Welcome to Michael’s blog. Michael Andrew, (aka Michael The Maven) is a freelance producer, photography instructor, tech innovator, and when needed, disaster aid specialist. Disclaimer: Michael is a participant in Bhphoto & Amazon affiliate programs that provides an advertising commission if you purchase through links on this website.
Due to the widespread protests in Baltimore, MD the Orioles game yesterday was closed to the public. In the strangely quiet occurrence all you can hear are the shutter clicks of the many photojournalists in attendance. Check it out below.
Daniel Peters of Fotoblog Hamburg has created this super handy printable “cheat sheet” to help beginners remember the ‘exposure triangle’. The three things that make up the ‘exposure triangle’ and determine a proper exposure are aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Now, you can print this handy little guide to stick in your camera bag.
Been getting a lot of questions about a possible Nikon D7200 Tutorial Training video and I am happy to announce that it is nearly complete. We expect it to be available for direct download within the next few days and the DVD should be available a couple weeks after. The course is really designed to help beginning and intermediate photographers get to know their camera inside and out and start shooting on a very advanced level in just a few hours. It will be one of the best education investments you can make, guaranteed!
This is the cover we decided to go with, which is a macro shot of a giant leaf I photographed on Kauai:
Have you heard the terms ‘high key’ or ‘low key’ lighting and wondered what the difference is? The two looks can create completely different moods in your images. Here’s a quick video by Daniel Norton to show us the difference.