Zombie Dinosaurs

Well, I’m pleased to announce that my latest book has hit the stores. I’ve revised How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera to its glorious 5th edition. I should point out that Osborne McGraw-Hill has decided to drop the grammatical connective tissue "with your" from the title, so now, it’s apparently just called […]

There’s something magical about macro photography–getting up close to a tiny subject is one of the most exciting ways to use a digital camera. But why stop there? Almost any photo editing program lets you turn that idea on its head and make ordinary pictures look like they are actually miniatures!
Tell-Tale Signs
Even without thinking about […]

It seems that no matter where you go on vacation, there’s always some sort of airplane or helicopter tour available to let you get a better view. In fact, as you read these words, I plan to be on vacation, booking a sightseeing charter on some small plane. (I’ll try to send you a postcard.) […]

While the rest of the world breathlessly awaits a stupid music phone that only has 8GB of storage (there are Yes albums that probably take up more space than that) here in the Johnson household, it is Simpsons Movie Anticipation that is running high. 
If you’re in the same boat, be sure to pass the time […]

A few years ago, I went on a little photo trek and showed off the photos. I vividly remember getting grilled about the various locations by a friend of mine. “Where were these taken?” she asked me about a particular set of photos. “Hmm,” I replied, “I don’t remember. I took so many photos, I can’t […]

I’m proud to say that, like Former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington, I’ve observed a UFO. Unlike Symington, though, I didn’t recognize the alien encounter for what it was at the time that it occurred. Heck, I didn’t know anything at all had happened.
You see, a few months ago I was snapping some photos while on a […]

I’ve started working on the fifth edition of How To Do Everything with Your Digital Camera, which should be out in the fall. I’ve decided to rewrite large parts of this book from scratch this time around. So much has changed in digital photography and image editing in the last few years that I want […]

Light is both a photographer’s best friend and worst enemy. Consider what happened to me recently, for instance. I visited a wild animal park with the hope of taking some pictures of wolves, cougars, and bears. Unfortunately, it had rained all morning, and the sky was dark and overcast when I arrived at noon.
 As I […]

Everyone has their favorite time of year. For me, it’s summer–warm days, refreshing lemonade, scuba diving, and nary a driveway or sidewalk to be plowed or shoveled. Indeed, there’s nothing I hate more than dealing with heavy, slushy, slippery snow.  On the other hand, there’s nothing quite so picturesque as a fresh snowfall. Snow makes […]

Over the holidays, I took about a hundred photos around the house. I also managed to fill up a memory card while photographing wolves at the nearby wildlife refuge and, just a few weeks ago, I snapped a truckload of “light trail” style night photos from a pedestrian overpass in Las Vegas. Every one of […]