I love to watch movies. I have found that film and paintings can be a really good inspiration to stretch your “Photographic Muscle!” I am of course talking about your “EYE” that all important creative tool that can’t be learned.  I can answer every question on how I do things and still can’t give you…Read more Shooting “The Eye” (#PlayAndLearn)

I have been a product photographer for a over 10 years and been working as a photographer for almost two decades now.  I have found in this time that there are very many tools in this industry that are misused and not explained very well.  The biggest repeat offender is Layer Masks.  Many tutorials explain everything…Read more Using Masks to Rescue Highlights

Lowered Expectations I went with my family to Safari Park in San Diego on Sunday December 12, 2011. I went not stressing about getting any images I just went for fun. This was great and possible because we all have year passes for Safari Park and the San Diego Zoo. We always make the mistake…Read more Safari Park Supprise

Now that you have developed a few “Spots” in your local area, you can experience the benefits.  You have cut down on the “uncontrollable variables” and now you can start with an experiment.  The first experiment I wanted to do was “Moonlight Portraits” but going out live with a client is not a good idea.  You need…Read more Another Benefit of having “A SPOT”

(9 Shots)      Photography By: Douglas Lee Coon      Often times I have been unhappy with my final image and its missing parts.  I compose an incredible image, fire the shutter and look at the LCD.  More times than not I don’t see the same image on the screen, or that I saw when I first got…Read more Massive Landscapes (Your View Standing There)

Getting in the Extra Stuff Sometimes you need to shoot extra images so that you can combine them later in post.  The cleanest most efficient way to do this is to shoot all of the images separately and use the pen tool all the way down on the pixel level to get the cleanest cut. …Read more Don’t Forget to Shoot the Extra Stuff

As photographers we are constantly being told we “need” the newest Canon or Nikon with the faster more expensive glass.   Let me say simply before I get started on this topic, I would love to own a Nikon D5 with about $30,000 worth of glass. That would be an amazing dream come true, but do…Read more Expensive Gear Myths

One of the most important factors in making a good photograph of a newborn baby is to remember, they get to do what they want.  You have to try and convince them through hard work and persistence to pose.  Nine times out of ten the pose will fall apart in an instant, you have to…Read more Newborn Photography