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I often get questions about how I took one picture or another.
Perhaps the most common is this one:
"I'm a beginner, and it would really help me learn if you could tell me
what camera settings you had when you took that picture."
This is, perhaps, the worst possible question a student can ask,
and conversely, it's the most irresponsible one a teacher can answer.
This dispels the old saying that "there is no such thing as a stupid
question." There definitely is such a thing, but it's not because the
student should know the answer to it; it's because the student is looking
for the quick solution to an otherwise trickier problem. Don't look for
the easy way out: learn the craft. And in so doing, you'll end up taking
far better pictures over different situations.
To that end, I am constructing tutorials on an on-going basis covering
various photography techniques. As you can tell by now, I am not a "paint
by the numbers" sort of teacher, that simply instructs students to set
the camera in this way, and you'll get a good picture. Instead, I give
instruction on methods that can be applied using the most basic fundamentals
of photography. I do not teach fundamentals; you should already know how
to push the button and basic functions of your camera. Once you know that,
I pick it up from there.
Topics and Essays
 Introduction
Equipment
My Equipment
First Camera
Digital Cameras
Fill Flash
Persp. Ctrl
Filter Fun
Travel
Travel Photography
Tourism
Travel Gear
Nite
Long Exposures
The Moon
Star Trails
Misc Tech
Bad Photos
Film Talk
Metering
Image Management
Photo Printing
Explaining "DPI"
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