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What are Presets?

By Cori Derksen | Mar 22, 2021

What are presets? Have you heard that word being thrown around? Lightroom presets, mobile presets, desktop presets…

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Which Camera Equipment do I Use?

By Cori Derksen | Mar 15, 2021

Camera equipment and all the possible options are pretty endless and can be overwhelming. Lenses, flashes, hoods, camera bodies, remote triggers, filters, straps, bags, mirrorless, DSLR, film, so. many. choices.

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Camera Lens Length

By Cori Derksen | Mar 2, 2021

The length of your camera lens. Does it matter? You hear and read about lenses that are 50mm, 85mm, 35mm, 24-70mm, 70-200mm. Does it matter? Yes, it does.

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Photo a day – May 23

By Cori Derksen | May 25, 2020

The pool is bright, the sun is bright, everything is reflective. So bring that ISO on down super low, and get in the shade if possible

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Photo a day – May 22

By Cori Derksen | May 25, 2020

Make your people look at the camera sometimes. I often like to just capture moments as they’re happening,

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Photo a day – May 21

By Cori Derksen | May 25, 2020

Late at night when there is very little light you’ll need to open your lens up wide and scoot your ISO up pretty high. These newer cameras

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Photo a day – May 20

By Cori Derksen | May 25, 2020

Watch out for “hot spots”. You don’t really want them. See the bright sun spot on my boy’s leg?

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Photo a day – May 19

By Cori Derksen | May 25, 2020

Lunch with grandma and grandpa as they try to keep a little social distance from us. ;) 

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Photo a day – May 18

By Cori Derksen | May 25, 2020

Try changing your focus point. It totally changes the image and where your eye is drawn. Same image, different focus point.

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