Chuck Swinden

It’s that time of year again, when we can finally shed all the winter clothing we have been covered in, for what seems forever.The good thing is that with all...

It happens to the best of us — we take a shot at some event or function, and the image you have is nothing shy of absolute yuk.It’s an image...

I ended the year on a positive note, and thanks to someone who knows all too well I will never say no to any camera looking for a new home,...

I, like so many of you out there, love to have stuff ... all kinds of stuff. Sometimes I have stuff for my stuff that helps me to determine how...

It’s not the first time while at an event or function of some sort, that someone with good intentions informs me that my flash didn’t fire.Most often, I would reply...

Many times we are out and about town with students from our classes and we get approached by people out of nowhere: “what are you guys doing,”they ask, as they...

As with anything in life, if you add more, it doesn't always make something better, and it's often true of the saying that less is best. When you look at...

I recently started taking shots that take you back to familiar places and time. I have often said that a camera just doesn't take a picture, but records time, too....

I heard news about Kodak falling prey to our ever-changing economic times. My first reaction was sadness, accompanied by self-talk, then some relief as I assured myself that it is...

Cleaning and keeping a lens clean is not always a simple thing to do, and while they all seem to look the same, the glass on these lenses have unique...

Like most family functions during the year, Christmas is when we all gather with family and friends. You will always find someone with a camera in hand and ready to...

Often in class we hear several students sadly looking at the cameras in their hands, shaking their heads and saying “Crap, my battery is dead and I don’t have a...

Often, the new photographer, holding their brand new DSLR, will want to know what the formula is for that “perfect” shot when they starting working with settings other than Auto....

Of all the things I see people neglect when they buy a new camera, the tripod has to be at the top of the list. So many shots are missed...

In today’s world, it seems that everyone has a camera handy at all times. Cell phones, tablets, point and shoots, DSLRs...they’ve become an essential part of our day to day...