We’ve been having such fun with these last few giveaways that we thought we would up the ante a little. The New Year is here and we know a lot of people set goals for what they want to learn, do, accomplish and become as 2012 moves forward. Learning new skills and honing the ones we already possess are top goals for many people and photography is often right up there with skills to learn and improve. And you know us. We’re people-pleasers. We love to help. So, we want to give away a camera. Yeah, that’s right. We would like to help you up your photography game with a Canon T2i DSLR camera. Why are we giving away Canon? Because we shoot Canon and love Canon to pieces and this is a sweet little camera. Amazing still images at 18 MP, HD video, impressive noise handling and a lot of bells and whistles. This camera will be a boon to someone looking to learn or improve in their photography. The winner will get a …

So you’ve gotten a new SLR for Christmas? WOO! Excellent choice! But now, there are all of those knobs and buttons and dials…not to mention the meters. And everything is labeled with enough photography jargon to make your head spin. But! Do not despair! I have a pretty simple tip that can get you making more creative exposures pretty quickly and painlessly. But first off, a jargon moment. No, no, not to add to the confusion, but to clear some up. I remember when I first started wondering about photography. I started Googling and reading and I kept coming across terms like shutter speed, ISO and aperture. Now, I kind of got what ISO was. Because when I bought film (yes, I am old) I chose which ISO I wanted. It was how sensitive the film (and now the sensor) is to light. Ok. Shutter speed seemed pretty self-explanatory. How fast the shutter clicked. I figured the faster it clicked, the less light came into the camera. (There’s more to it for both of these …