Today’s the day that will result in record numbers of football fans watching the game, record number of pizzas and beer, and  record number of photographers wanting to shoot the game. I’ve done all three and can tell you eating pizza, drinking beer, and watching it on tv is a lot more fun and a lot less stressful. May professional carer shooting...

Aperture Priority, an E-Book by Photographer Gary Gardiner, is available as a free download. The starting point for most professionals is setting their auto-exposure system to Aperture Priority. It means the photographer is controlling the most important aspect of any photo, what is in focus. Using aperture to determine depth of field sets the basis for...

I recently updated the Copyright and Usage Permissions for photos displayed at GaryGardiner.com and WestervilleLife.com, and several of my other sites with loads of photos. Each page now displays the following set of rules and requirements for using my photos. I’ve decided it is near impossible to prevent personal use on Facebook and personal Web sites....

Top Five Composition Techniques The Composition Carry Guide for Photographers™, the latest in a series of pocket guides to better photography, is published and ready for download. The PDF has the Top 5 Composition Techniques to help you make better photos. When folded, the Carry Guide is an eight page reference and instructional guide with space for notes...

Framing Device One of the strongest elements in this photo is use of the tree as a framing device that fills the left side of the frame. A framing device is exactly what it sounds like. Just as a frame that holds a photo or painting mounted on your wall and isolates your view to the work of art, a photograph’s framing device acts to hold eye movement...