How to add light to a shot

In this article I will show you how to add light to over-shadowed areas. When you are photographing a subject in difficult lighting, such as unwanted backlighting, the camera wants to expose for the highlights, therefore underexposing the subject. The first solution...

How Digital Camera Sensors Work

In this article I will give you a brief overview of how a digital camera’s sensor works. A camera sensor uses millions of tiny pixels (each megapixel has one million pixels!) When the shutter opens, a photosite is uncovered, and a small cavity collects photons...

Fill Flash

Imagine this; You are photographing some people against a window, or another bright background on auto mode, and your camera is adjusting just fine, but you find that the people are a little under- exposed (exposure). You are confused, and perplexed, and have no idea...