One of the situations where compact cameras really struggle is low light situations. The following are some examples of what happens when you shoot at high ISOs in (usually) in low light. See the grainy, ugly pattern over the whole picture? (Click on the picture to see it larger.) That is noise caused by pushing [...]

I hate carrying tripods around. It is such a hassle to carry it around, take only a couple of pictures and bring it back home.

In the last couple of years, I haven’t had a tripod. Whenever I needed one, I improvised with various things that fell to hand at that moment, a bench, wall, table, [...]

Are you not satisfied with the photos you are taking?

Thinking of getting a better camera to take better pictures?

Let’s see if a better camera will improve your photos.

First, you have to find out why your pictures are no good.

Let’s go through the possibilities:

Are your pictures blurry all over?

(Click on the pictures to view the larger [...]

The Tamron 10-24mm lens was designed for use on crop sensor DSLRs. For Nikon DX camera owners, it has a quite useful (35mm equivalent) focal length range of 15-36mm. For Canon APS-C cameras, the range becomes 16-38mm due to the slightly larger crop factor. In both cases, it covers a useful range from extreme wideangle [...]

Look at this photograph. Do you like it?

This is one of my favorite photographs. Now, many of you will cry out: That is a terrible photograph!

Technically, I agree, there is a lot wrong with this photograph. It is quite noisy, underexposed, shaky, and I was zooming while pressing the shutter. I don’t know what else [...]