The biggest complaint from anyone just starting out in photography is the shock when they realize how much money all this equipment is. The struggle is real people, and this adds up very fast.If you are just starting out, buying used gear can be a great option for you. If you are trying to ... VIEW POST
How To Buy Used Photography Equipment
Food Photography Camera & Lens Post Roundup
I thought it would be helpful to put all my posts about certain equipment in one place for you. I'm going to start with all my food photography camera and lens posts. I'm organizing each roundup by equipment type to make it easier to find what you are looking for. Then, there will be one final page ... VIEW POST
What Are The Camera White Balance Settings And How To Use Them
In my last post, I talked about what white balance is and how crucial it is. In this post, I am going to go over each white balance setting, what they mean, and when to use each one.All professional DSLR cameras have these settings. Some of the consumer models won’t have all these settings, or ... VIEW POST
Food Photography Q and A on FB Live Oct 29th 2016
In this first video I cover 30 questions from folks all around the world. I cover equipment, lighting, white balance, restaurant photography, how to get work and what to charge, shooting outside, focus issues, using utensils in our shots, food styling resources, and so much more!In the very ... VIEW POST
Camera modes – what do they mean? AV, TV, P, etc.
There's many food bloggers out there who always shoot in one of the "automatic" camera modes. I get told this in class all the time. I'm going to break down each of the modes here so you can understand what the camera is doing in each one.Different cameras might not have all these modes you see ... VIEW POST
Why You Might Need To Adjust Your Camera’s LCD and How
To get the right exposure you have to learn to interpret your camera's LCD. Your camera's LCD is not going to look exactly like your monitor when viewing the same image. In fact some camera LCD's are shockingly different from what your digital file will look like.The image above is of the set of ... VIEW POST
A Discussion on Nikon Cameras
To continue our camera discussion we are going to talk about Nikon cameras today. I'll discuss the ones that I think should be considered for shooting food with two scenarios in mind - a food set up on a table and then possibly shooting an action shot with a chef in the kitchen.This image is ... VIEW POST
A Discussion on Canon Cameras
So last week I posted on Facebook the question - What would you like to learn about? We had several responses and emails. Several folks wanted to know more about DSLR cameras. So I did some research on some of the hot DSLR cameras out there. I will break this down into two posts, Canon and Nikon ... VIEW POST
