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8 Tips for Improving Your Macro Photography

by Dana Crandell December 8, 2018, 7:54 pm 973 Views

With the release of the new 150mm f/2.8 macro Dragonfly lens and Christmas right around the corner, we thought this might be a good time to offer some insights for creating the best possible macro images. Here’s a quick overview of some methods we recommend. 1. Choose the Right Focal Length The variety of macro […]

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A Quick Guide to Wide-Angle Fireworks Photography

by Dana Crandell July 2, 2018, 10:12 am 2k Views

Well, Independence Day is only a couple of days away here in the good, ol’ USA! If you live just about anywhere in our country, you can count on some great opportunities for capturing fireworks shots. A good fireworks display is one of the most fun, unpredictable and rewarding spectacles you can photograph. It’s also […]

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Create Sharper Milky Way Photos with Image Stacking and Irix Lenses

by Dana Crandell April 13, 2018, 3:05 pm 3.6k Views

Capturing the Milky Way can be a rewarding experience for any photographer. It can also be challenging and occasionally frustrating. Bringing out the detail in that big, bright band of celestial objects isn’t always easy. This article will explore one way to enhance your images of our galaxy, using a process known as image stacking. […]

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Focus Bracketing and Stacking Landscape Photos with Irix Lenses

by Dana Crandell March 29, 2018, 1:28 pm 732 Views

With Milky Way season starting up, many of us will be spending a considerable amount of time out there away from the city lights. Part of the fun of these outings is including the landscapes we visit in our shots of the night sky. It also presents a few challenges, like getting those foregrounds sharp. […]

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Golden Hour Photography: Are You Doing it Wrong?

by Dana Crandell March 1, 2018, 7:12 pm 297 Views

Here’s a fun little experiment: Go to your favorite photo site and do a search for “golden hour”. Chances are, the majority of the images you’ll find will have the sun in them, just about to dip below or just above the horizon. It’s also very likely that some of those sunrises and sunsets will […]

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Wide Angle Composition: Vertical and Horizontal Lines

by Dana Crandell December 17, 2017, 3:42 pm 559 Views

There’s been enough written about lines in visual composition to fill a substantial library. Nevertheless, some photographers don’t readily recognize and utilize these elements to increase the impact of their images. This is the second article in a series on effective use of line in compositions, with an emphasis on wide-angle photogtraphy. In this installment, […]

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The Concept of Line: an Introduction to Using Lines in Photographic Composition

by Dana Crandell November 16, 2017, 8:54 am 402 Views

Odds are, if you’ve been into photography for a while, you’ve probably heard enough about how to use lines in your compositions to feel fairly confident about them. That’s a good thing. On the other hand, there’s a more basic concept that many photographers never learn. Yes, leading lines, vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines and […]

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How to Choose and Use ND Filters for More Creative Images

by Dana Crandell October 18, 2017, 6:34 pm 876 Views

Neutral density filters are often underrated because of the simplicity of their purpose. They’re also something of a mystery to many novice photographers. With a little know-how, they’re actually very versatile tools. This article will explain what ND filters do and explore some creative ways to use them. Opening photo: “The Kelpies”, ©Melvin Lim …an […]

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Shooting the Solar Eclipse from a Wide-Angle Perspective

by Dana Crandell August 16, 2017, 4:11 pm 242 Views

The astronomical event of the year is almost upon us. You’d just about have to be living under a rock to be unaware of it. Every hotel, campground and parking space in a swath across the United States has been overbooked for months. People are renting out their spare rooms for unheard of rates. Total […]

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“Getting Your Zen on” with a Wide-Angle Lens

by Dana Crandell May 7, 2017, 10:35 am 450 Views

Photography is a creative process. As such, it requires a balance of knowledge, skill, talent and imagination to excel. An expanded field of view introduces an element that affects that creative balance more than you may realize. In this article, we’ll explore some of the ways that happens and how to make the adjustments that […]

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Star Trails and Time-Lapse: Two Shoots in One

by Dana Crandell April 20, 2017, 5:45 pm 1.6k Views

One of my favorite uses for a digital camera is wide-field astrophotography. That definition covers a lot of things, but basically, it means I like to point my lens at the night sky and capture what it holds. Of the countless photo opportunities “out there,” two of the most unusual and captivating effects you can […]

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Wide Angle Portraits: A Study in Creativity

by Dana Crandell April 14, 2017, 4:34 pm 469 Views

Many portrait photographers wouldn’t think of working with anything shorter than a “normal” focal length. Even more prefer to shoot with nothing less than twice that standard. There’s some very sound reasoning behind both stances and it’s no mystery that the main issue is distortion. On the other hand, there are always good reasons to […]

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