Travel Tip:

Always leave a credit card from a different bank locked in your hotel room.  This wy you have a back-up if you lose the one you are carrying with you.

This is an old favorite photo and quote. It turns out, Beaumont Newhall was born and raised in Lynn, MA like me. He wrote the first History of Photography book in 1937. He was the first Curator of Department of Photography at the MoMA The Museum of Modern Art in NYC and then became Curator of the George Eastman Museum (House) in Rochester, NY. Photo by Rob Comeau - Photographer and Consultant in Bar Harbor, ME near Acadia National Park Community. The schooner in the photo is the Downeast Windjammer Cruises three mast schooner the "Margaret Todd"

1: Learn Basic Composition Rules!

The camera does not take good pictures - the photographer does.

2: Read your Camera Manual!

Figure out what all those fancy settings are all about.

3: Learn about the Exposure Triangle.

Figure out what those shutter speeds and F-stops are all about.

4: Learn about light!

Photography is not about fancy gear - it's about working with light.

5: Move your feet!

Your best zoom lens can be your sneakers.

6: Stop shooting from only a standing position.

Move all around and up and down.

7: Study the History of Photography.

See what the very best have produced since 1825.

8: Study the History of Art.

Learn what the masters have been up to since the cavemen started scratching out sketches on cave walls.

9: Shoot in a different direction than everyone else.

Find something different to make your shot unique.

10: Take a Photography Class!

Even a class for just a couple of hours will improve your photographs immensely.

Did you know Rob Comeau offers photography classes and lectures?  They can be private or group, in your home, at your business or conference, via the internet or fly me to your location!  Topics include, exposure, composition, history, DSLR, point and shoot and smartphone photography! 

 Go to www.RobComeau.com and contact him today!!

Amgen Tour of California 2013 Stage 4 start.  Carter Jones of Team BISSELL Pro takes a quiet moment during the national anthem.

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Cruise Ships!

The Cunard Queen Elizabeth in Long Beach, California along side the historic Queen Mary for a "Royal Rendezvous!" February 5, 2015.

Holland America's ms Nieuw Amsterdam anchored in the Bahamas at their private island 
"Half Moon Cay" January 2014.

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The Royal Princess leaves Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale Florida November 2014.

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The Sun Dawn Princess tied up at the pier in 
Juneau, Alaska June 2004.

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