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Through the Gadling Lens: inspiration, courtesy of the Gadlingers

Through the Gadling Lens: inspiration, courtesy of the Gadlingers It occurred to me the other day that we've officially been together for a year here at Through the Gadling Lens -- how great is that? So it seems a little bit of a retrospective on the past year is in order, because seriously, we have talked about a lot here on the column. ...

Through the Gadling Lens: 7 tips for photographs around the meal

Through the Gadling Lens:  7 tips for photographs around the meal tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/29/through-the-gadling-lens-7-tips-for-photographs-around-the-mea/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; I've mentioned before that one of my favourite pastimes while traveling is eating. Oh my heavens, how I love to eat. There's ...

Through the Gadling Lens: Look for the light

Through the Gadling Lens: Look for the light tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/22/through-the-gadling-lens-look-for-the-light/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; I just got back this week from a quick trip to a spa. It sounds luxurious, doesn't it? Well, actually, it wasn't. Don't get me wrong -- the ...

Through the Gadling Lens: inspirational nature shots from our Gadling Flickr pool

Through the Gadling Lens: inspirational nature shots from our Gadling Flickr pool As you know by now, today we're bringing attention to climate change and ecotravel here on Gadling. Personally, climate change and taking care of the environment is an issue that I've thought about a whole lot since becoming a parent -- and to be honest, my daughter has ...

Through the Gadling Lens: shooting cities at twilight

Through the Gadling Lens: shooting cities at twilight This week, I received the following rather detailed email from reader Jason: I love your columns and have learned so much from them, thank you! I do have a couple of questions that I hope you may be able to help me with please. I am bouncing-off-the-walls excited to be ...

Through the Gadling Lens: photographing skies

Through the Gadling Lens: photographing skies Oh, how I'd love to regale you with my brilliant photographic skills in capturing the sky's majesty! I'd love to, but I can't. For some reason, I'm really, really horrid when it comes to shooting skies. Oh, I can manage to get a good sunset photo here and there, and ...

Through the Gadling Lens: water, water everywhere

Through the Gadling Lens:  water, water everywhere tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/09/24/through-the-gadling-lens-water-water-everywhere/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; Over the last year or so, I've become really intrigued with photographing water -- I love how organically it moves, I love all the ...

Through the Gadling Lens: photographing the children of the world

Through the Gadling Lens:  photographing the children of the world I was recently instant-messaging a friend of mine, asking him if he had any suggestions for what we could talk about this week here on Through the Gadling Lens. "Why don't you talk about taking photographs of kids?" he asked. I demurred. "Umm, I really try to keep this ...

Through the Gadling Lens: photographing autumn

Through the Gadling Lens:  photographing autumn Here in the United States, Labor Day is now over, and all of the kids are back in school -- sure signs that, despite the actual calendar date, summer is gone and fall is right around the corner. This makes me happy: while spring has those beautiful blue skies, winter is ...

Through the Gadling Lens: 5 photography items I'm glad I blew money on

Through the Gadling Lens:  5 photography items I'm glad I blew money on tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/09/03/through-the-gadling-lens-5-photography-items-im-glad-i-blew-m/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; In my family, I'm definitely the saver, while my husband is definitely the spender. I'm always the one who can "make do" with ...

Through the Gadling Lens: 5 photography subjects that are the same and different everywhere

Through the Gadling Lens: 5 photography subjects that are the same and different everywhere Do you remember those Where the hell is Matt? videos that were taking the internet by storm in recent years? I was thinking about those videos the other day, and wondering why they affected so many people, causing the videos to go so wildly viral. And then it dawned on me: ...

Through the Gadling Lens: Photography tips I learned on my summer vacation

Through the Gadling Lens: Photography tips I learned on my summer vacation I just got back from a long weekend in Oregon. This was the second year that I joined 13 friends in a beautiful coastal town, where we rented this huge rustic beach house, and spent the entire time resting, relaxing, and generally making art. As it happens, all of us make ...

Through the Gadling Lens: picking a good travel camera bag

Through the Gadling Lens:  picking a good travel camera bag This week, I'm going to be traveling again -- and I decided that I finally had it with my cheap little roller bag that I've been using as a carry-on and carry-all for my camera equipment. To date, every time I've gotten on a plane, I have shamefully packed my laptop into a ...

Through the Gadling Lens: The best summer photographs from the Gadling Flickr pool

Through the Gadling Lens: The best summer photographs from the Gadling Flickr pool It's so hard to believe that July's over -- how did this summer pass so quickly? I know, I know -- it's still August, and here in Texas, this means that we're really entering the blistering heat of the summertime, but I can't help it: historically, August has always meant ...

Through the Gadling Lens: 5 of the best travel photographers of all time

Through the Gadling Lens: 5 of the best travel photographers of all time I'm in the middle of a crazy travel time: I've been to both New York and Chicago in the past two weeks, and there doesn't seem to be much relief in sight in the upcoming 2 or 3 months: Portland, Atlanta, London and Paris are all distinct possibilities. And while being away ...

Through the Gadling Lens: The 7 most common questions from new photographers

Through the Gadling Lens: The 7 most common questions from new photographers Last week, I mentioned that i was in New York City on a holiday. Part of the reason we chose New York is because my cousin got married their last weekend. Whenever I'm invited to a wedding, my standard wedding gift is an album of photographs that I take of the event, so as ...

Through the Gadling Lens: how I manage my photographs while I'm on vacation

Through the Gadling Lens: how I manage my photographs while I'm on vacation Last week, I received an e-mail from Gadling reader Nick: Can you spend some time discussing what happens after you get home from vacation - photographic workflows, etc? That's one thing that seems to be missing. As it happens, I'm currently on vacation: last week, we had ...

Through the Gadling Lens: enhancing vacation shots with macro photography

Through the Gadling Lens: enhancing vacation shots with macro photography This week, I received an email from Gadling reader, Brenda: I read your post on choosing lenses and I was curious as to how big exactly a macro lens is because all the other lenses were identified by their length in mm and I couldn't find a precise range for the size of a ...

Through the Gadling Lens: taking photographs at night

Through the Gadling Lens: taking photographs at night Recently, I received a note from a friend of mine who'd just returned from a vacation: I just returned from a vacation in which much of our activity was at night. I didn't carry a tripod, and I was dissatisfied with using either the auto setting on the camera (the flash ...

Through the Gadling Lens: photo gifts for Father's Day

Through the Gadling Lens:  photo gifts for Father's Day About a month ago, I shared some ideas for some last-minute gifts for Mother's Day. Well, Father's Day fast approaches (this Sunday, for those of you taking notes), and so this week, I thought I'd share some of the best gifts you can get Dad this special day. Now, I admit: ...

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