Category Archives: Digital Photography

Understanding Histograms

By Paul Kerins | Published: December 5, 2011

How to Use Histograms Introduction Probably the most useful as well as the least used and understood tool in your digital camera is the histogram. Histograms are the reason why I don’t have to bring my light-meter with me anymore when I am out photographing landscapes ( I will always use a light-meter when photographing [...]

Grand opening of the Paul Kerins Photography Print Store.

By Paul Kerins | Published: November 10, 2011

I am very happy to announce the grand opening of the Paul Kerins Photography Print Store. The Paul Kerins Photography Print Store will be selling limited edition archival giclée photographic prints of my work. There are several sections in the store, the three main sections are Rural, Urban, and Series. Each section has sub-sections. It [...]

Film is Dead, Long Live Film

By Paul Kerins | Published: September 4, 2011

Film is magic. Anyone can take a photograph, but only a photographer can make a photograph. That phrase may be a cliché, but it does not make it any less true. In the age of digital photography it has become laughably easy for a person to become a “Photographer”. It was quite strange for me [...]

Incident-light meters, what are they, do you need one, and how to use them.

By Paul Kerins | Published: August 28, 2011

How to use hand-held incident-light meters with electronic studio flash and in mixed lighting situations. Which photographers need them and why. Incident-light meters and electronic flash go together like peanut butter and chocolate, not as gooey, but it can be just as tasty. They are not as common place as they use to be, but [...]