CPC Blog

Tips For Capturing Better Snow Scenes

January 13, 2019

Photographing your favorite subjects in snow offers a special way to make winter memories. No matter what your favorite snow subject, exposure can be tricky.  Our camera’s light meter is easily fooled by the brightness and underexposes snow scenes resulting in dark photos with washed out, gray looking snow. These tips can help.

Celebrate Photography This Holiday Season

December 20, 2018

Celebrate the voice photography gives you now at this festive time and throughout the year. Check out these past holiday Blog articles, perhaps you'll find some fresh ideas for your holiday photos.

Camera Picture Styles and Lightroom Profiles

November 15, 2018

Whether we’re setting a Picture Style in our camera or using Lightroom’s Profiles, we can tap into these creative tools to make our images pop. Let’s look at each and discover how we might use them.  

Inspired In Italy

October 26, 2018

What an amazing week we had on our first international photography workshop exploring Tuscany! With a group of 9 workshop participants, we set off to capture exciting images and all came home with memory cards filled.

Getting Back To The Learning - 8 Tips

August 23, 2018

It’s the back to school time of year, why not use it as an excuse to crack the books, get down to studying and get that learning going again. Learning new things or getting stronger with a skill is a great pursuit.

We hope to see you at some of our classes soon but until then, here are a few ideas to help you with your learning.

Metering Modes For Better Exposures

July 12, 2018

Choosing one Metering Mode over another helps us capture better exposures without so much trial and error. The light meter in our camera is trying to make everything middle gray but changing what area it is metering will change the exposure.