Every photographer has been there. We don’t just pick up a camera and inherently know how to pose people and work camera settings to really capture a scene well. I think back on my years when I was just starting out with a great fondness. I couldn’t get enough! I tore through photography forums […]

When you choose a shooting mode for your camera… Manual, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Program (Nikon abbreviations) you are telling the camera how you are going to determine exposure. The problem with that is that the camera is just a piece of equipment and therefore can get a little confused on the actual lighting situations […]

It wasn’t until this past year at Zach and Jody Gray’s Incamera workshop that I finally cracked the mystery that is white balance…. but let me tell you- it has completely changed everything since. Have you ever taken a photo that looks really blue or orange? That’s a white balance problem. There are a few […]

  Photography- it’s all about exposure. But what the heck IS exposure!? I am going to try and explain it to you in non-technical terms so that maybe it will “click” a little better. Exposure is all about figuring out a proper balance between three things- shutter speed (how long  your camera allows light to […]

If you are more of a visual person, I go over some of these tips in some video tutorials I made that can be found at www.youtube.com/calliebealephotograp. I hope that everyone is having a great start to the year! One of my big goals for 2013 is to really focus on helping people who are […]