Category Archives: stills

Earth Day 2025

A Photo Essay The first Earth Day took place when I was a student at the University of Michigan in 1970. Since then I’ve written several articles about this day. If you’re interested, you can read one of my previous … Continue reading

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“Scanning” Slides – a Practical Cheat

using my cellphone I’m guessing that many of the older picture takers among us have a mountain of slides sitting their closet in a proverbial shoebox. Hopefully they’re not collecting dust. I was introduced to digital images in the late … Continue reading

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Hold It Steady

Hohem smartphone gimbals For sometime now the cell phone camera has taken over as the prime means of picture taking. The same is true for taking movies. The quality of both still photos and videos are literally amazing considering that … Continue reading

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