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Night Photography Beginner Basics: The Gear
The Night Sky can be a beautiful thing, and long exposure nighttime photography can expose that beauty to anyone with the right (affordable) equipment. As complete beginners in this area, we thought...
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Night Photography Beginner Basics: Camera Settings
Last post, we talked about basic gear. This post, we’ll talk about camera settings. But first, lets talk about star movement. Star Movement Stars move across the sky. This isn’t actually true, as this...
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Night Photography Beginner Basics: Dark Composure
We’ve gone over basic gear and camera settings, and now its time to start talking about what you are shooting. Composure in night photography is made more difficult by the darkness of it all. Your...
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Night Photography Beginner Basics: Light Painting
Beautiful Nightscapes usually have some foreground elements. This can often be a silhouette, but being able to see elements in the foreground can be very helpful as well. One of our favorite images...
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Gear Review: Samsung NX300 Camera + 20mm f/2.8 Pancake Lens
Some people are surprised to find that we have a smaller “point and shoot” type camera in addition to our 5D Mark II. We have this camera for multiple reasons, the first one being that it is hardly a...
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Madsen Family Lifestyle Photos – Minneapolis, MN
There are very few things I miss about our “sticks and bricks” lifestyle. Overall, living the life of a nomad suits our sense of adventure and we don’t mind the inconsistencies that come with it....
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Gear Review: MindShift 180 Bag Rigged as a Backcountry Backpack
While we would have loved to receive this item for free to review, we actually spent money to purchase it. This post contains Amazon affiliate links which help to fund the blog in a small, small way....
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Why I Fuji’d My Canon 5D Mark II & Sold All My Lenses
I own far too many cameras. In all honesty, its probably a photographer thing. Or maybe just a someone-who-likes-to-take photos thing. Unfortunately, the overabundance doesn’t end with cameras. I also...
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On the Road – Capturing Stories Through Travel Photography
The drive through Nevada on I-80 is definitely not listed on America’s Top 10 Scenic Drives. Boring, flat, and fairly ugly: I usually try and sleep through most of it while my husband drives and the...
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Gear Review: Peak Design Field Pouch & Slide Lite Strap
An important part of our adventures is preserving memories of them. We have found that taking pictures and video of our experiences helps the kids remember the experience when we talk about it later....
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