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Shutter Speed can make or break an action shot. Check out this cool tip on shooting running water. Don't forget your tri-pod! Q : How do I make my photos of waterfalls look like the ones in the nature magazines? I always bring my nice cameras, but they still end up looking rather plain, and not as good as they did while I was there.  A :To obtain a fluid, elegant photo of running water, you need to take your  exposures with a much longer shutter speed. The downside here, is that there is almost no way you can do so while holding the camera. Make sure you bring a tripod to your next trip to a location with running water and set up your shot! Before Camera: Nikon D60 F-Stop: f/16 Shutter: 1/20 ISO: 200 Focal Length: 18.0 mm Tripod: Yes After Camera: Nikon D60 F-Stop: f/18 Shutter: 1/5 ISO: 200 Focal Length: 18.0 mm Tripod: Yes

Check out this great tip on using a flash! Q : I have a camera with nice lenses, but my indoor photos just don’t have that professional quality to them. I’m missing some thing. How can I improve the quality of my indoor photos?   Before / After A :  If you are using the camera’s built in pop-up flash, you can easily improve the lighting by using a mounted or off camera  flash by using “bounce” flash, pointed at the ceiling or wall.  The raw image results speak for themselves!