Twenty Two North Photography Blogs

Tips for Shooting Night Skylines Here are some tips for getting the best skyline shots: (1) Timing is critical. Try to shoot about 30-45 minutes after sunset or about 30 minutes before sunrise. Why? You want to shoot at the time when the sky ... 

I focus most of my photography on locations around Michigan, unless I am lucky enought to have a spare week available for travel to out of state locales, so I thought that my first blog post should highlight my favorite photographic locations around ... 

Night photography offers some great creative opportunities for photographers. During a bright day light is omnipresent, limiting the types of photos, exposures, colors, and angles available to a photographer. At night, however, lower levels of ligh... 

Historically many large format cameras used film with an aspect ratio of 5:4, which enlarges to 8x10. 35mm film uses an approximate 4:3 aspect ratio. Modern Digital cameras use a 3:2 aspect ratio. Based on these aspect ratios the most common photo... 

There are three variables that control exposure: ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture. Amateur photographers often focus on the first two variables -- ISO and shutter speed -- if they think about manual settings at all. Seldom do amateurs consider aper... 

Amateur photographers often equate megapixels with sharpness. While there is certainly a relationship between megapixels and sharpness, there are many other factors that are FAR more important in determining sharpness. A pixel is to photography w...