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A great fireworks shot is one of those photographic bucket list kind of images. You gotta get at least one in your lifetime! If you didn’t snag one this past Canada Day or Independence Day, here are some tips for you!

Camera Settings:

Camera: Canon 5DMKII
Lens: 35mm f ...

Traveling back in time with your images can be far more beneficial than you ever imagined. Best of all? You don’t even need a DeLorean to do it. Story time… 

The other night we decided to take a break from work and watch a movie. We had a great ...

Lightroom is powerful. Not only is it full of tools to make your photos look amazing, but it also helps speed up your workflow, and keep your photos nice and organized. It’s the complete package.

Here are 8 Lightroom features that are really really awesome. If you have Lightroom ...

What’s quite unique about people photography is that even if the composition is plain, and the lighting nothing to write home about, a simple portrait of a fascinating person becomes a fascinating image.  

Camera Settings:

Camera: Canon 5D
Lens: 50mm f/1.4
Aperture: f/1.6
Shutter Speed ...

The wedding rehearsal is deceptively important. As a wedding photographer, you’ve likely already been through dozens (if not hundreds) of ceremonies. You know the vows off by heart, have Canon in D perpetually stuck in your head, and mumble First Corinthians while you sleep. So why on earth would ...

Lightroom 3 has a ton of different keyboard shortcuts that will help you move through your editing workflow faster. If you’d like to take a peek at the shortcuts for each module click on the “Help” menu and then “Library Module Shortcuts…” (or if you’re in the Develop ...

We’re really going to jump into this Getting The Shot series, as we hope it gives some valuable (and enjoyable!) insight. Often you can learn as much from the discussion of one image as you can from studying broad theories. 

Today’s photo is from our trip to Peru ...

Photo of Annie by Robert Scoble

If you’ve ever wondered why Annie Leibovitz is one of the greatest photographers ever then you need to see this documentary.

Life Through a Lens is a fascinating look into Leibovitz’s career. Photographers of all genres and skill levels will be interested ...

Have you ever looked at a photo and wondered “How’d they get that shot?” If yes then this new series of blog posts is for you! We’ll be sharing the details behind our images to give you insight into the process taken to get the shot.

Let’s ...

Shooting a wedding is a HUGE undertaking. With only once chance to get it right, you want to be certain that you have all the right gear. But figuring out what you need is pretty daunting. 

Need is, of course, a subjective idea. But we’re going to share with ...

Alrighty! Last time on Stress Free Posing we went through some standing poses for a couple, now let’s take a peek at some easy ways to create natural sitting poses.

The basic idea here is the same: start with one option, then make small changes to the way they ...

For years people revered the superheroes of comic books—Batman, Spiderman, Superman and the like. Their abilities were that of legend, and inspired movies and multi-million dollar product franchises. But little did the people of the world know that there are real live superheroes walking amongst them. They’re more ...

Weddings fall squarely within Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong”. As the photographer, you will be spending more time with the bride and groom than anyone else, so you are pretty likely to be in the epicenter of any and all hiccups that come along ...