Tis the season to be jolly, and take lots of family photos with your DSLR! Are you going to be with your family this holiday season? If so, I’m guessing you’re the de facto family photographer and people will be asking you for your photos after the holiday. In any…

Silhouettes with a colorful background can make for a photo with a lot of punch. The silhouette is a suggestion to the viewer’s mind. It’s negative space, so it’s pleasing to the eye. But the outline is familiar and the viewer’s mind “fills in” the rest. The result is…

Back in the olden days of 35mm film cameras images were all captured on a rectangular-shaped element (“sensor”) that was the same size: 24mm x 36mm. But when digital cameras were invented, engineers initially had to hold back…