The shot above is a stock shot, using tomatoes taken from our garden out in back.  (Must have been the soil mix responsible for the largen...

Dear Gary, I am very much enjoying your posts, and as always, they inspire me to pick up my camera (aging but still wholly capable KM-7D) a...

I remember thumbing through a National Geographic magazine back in the 1970’s, and came across what I thought was an insanely phenomenal pi...

My last blog post on using directional light to improve apparent sharpness generated a LOT of responses from full-frame Alpha 900 owners.  ...

My father-in-law passed away a little over a week ago.  He did so on his own terms - at home, surrounded by people who loved him.  He was a ...

 “Wow!  That camera of yours takes great pictures!” said Howard, after seeing the professional-quality portrait I had just taken of him us...

The heat wave continues.  It’s hot and humid in Shenzhen, the mainland China province which manufacturers no end of consumer electronics go...

I love China.  Some of you might remember the China Blog I kept when I was teaching English there in 2003.  Well, now I’m back; this time...

The Great Firewall of China is blocking access to Facebook, youtube, my blog, flickr, and a host of other sites.  (Don't ask how I pos...

I don't know of any camera anywhere that can expose accurately when shooting in the forest.  Usually they come out overexposed and have...

Cleaning dust off my sensor has always been a 20-minute ordeal. You’ve been there: Stop down your lens, take a test shot, move it to your ...