Photography is a careful and balanced blend between the technical and the creative.  Like many modern digital photographers, I fell victim to endless online reviews and comparisons of cameras and lenses, which skewed my focus, more and more, toward the technical theory instead of my own creative vision.  However, last summer, I completely changed gears. I began this article last summer and left in in draft status, but have updated it and...

Late on a Sunday during October 2010, I flew to Ft. Madison, Iowa on a business trip to a factory out in the corn fields. Sitting in the back of the rental car, I was captivated by the stormy weather, sunset, and haunted mid-town America country architecture. My new 5Dmkii pulled out some spectacular shots with almost no light available. After these series of shots and an engagement shoot, I decided to keep the expensive camera body after...