Spring is finally here in West Tennessee. Flowers are blooming; my allergies are in high gear to prove it. The warmer weather always brings my family outside. One our favorite things to do in the spring is go to the ball field to watch our friend’s son play baseball. Of course I never go to the ball park without my camera. I noticed recently that my Nikon D50 camera had a horribly long delay in the auto focus that I was missing the action a lot of photographs. Normally I am quite lazy and want everything done for me when … Continue reading →

I spent most of my weekend scanning old photographs for another slide show DVD project. Several years ago my mother in law gave me a large disorganized box of family photos. Two years ago during one of our rare snow days in Tennessee I found the time to sort through the photos and put them in somewhat of an order. I haven’t looked at the photos since the day I sorted them and neatly tucked them away in a box. This weekend as I pulled out the photo pouches from the box an overwhelming feeling of “Who are these people?” … Continue reading →

Walking into a camera shop is definitely a kid in a candy store feeling for me. I was surprised for a Sunday afternoon the camera shop was actually very busy. Several people were picking up photos, a couple of people were sitting at computers editing photos and the counter staff was helping a few other customers. With the internet it is so easy to shop at home in my pajamas but every now and then I like to touch and feel the item before I buy it. Not to mention I can get the item the same day instead of … Continue reading →

There are dozens of popular websites for ordering prints of your photos. It’s hard to choose! Here are brief reviews of the sites I consider to be the 4 most popular. I will review more, lesser known sites in upcoming blogs! Winkflash.com This is my favorite website, personally. It’s easy to upload, and the prints are beautiful. What makes this my favorite site, is the shipping charges! For regular sized prints, no matter what size your order is, shipping is 99 cents. They ship fairly quickly, I will usually have my photos within a week’s time or less. 4×6 standard … Continue reading →

Any parent could really tell you most of this. Toddlers are pretty simple really. They are free willed individuals who are all about testing their limits and generally doing whatever it is you don’t want them to do. That is why they can make some of the most difficult subjects to photograph. The reason they are so difficult though, is really because we, as photographers, are usually unable to adapt to THEM. We want things set up a particular way, more specifically our way. Well, toddlers seldom want to go our way. Toddlers, from around 9 months of age all … Continue reading →

UV filters are probably the most common filters used. Not because they are necessary, but because they protect the lens from scratches and whatnot. Let’s face facts; it’s far cheaper to replace a $5 filter than to replace a $300 lens, now isn’t it? UV filters DO, in fact, serve a purpose. The first thing you have to understand is what UV light is and why you would even WANT to block it. Most of us know that UV light is what causes sunburns and suntans. We know that we use sun screen to block UVA and UVB light. Well … Continue reading →