Are you scared anytime you see someone working with Photoshop?

Let’s be honest, while Photoshop is great for working with images, it is hardly the ideal tool for a beginner.

Fortunately, there are some great, simpler alternatives for you to try out.
 The first is Paint.net, a free image editor for Windows.
It is very easy to learn and [...]

New lenses all have bunch of acronyms attached to them.

Here is a simple guide to the more recent Nikon lenses to understand what these all mean, and to understand if any of this is important:

AF: Autofocus
These lenses autofocus with autofocus capable Nikon bodies that have an internal autofocus motor.

AF-S: Autofocus with silent wave motor
These lenses [...]

This is an illustration of the most commonly used sensor sizes on the market.
In my opinion, the technology in the camera is not worth talking about unless you can actually see fairly obviously how it makes a difference. Fortunately, it is quite easy to see the effects of sensor size.
There are two very common failings [...]

This picture was shot without a tripod. But even though it was shot with a shutter speed of almost 1 second, it’s not blurry.

Let’s be honest: No one wants to carry a big heavy tripod around, especially when traveling. But I do want to have some nice pictures at night as well.

The solution?

Improvise

You can usually [...]

The mode dial on a modern camera usually includes a bewildering number of letters and icons.

I can never remember what 90% of those modes do, and even if I did, I don’t remember to set that mode when the opportunity presents itself.

But you can get by using just 3 of the modes, even 2 if [...]