Batteries are a necessary part of every photographer’s life but storing them in blister packs takes up lots of space in your camera bag. Taking them out of the packs and letting them bang around into one another in your bag is an even worse idea because it’s a recipe for disaster.

I believe—and this is most assuredly just my opinion—that any successful boudoir photograph can include some of the elements that you will find expressed in today’s post

Black and white is a wonderful media for making portraits because the lack of color simplifies the image, causing you to focus on the true subject of the photograph instead of their clothing or surroundings.

When I first became involved in digital infrared photography, making portraits was not a recommended use of this technology. Yet, one of the earliest non-landscape applications of IR photography was in wedding photography…

My book-reading year is off to a good start. If you read my last book club post last book club post, you’ll know that I read 79 books last year. This year, so far, I just finished reading book number three, Sharpe’s Storm, a rip-roaring yarn by Bernard Cornwell.