Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

Yosemite Star Trails

On my way out to Yosemite for the 2nd time in little over a month, I was checking the weather forecast on my iPad via the in flight wifi. At first I was disappointed to see clear skies in the forecast as Yosemite is always best photographed with some clouds to help show depth and…

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5 Tips for Photographing Outdoor Soccer

Photographing outdoor soccer is very fun and equally challenging! Shooting sports is one of my absolute favorite photography assignments. It was the primary reason I bought my first DSLR just over 6 years ago so I could photo the wrestling team I help coach over the winter months. I have been shooting youth soccer games…

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Where to buy Lee Filters?

A few weeks ago, I rented the Canon TS-E 17mm tilt shift lens which I enjoyed so much that I decided to pull the trigger and add a tilt-shift lens to my collection. After careful consideration, I decided to pursue the Canon TS-E 24mm lens primarily because the 17mm lens wouldn’t allow me to add…

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Top 7 WordPress Plugins for a Photo Blog

It has been just over a year since launching the Unified Photography photo blog. I remember WordPress plugins were the deciding factor when making the decision to launch this blog as a standalone hosted WordPress blog vs falling back to the already familiar Google Blogger that I used for several previous blogs. Along the way,…

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