Pre-race Planning Learn as much as you can about running. Since only really good photos are published, study magazines and websites to learn the best compositions. If possible, scout the race route so you can find the best backgrounds and angles. It’ll be tough to shoot from more than a couple of locations along the [...]

Congratulations on your new camera! It’s always exciting to get a new toy, but this one might seem a bit too complicated for you… what are all those buttons? What are all those settings? Now that you have a new camera what should you do?

There are times when you may find yourself staring at the perfect shot, camera in hand, ready to capture it all. You snap that first picture and realize it isn’t as sharp as you want it to be in order to create and capture that shot you envisioned.  Without a tripod how can you get [...]

All Photos Credit SteveGuymonPhotography.com Using simple camera techniques will assure you capture a beautiful, sharp landscape photograph. What’s the point of spending considerable time and effort to travel to a remote site, investing in high-tech cameras, several super-sharp lenses, a stout tripod and countless gadgets then blurring the image through lack of proper shooting techniques? [...]

The basic flash that comes on your camera should rarely be used, it adds sharp shadows and flattens out your subject too much. With most DSLR cameras you can change the ISO so that it is more sensitive to the light and will catch more light, thus brightening up your subject.  However there are also [...]