the writing about photography:


  • Camera people – what bags do you love?

    Camera people – what bags do you love?

    I now have a beautiful new digital mirrorless camera + gorgeous telephoto lens to take on adventures! But I cannot willingly do so without a protective case. What I’d like is a very lightweight sling or messenger style bag that lets me keep my camera assembled, so I can easily pull it out and then…


  • Cellphone Photography: All About White Balance

    Cellphone Photography: All About White Balance

    Okay, this first in-depth cellphone photography post is going to be about white balance. One of the things that I often struggle with is getting the colors to look right on my phone. If you’ve ever tried to photograph a sunset, or anything at twilight, or anything in a dramatically lit room, you might have…


  • Digital Camera Blogging

    Digital Camera Blogging

    Folks seemed interested and excited about my Your Cellphone Camera’s Digital Processing Settings and You post, so I think I’m going to do some more specific posts about different things you can do to your digital photos, and I’m going to use Open Camera to demonstrate them on my phone because it’s free for any…


  • Inspiring photographer: Em Sharnoff

    Inspiring photographer: Em Sharnoff

    With the death of cohost, I have tried to make sure to catch my favourite cohost photography folks’ new rss feeds as best I can! And seems worthwhile to share these links with you – if you find something in my photos I bet you’ll see something worthwhile in the photos that make me drop…


  • a few beautiful bugs and the phone lenses I used

    a few beautiful bugs and the phone lenses I used

    Some of my fav macro shots from the summer. Love a sweat bee! I’ve been using cheap cellphone camera lens attachments to try out macro photography, and honestly it’s been incredibly fun! These are the two sets I got that have worked well for me – they’re kind of random to track down, Apexel is…


  • Your Cellphone Camera’s Digital Processing Settings and You

    Your Cellphone Camera’s Digital Processing Settings and You

    I am mad about cellphone cameras hiding the processing they do to my photos, and I am glad about software I found that lets me control it and opt in and out.

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