Ever run out of batteries at the worst time conceivable? If you can’t get to more juice, try removing the batter from the camera and cleaning the contacts with your fingers. Better yet, use a pencil eraser! If that doesn’t work use the pencil eraser on the contacts in the camera! This will often get you a little bit more juice!

In camera tip #2, we discussed tripod heads. In this post we will discuss choosing tripod legs. The first consideration when buying tripod legs is size. Will it be tall enough for what you need and will it support the

Don’t own a hood for your lens? Use your hand! Hold your camera with the shooting hand and use the other to cast a shadow over your lens to prevent sun glare/flare. That’s cheap!

*** What’s a hood? a lens hood is a hard plastic or soft rubber attachment that attaches to the front of your lens to cast a shadow on the lens so that you don’t get any glare from the sun!

Many people seem to think they have either an over or under exposure problem when in fact their cameras are working perfectly. So what’s the problem?