Hey, all! I hope you’ve had a great weekend! I’m here to announce the winner of the Think Tank Pixel Pocket Rocket giveaway! First, let me say, I enjoyed reading through all of the comments! I love to see why something is special to someone! And some of the responses made me appreciate even more […]
ThinkTank Pixel Pocket Rocket review & Giveaway
February 27, 2013 by 61 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com The Pixel Pocket Rocket by Think Tank is an awesome little memory card wallet! It was designed to hold up to 10 CF or XQD cards, but it could likely hold SD cards as well. Its outer shell is made of a durable rip-stop nylon, while the inside has clear […]
To Do or Not to Do? {Composition Part 2}
February 20, 2013 by 7 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com As a follow-up to last week’s “rule of thirds” post, today I want to talk about a few DOs & DON’Ts when composing an image. Again, there are no real rules, but there are certain things that should be avoided. DO Straighten your horizon! This first one is a big […]
“Rule of Thirds”; Composition part 1
February 13, 2013 by 5 Comments
Written by Beckie of beckieGkengle.com Photography is an art, and this art is an interpretation of how one person sees or views something or someone in his/her life. And in my opinion, there are no real rules that absolutely must be followed. That being said, today I am going to discuss the “rule of thirds”. […]
Making photo Valentine’s Day cards
February 6, 2013 by 10 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Valentine’s Day is coming soon! How fun would it be to make personalized cards for your child to give out? In this post, I’ll show you how you can make a simple wallet-sized card and have them printed out for your kids to take to school on Valentine’s Day! […]
How to make a Facebook Timeline Cover Photo
January 30, 2013 by 20 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Facebook has recently made some changes to the rules concerning Timeline Cover Photos for your fan pages! The biggest one is that you cannot have text covering more than 20% of your cover photo (this is in addition to the other guidelines Facebook has regarding cover photos for fan pages). […]
Action Edit using “Jackson”
January 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com I love actions! They make processing images a lot of fun! They are each created to be so unique and give certain looks to images! For this image I chose to use “Jackson” from the Everyday Elements “Coast to Coast” action set. This action has a warm and contrasty look […]
Is your photography stuck in a rut?
January 16, 2013 by 5 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in a rut with your photography? I know for me personally, it has happened numerous times. How do you get out of that rut? What are the steps you take to make that happen? Something that I have recently tried is to go […]
How to use a gray card
January 9, 2013 by 9 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com What is a gray card? You’ve probably heard this term before, but maybe didn’t have any idea on what it is or even how to use it. A gray card is a small, handy tool to aid in adjusting your white balance. They can be used two different ways. There […]
Gear Review | ThinkTank Airport Navigator
January 2, 2013 by 2 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Today I want to talk about the Think Tank Airport Navigator. My husband and I don’t get each other gifts for Christmas. What we do instead is each year we pick out one thing that we’d really like and buy it for ourselves. We have done it this way for […]
