What to do with photos for the trash can?
There are situations where you just can't take a really convincing photo. The picture of the little boy at a Pow Wow in Canada is such case. We had a [...]
Teleconverter? Can you really use them?
Converters or extenders, as they are called at Canon, do not necessarily enjoy the best reputation. But they are a small, lightweight and above all comparatively inexpensive solution when you [...]
Reality and photographic illusion
A forest path at dusk and two hikers. In itself a rather trivial subject. But photographed with a hand-held camera and a long exposure time, a photographic image becomes an [...]
Tripod – the awkward creature
The tripod is not necessarily one of the most popular accessories. Unwieldy, heavy, awkward to handle, simply annoying. And that's why people like to leave it at home. Hand-held photography [...]
Full-frame – the holy grail
In the good old days, we had 35 mm cameras, medium format cameras, and large format cameras. Since cameras nowadays have a digital sensor instead of film, we've been graced [...]
All cats are grey at night
Okay, cats maybe. But cities come to life when the sun goes down. And above all, they change their character completely. The gray concrete and glass facades turn into sparkling [...]
Seeing like the camera – how does that work?
Yeah, if I knew that! I would only take top-notch photos. But since I produce usually more average than outstanding pictures, I guess I haven't really found a patent remedy [...]
Our Post-Shooting Workflow
As a photographer, you spend more time in front of the computer than behind the camera these days. And that's not because the photos all require extensive post-processing. On the [...]
Is the path the destination?
They say in hiking the journey is the destination. For the hiker, it is indeed more important to walk a beautiful, interesting or challenging path than to reach a specific [...]
How to read the histogram correctly
Nowadays in the digital world, we can fortunately tell immediately after taking a photo - and, with modern cameras, even before taking the photo - whether the exposure is correct [...]