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Every “best” photo I take ends up falling in the rankings. This is consistent with most areas of life – practice and learning brings improvement. For example, look at the photo below: Now compare...
Beginning photographers often overlook the shutter speed. I know that I walked around for ages in aperture priority mode. When I switched to manual, I found myself setting the ISO and aperture first, and solving...
Deciding on which aperture creates confusion for even experienced photographers. The more I learn about it, the more questions I have. The simplest explanation is aperture determines how much of an image is focus, and the easiest...
Are you struggling with grainy photos at night or indoors? This distortion is caused by a higher ISO. Here’s an analogy that might clarify the relationship of ISO to photo quality. Have you ever...
If you want to make sure you capture every moment – read on for our bracketing photography tutorial. I outline what bracketing is, when it can be helpful and how to enable it on...
I recently took EZ through my painful process for technology upgrades. A lot of time, thought, and research precedes these decisions. I want gear that will last me for at least a few years, and this...
Living car-free makes us aware of many situations that most people don’t even think about: how to load a bike with groceries, how to avoid pinching chubby chins with the helmet buckle (still working on...
There is nothing worse than arriving home with a memory card full of epic sots from your day’s adventures to discover that your favorites all need an excessive amount of post processing because you...
Building on our media management post, this article walks you through how to import and organize media in Adobe Lightroom. We follow much of the same format from the previous article, but this time we take advantage of...
Let’s get real for a second, it’s been over two months since I wrote about waffling between a scooter and a balance bike for CZ’s big debut on wheels. And while we could use...
When our pedal powered lifestyle with CZ, we wanted to make sure that she was protected. After choosing a baby bike seat, we began an exhausting search for the proper baby helmet. It was exhausting because we...
The debate between rear and front mounted toddler bike seats crippled my decision making for a few weeks, but I finally made a purchase. Here is a recap of our internal debate, along with why...
