I’m a huge fan of the 50mm lens and can say that it’s probably the one lens I would recommend to every DSLR photographer, regardless of what you shoot. Maybe not as the first lens to go into your bag but definitely high up on the list.
Why is that? The reasons are many:

First off, a 50mm f1.8 lens is probably …

Grind by Kevin Barnett

It wasn’t an easy decision but the votes are in and we have the winners in DIYPhotography.net’s At My Home photo contest! Three runners-up and one grand prize winner will be receiving their copy of the beautiful coffee table book “America at Home”. Even better, their contest winning photos will be the actual cover photo of their …

Monday’s video is a chance to have some fun, a break from the the business of photography. I’ll show you how I make my favorite pinhole camera, a little gem constructed from $10 in crafts store parts that shoots 35mm film (with film advance) in a wide format.
Then Tuesday it’s back to high(er) tech with advanced RAW exposure techniques…
Today I …

Full-sized images have been added to the previous post so you can better compare RAW vs. JPEG. Now if you click on one of the small photos a full-sized image will open in a new browser window (except for the little detail shots, they are just sampled from the full-sized images you’ll be downloading prior). I will mention that the …

A sneak peek at Monday’s upcoming video: these photos were all shot using two cheap clamp lights on the exact same grey background. No colored gels were used and no color retouching has been done to the photos (these pics are straight out of the camera). So how did I come up with four completely different backgrounds? Here’s a hint: …

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It’s been a great week here, lots of new visitors and over 10,000 hits in one day for one of the DIY lighting videos. I’m just amazed at all the cool information that can be shared on the internet and how quickly new friends can be made (hello to the folks coming over from DIYPhotography.net, another great site). Imagine if …

To all the professional photographers too busy to shoot personal work, I hope you can find time in 2008. While there are sometimes hot and cold periods, I’m always shooting something.
I’ve found it important to surround myself with other creative people in order to make this happen. Every morning my business partner and I come into our studio with new …

There are a whole bunch of websites showing great images but this is what feeds my RSS daily and keeps me informed about the photo industry and the business of photography. Lots of great information here…in no particular order:
Microstock Diaries – Publisher Lee Torens shares marketing insights and publishes his actual monthly earnings for readers. “Microstock Diaries is a …

At some point in my career, after I had begun to master some of the technical aspects of the medium and had seen my work published in a few places, there came a bit of a road block. It happens to all creative people. At some point the ideas just don’t seem to be coming and creativity takes an unannounced …