Well, I don’t know about you but we ended up staying home this year. That’s fine with me, no babysitters to find, no drunks to deal with on the roads, etc.

What do you want to do to improve your photography in 2012? What have you learned about your photography in 2011?

Me? I need to be shooting EVERY DAY in 2012. 2011? I’ve learned a little more about lighting, and I want to keep learning about it.

To stay fresh have you thought about doing some sort of “365 Project”? I started one last year and I fell through the cracks because I got lazy about it. Not a good thing. There’s one or two of these out there that are more of a group effort so maybe I’ll join in, we’ll see.

Since we stayed home, I decided to shoot something. I bought some Jones Soda and here’s a few that I shot….

Oh yeah, Happy New Year to all of you out there!

I have to write about this because it really irritates me. Well ok, maybe irritate is the wrong word. How about, I have to write about this because it really bothers me? Yeah, that sounds better.

It really bothers me that so many people today who claim to have such a “passion” for photography and are running out to buy a nice, big, fancy (and let’s not forget EXPENSIVE) DSLR and yet aren’t taking the time to learn the basics of photography. Seriously? You’re going out and spending over a thousand dollars and leaving that wonderful image-making machine in Auto mode? The camera may do some things really well, but you should never rely 100% on what the camera says is right because it isn’t.

Please, do yourself a huge favor and start learning the basics of photography. Your images will improve by 10x, I swear!

Learning the basics will really open your eyes up to what you can accomplish in producing your images. Also, learning the basics will show you that leaning on all that photo editing software really isn’t what it was meant for. This is what we call getting it right in camera the first time because editing software should only be used to enhance, not do the job of making the exposure correct – that’s the job of the person using the camera.

As you become more familiar with the basics, learn everything about your camera and what every button or menu does. This helps later on when you don’t have time to think about a certain setting and need to get the shot quickly.

You won’t be sorry you learned those basic ideas about shutter speed and aperture, I promise.  Now…get to learning!

Hi everyone! Welcome to the new blog home for Captured Visions Photography. I was away for awhile as life got in the way for a bit but the blog is back so you will able to keep up to date on what I’m shooting and anything else I might post about.

You’ll notice the theme/design looks a bit different too. I rid myself of the free (although it was a good one) theme and actually purchased one for a decent price. Thank you Mr. Chan for your design. There’s a few things that will continue to change here and there as I finalize what it will look like around here.

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