Canon 1 Series Tips

1Ds Autofocus Tips  The 1Ds and E-TTL Flash  Advanced E-TTL- Using Multiple Flashes  1Ds Tone Curves  Canon EOS-1 Series Autofocus Custom Functions

General Photography Tips

Digital Exposure And Metering Strategies  Why Focus-Recompose Sucks  Triple Flash Macro Softbox Rig  DOF Calculation  Triple Flash Setup  Aperture and Lens Usage

Workflow And Post-Processing Tips

Color Management 101  Camera Profiling  16-Bit Vs. 8-Bit Workflow  Sharpening Actions  Neat Image  Local Vs Global Contrast  Hybrid RAW Conversion  Digital DPI  Custom Profiling The Canon S9000  Bit Depth Comparison

Miscellaneous

I have been interested in photography since high school. I started out doing 35mm and in 2001 I switched to digital. The difference is amazing. With film, you have to wait hours or days from the time you take the shot until you see the finished print, so you either do it right the first time, or else miss the shot. With digital, you can see the results in a few seconds, and take another picture if you didn't like the first one. In addition, taking additional shots doesn't cost extra like film--you print only the good ones, and can delete the bad ones. This is especially meaningful in "candid" or "street" photography where you are not able to manage every detail of the lighting or what the people around you are doing, and a high percentage of the shots taken are not suitable for exhibition. Digital has really allowed me to feel free to experiment and try different techniques--to take shots that I would have passed up if I were still using film.

The newest generations of digital cameras, image processing programs, and photo-quality printers allow creative expression far beyond traditional film & darkroom techniques at an extremely high level of quality. My current camera, the Canon EOS-1Ds, outclasses 35mm film in the same way a CD outclasses a cassette audio tape.

Favorite Digital Photography Sites

The Luminous Landscape Lots of interesting articles and practical how-tos, along with active and  informative user forums visited by world-class experts in several different areas of photography. Highly recommended. You can learn all kinds of stuff here, like the ins and outs of color management, RAW processing, color theory and even the difference between boke and the Scheimflug effect. Many useful and practical articles for the pro or serious amateur photographer can be found here.

Fred Miranda Fred's site has a lot of photography-related information, regular contests and assignments that you can participate in to better your skills, and an active photography forum section. The forums have a wide variety of participants at all skill levels, and are reasonably well-moderated. It's definitely worth checking out.

Digital Photography Review Everything you could possibly want to know about digital cameras and accessories. This site has the most informative and detailed reviews of digital cameras and accessories that I have found so far. Check here before buying anything digital camera-related. The forums there are very active, but have a funky navigation system and are a hotbed of rumormongering, flame wars, and outright silliness. Stay far, far away.

Digital Outback Photo Not quite as much stuff here as at the previous sites, but what is there is practical, educational, and informative. Occasionally there are contests you can enter, which is fun even if you don't win anything. There are also forums here. This site also has an article by yours truly explaining the sharpening technique I use on my photos here.