Three strangers and an obstacle course

I wanted to prove how easy it can be to get great photos by changing a few of your camera’s settings… and how that doesn’t have to be intimidating. So I found three strangers with no photography experience. And I put them through a mini photo...

Buying a PC: The Photographer’s Edition

“Something in this world must change faster than the Windows PC laptop market…,” my friend Mark Kellner, a 20-year computer columnist for The Washington Times said to me, “but I can’t seem to think of what it is.” In one sense, that’s good: you can get much more bang...

Shutter Speed Exercise

I’m getting really excited about this beginner’s workshop in D.C. I told you last week that your shutter speed is used to stop action. Today, Bonnie and I took a soda bottle outside for an article we’re writing in next week’s eletter and look what we got… See if you...

Which is Better for Photographers – Mac or PC

There are two kinds of people, the writer Damon Runyon once said: those who eat at delicatessens and those you shouldn’t associate with. My friend Mark Kellner (tech writer for the Washington Times) feels this way about people who own Mac computers.  And, I bet...

Mac vs PC for Photographers and Writers

I can’t help but notice that more and more of our workshop attendees are traveling with Mac laptops instead of PCs these days. iPhones and iPads are certainly helping to promote Apple products.  And, for photographers, there’s something to be said about Mac’s...

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