Photo tips

With all the photo apps out there, which should you use? These are some of my recommendations for travel and landscape photography apps.

A thorough comparison of PhotoPills and The Photographer’s Ephemeris. There are a number of great photography planning apps, which one works for you?

RAW vs. JPEG – it’s a controversial topic that shouldn’t be controversial. Is one better than the other for travel? Here are my thoughts on the discussion.

The portable Instax printer has been one of my favorite travel companions. It’s helped me make connections with people that I never would have otherwise.

Photos of people are such a vital piece of storytelling, but there are times when it’s not appropriate, as I felt in a destroyed town in Guatemala.

Despite having been developed for darkroom work in the 1930’s, the Zone System is just as relevant today in digital photography – with some modifications.

Getting the perfect white balance in camera can be a challenge. Have you tried setting manual Kelvin temperatures in different situations?

The mystery of guide numbers prevents a lot of people from using Manual flash, even TTL flash. Here’s an explanation, guide number calculator, and chart.

Does using a flash scare you because you don’t understand the Inverse Square Law? Here’s a basic explanation, some calculators, and an easy rule of thumb.

How do you read your camera’s histogram and use it to nail your exposure every time? We’ll learn how to do that here.