Best Camera under $300 for Beginners
Here are the three best cameras for beginners for under $300. Please note that prices were effective in mid-July 2019 and may change at...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Apr 30, 2019
- 3 min
How to get the most out of Neutral Density Filters.
Neutral Density filters are darkened plates of glass that reduce the amount of light that reaches a camera’s sensor. They can create...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Mar 22, 2019
- 5 min
How I Became a Guru
Online photo contests can be a fun, informational and fulfilling. They can be a way to improve your photography. Recently I decided to...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Jan 31, 2019
- 4 min
Is Instagram Killing Photography?
In the now eight years since Instagram first exploded on the social media scene it is fast becoming the social media platform of choice...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Jan 31, 2019
- 3 min
Photographing Fickle Fire Fall - 2019
Each February Mother Nature puts on a dazzling display of light and water in Yosemite National Park. Starting in mid-February, the...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Nov 28, 2018
- 4 min
Smartphone vs the DSLR. Will smartphones ever make the camera obsolete?
Smartphone camera technology has come a long ways in recent years, and logically, as the technology improves our phone camera should be...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Nov 8, 2018
- 4 min
Is the DSLR Dead?
With the recent release of full-frame mirrorless cameras by Canon, Nikon, Fuji and Panasonic to compete with Sony’s highly-respected A7...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Sep 6, 2018
- 5 min
How Much Editing is Too Much?
According to Merriam-Webster the word photoshopped has become a verb and is defined as: to alter (a digital image) with Photoshop...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Aug 18, 2018
- 5 min
Workflow - File Management Basics
In a recent podcast with Tony Avila, we discussed the basics of Photography Workflow. One overlooked but essential part of that is the...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Aug 16, 2018
- 3 min
My Camera is a Time Machine
Imagine looking at the world through an opening the size of your thumbnail. While that may sound restrictive the truth is it is a window...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Aug 2, 2018
- 3 min
Hey Buddy! Can You Spare $200 for a Wedding Photographer?
Some days it seems like there’s a new photographer on every street corner begging for work. I can imagine the cardboard signs they hold...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Jul 19, 2018
- 4 min
A Foreign Language School for your next Travel Photo Adventure?
In a recent Podcast with my friend Tony Avila over at Avila Studios we discussed travel ideas outside the box when going out of country...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Jun 21, 2018
- 4 min
Which Camera Bag is Best?
“Where are you going next”, she asked, “Glacier National Park?” I nodded. “Yep, that is my next photo destination.” What to pack I...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Jun 6, 2018
- 3 min
No One Goes There Nowadays, It’s Too Crowded.
Travel Photography is big business and has helped fuel the growth of the tour and activity industry. US travel and tourism spending...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Jun 5, 2018
- 2 min
The Best Single Travel Lens is...
My good friend Tony Avila posed the question, "which lens would you take on your travels if you only had room for one?" Now this...
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JS Engelbrecht
- May 16, 2018
- 3 min
Visit Guatemala's version of Lake Tahoe
You must go see Guatemala's Lago de Atitlán. It's one of Guatemala's natural gems and it's beauty rivals California's famous Lake Tahoe. ...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Apr 12, 2018
- 4 min
Restoring an Impossible 100 year old Photo
It began with my first glimpse of the image. It was a wreck. Not only was it faded beyond recognition in many places, there were large...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Apr 5, 2018
- 4 min
8 Tips for Wildflower Photography
The old adage to stop and smell the roses is sage advice, and to photographers it’s time to stop and photograph the Penstemons, Poppies...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Mar 17, 2018
- 5 min
Five Iconic Views of the Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge has inspired generations of photographers from all over the world. The city has an allure of its own,...
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JS Engelbrecht
- Feb 14, 2018
- 3 min
Shooting Birds is Easy...
“Your bird pictures are kinda boring. I mean anyone can take a picture of a bird, right? Just go out in the back yard!" So say my...
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