Author Archives: Steve Crane

Newer photographers often confuse terms like “zoom” and “telephoto”, so with that in mind here’s a short blog post brought to us by Canon New Zealand – SLR History that clarifies some of the terms used to describe lenses. The most important part of what makes an SLR camera so versatile is the lens, andContinue reading “Camera Lens – A guide to a few of the different types on the market”

In a blog post Kent Weakley writes Okay many of us take this one for granted. However, in a recent class, a student asked me “which eye am I supposed to look through the camera’s viewfinder with?” The answer is – your dominant eye. We all have one eye that’s stronger than the other, orContinue reading “Are You Using Your Correct Eye When Photographing?”

Scott Kelby writes about ten things he would tell new Lightroom readers. I got the idea for this post from an excellent post from Rob Sylvan (Rob is one of our Photoshop Help Desk gurus, as well as a Lightroom author and instructor), called “10 Things I Wish I Could Tell Every New Lightroom User.”Continue reading “10 Things I Would Tell New Lightroom Users”

From the Digital Photography School blog. Are you a stickler for little details? Well, if you’re a photographer, you had better be. Discovering the rule of thirds is a big milestone for any photographer. Suddenly, you realize that all you ever did before was center your subject right smack dab in the middle of theContinue reading “Divine Composition With Fibonacci’s Ratio (The Rule of Thirds on Steroids)”

From the Earthbound Light blog. Sometimes the question comes up as to why Adobe makes so many products that overlap each other in function. But sometimes the question gets asked a different way. With all these seemingly similar programs, which should you use? Here’s my take on sorting out what to make of Lightroom versusContinue reading “Lightroom versus Photoshop versus Camera Raw versus Bridge”

From the manualPHOTO blog. Here are 10 ways to photography inspiration I put together. My general tip is to create limitations for yourself and stick to them. 10 ways to photography inspiration

David J. Nightingale’s photo blog not only presents beautiful photographs but acts as a learning tool too. One of the things I have learned from it is that I can push the boundaries more than I thought I could when processing my images. I came to this realisation via the show the original function onContinue reading “Chromasia Blog”

From the Light Stalking blog. The theme of landscape photography repeatedly shows up in the most popular posts on Light Stalking and if the proliferation of websites and magazines specifically about landscape is anything to go by, then it is very popular among the wider photography community too. Getting started in landscape need not beContinue reading “14 Essential Landscape Photography Tutorials”

Have you ever had a look at the histogram on your camera’s LCD and wondered what it all means? It often seems like your camera is speaking a different language altogether. Luckily, you don’t need a degree in computer science to figure it out. Here are some basic things you need to know to getContinue reading “Histograms Deciphered”