Manual Photography Cheat Sheet

Here’s a good guide to learning a little about using the Manual mode on a DSLR. Found at Living in the Stills.

Bee & Sunflower

I caught this busy guy working on a sunflower this morning in the back yard. Shot with Nikon D7000 + Nikkor 18-200mm VRII @ ƒ5.6 and 1/160 second.

Memorial Park

Seymour Lieberman running trail at Houston Memorial Park

Philadelphia

I was on a business trip in Philadelphia and had a couple of free hours so I grabbed my camera and tripod and started walking. A few blocks from my hotel was Rittenhouse Square Park so I set up there

Friends

Neighborhood Friends

Lake Louise Ice Castle

Ice castle on a frozen Lake Louise – Alberta, Canada. The Victoria Glacier is in the background. This is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. As we approached the lake we saw this amazing castle that had

WVIL

Is this the future of photography? The Wireless Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens (WVIL) is a concept camera from Artefact, a Seattle creative consultancy. It allows the camera body to act as a wireless viewfinder for the lens that could be handheld or mounted on

The Mountain

Some of the most beautiful time-lapse photography I’ve ever seen has been compiled into this video by Norwegian landscape photographer and filmmaker Terje Sorgjerd. You can also find it here on Vimeo. This is just stunning. He shot this with a

Bear

SLR Camera Simulator

This is a great idea and a terrific implementation of it on the web. Experiment with various lighting and exposure scenarios (ISO, aperture, shutter speed, focal length) and learn some photography basics at CameraSim, the online Camera Simulator.