Mobile phones can tag every photo with the current GPS location since they already have a GPS built in. My older Nikon DSLR does not have this feature. …

Looking for compositions in nature Just like everyone during the pandemic, I have increased my YouTube consumption. Between work calls, I sneak a peek and see if one of my favorite channels has an update. And so I came across Thomas Heaton, a landscape photographer from the UK who not…

How to turn your Nikon into an iPhone with one simple hack. — So what happens when you take a relatively modern DSLR camera ,(Nikon D750) and slap a 40-year-old kit lens on it? I happen to have a few lenses rattling around in a box and thought it could be fun to take them for a walk. But first, rules. Rule 1…

Sunsets happen, they are unavoidable. The question is, do they deserve to be photographed? I try to differentiate between “beautiful subjects” and “beautiful photos” and maybe that’s why I avoid scenes and subjects that feel worn out, like an ancient pair of slippers. …

Slowing down to touch life — January 2022. COVID is burning through the land like a forest fire, followed by death, sickness, fear, and desperation. When can I go back to normal? What actually is “normal”? It’s been so long, I forgot. The “holiday season” (oh, how I hate that term) is over. Fake Santas ho-ho-ho-ing…

What I learned, what I love, and what I dislike. — About 3 years ago, I had lost my photography mojo, partly because I could get better photos on my iPhone than on my 2007 Nikon. But photography has been with me since I was a wee lad, I was cutting my teeth on 35mm (and 6x6). …

January 1st 2022 turned out to be one of those foggy, wet days that doesn’t know whether it was afternoon or morning. No wind to disturb the surface of our local lake, only the dog made waves.

Or: How to ruin your hobby…. — It’s New Year’s Day 2022, curiously the only day where you can’t talk about New Years resolutions. Everyone is a cynic and tells me that that New Year’s resolutions are last year’s failures. Go to the gym? You are too lazy anyway. Eat healthy? You love McDonalds. Walk the dog…

Should you shoot photos in manual? — I recently saw a Reddit conversation that confused me — the poster was an aspiring pro photographer who would only (!) shoot in fully automatic mode. He argued that camera technology and sensors had become so good that there was no need for any manual overrides. Needless to say, the…