IPhone 14 vs D500
I went for a walk one morning with my new iPhone14 Pro Max, and myDSLR (Nikon D500). I noticed a few things. TLDR; cell phone cameras are designed for taking…
Eating a bug
Found Photos
There are a few ways to approach a potential photographic scene. Sometimes the area will need a bit of exploring to find the best images (see my last post about…
Live vs. Photo
One thing beginner (or non-) photographers don't understand is that we humans see things differently than a camera does. This seems, on the surface, to be impossible, as we still…
Not the Sharpest…
There is a quest in photography to get the sharpest photograph. We spend a lot of money on the best lenses, we spend a lot of time getting the focus…
All the Details
Reading the comments on photos in social media, people often seem to think the only way to get a good photograph is to travel to exotic places. It is always…
Different Places
So the snow is gone. It only lasted about a day and a half, but it shut down the whole southern Vancouver Island. I did not want to bring my…
Artistic License
I have been an artist for many years, and I was a photographer before that. I have talked about my philosophy about creating images before (and I am sure I…
what makes a photographer
I had brunch today with a group of artist friends. Most of these friends are painters and we were having a conversation on what makes an artist, and the difference…
Old photographers loved fractions
One of the things that seems to confuse new photographers is the fact that everything seems to be the opposite. For example, a small f-number lets in less light than…
My Christmas card
I went for a short walk with my dad the other day at the Malcolm Knapp research forest. As we were entering the park, I saw this scene and thought…