by Bonnie Caton | Mar 30, 2013
When you zoom in with your camera, the stuff in your frame gets bigger. And when you zoom out, the stuff in your frame gets smaller. Now you’re thinking, “Yes. Thank you, Einstein.” But you may not always be aware of how far you’re zooming when you take a photo…...
by Bonnie Caton | Mar 28, 2013
Sometimes blurry is good. Take a look at these two photos, taken just seconds apart: See how the background is distracting in the first photo, but nicely blurred in the second? Here’s another example: Blurring out the background in your photos is an important skill to...
by The Photographer's Life | Jun 22, 2012
How do you fare at the shooting gallery at a carnival? Trying to hit those cute little ducks is a lot like trying to photograph a moving subject when you want the subject in sharp focus but the background blurred — so says Caroline Maryan in today’s cool camera...