But we really should, because they’re great tunes. — The Beatles were, and arguably still are, the world’s biggest band. I don’t want to get into the “Were the Beatles the greatest band ever?” argument. Or the “Were the Beatles better than the Stones?” argument. I don’t want to get into any arguments, actually. That’s why I used the…

Spring will come, eventually. — Now that the holiday season is over, we here in the northern hemisphere are looking squarely in the face of a long, cold winter. I’m sure there are some people who don’t mind winter at all. These would be your skiers, your snowboarders, your ice skaters, etc. I’m not one…

A simple and fun project that also helps you celebrate the season. — Every year, just before Christmas, I set up my tripod in some chosen place in or around my home, in order to capture my yearly Christmas image. The image is always a still life of some Christmas holiday decoration. Yes, there are commercial motives behind this, because I do offer…

It’s important to know the community you’re joining. — Photographers are a social bunch. We like to talk to each other, to get each other’s opinions and critiques, to ask each other questions. Of course, that all involves sharing images. But it mostly involves a lot of talk. In many cases, this all happens in the context of a…

It’s all a matter of opinion, in my opinion. Photographers seem to love to debate issues. I’m not sure why. Photography is not supposed to be a contentious field. But people like to argue, it seems. So, I thought I’d take a shot at suggesting simple resolutions to some of…

Signs, signs, everywhere signs… — Travel photography can be like photojournalism. When you’re visiting a far-off place, with your camera in hand, you’re often trying to tell a story — a story of this amazing place you’re in, and the sights and sounds and feelings you’ve experienced there. Or maybe you’re just indiscriminately trying to…

These really sum up everything you need to know about photography. — Quotations are fun to read. They’re sometimes instructional, and sometimes inspirational. There are quotations from great minds throughout the centuries, on topics of every kind. I was reminded of this when I recently acquired an old copy of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. It was printed in the mid-1950s, and it belonged…

Old photography sayings are old because they’re often right. — In the world of photography, there’s an old saying: “The best camera is the one you have with you.” Yeah, I don’t really know what that means either. Well, OK, maybe I do. I think it’s just trying to say that you should worry less about what type of camera…

Photographing birds in flight is tough when you don’t know what you’re doing. — I know very little about ‘bird in flight’ photography. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t dare write an article about something I know so little about. I’ve certainly read about the topic. But I don’t think you really know a style of photography until you’ve tried it. So, for this article, I thought…