraged by your photography lately? Not making the progress you expected? The good news is, it's completely normal -- all photographers grow at different rates and hit speed bumps along…
Is the Nikon Z6 Still a Good Camera in 2024? The Z6 was released in Nov. 2018, meaning it's only about 5 years old now. (Damn, how the time has flown by!) Five years may…
How to Find the Best Camera For You What camera should I buy? This question is so popular that I've put together a camera-buying guide of the best cameras, organized by budget. Buying your first…
Harry Potter Lightroom Editing In this Lightroom editing tutorial I'm breaking down how to create the dark and moody color grading style from the Harry Potter films. If you're familiar with these films, the color…
Are Your Portraits Boring? If your portraits are feeling a little bland or uninteresting lately, maybe it's time to spice them up with some new portrait lighting hacks! The intricate dance of light and shadow…
Sunset Editing Tutorial in Lightroom ClassicIn this Lightroom Classic editing tutorial, we're turning a single underwhelming looking exposure into a stellar Sunset! Feel free to open up your own sunset photographs if you'd like to…
Shooting a Moving Target That phrase certainly has more than one connotation, especially coming from am ex-military combat photographer. While I'll be using examples from my time in the U.S. Air Force, we are specifically…
What's the Best Budget Tripod for Creators? While camera technology is evolving daily, the tripod appears to stay pretty much the same for the last hundred years. Admittedly, a tripod review is no where near…
Best Micro Four-Thirds Cinema Lenses Under $1K? Sirui recently announced a new set of budget T/1.2 cine lenses called the Nightwalker series. I had the awesome opportunity to get an early release of the Nightwalker…
Master Manual Photography Settings ... in Less than 10 Minutes At first, learning photography can be daunting. F-Stops, Shutter Speeds, ISOs -- it's a lot of math and settings to handle all at once. But…