powering a nikon d40 from an ac outlet

I have been shooting a lot of time lapses lately. The biggest problem with that is battery life. I have a very ghetto hack to power the camera from a cell phone charger, but I am looking for a more permanent solution. I found a fotodiox battery grip on amazon that has an internal battery, …

8 tips for Time lapse photography

Here’s a few things I have learned while sitting in fields waiting for my camera to finish working for me. 8 tips for shooting SLR time lapses   1) Put your camera on full manual – otherwise the still will flicker from one to the next.   2) Try to pick objects that are still, …

time lapses – getting to know your intervalometer

I’ve been inspired to shoot more pictures lately. Like everything else in my life I tend to go for quantity over quality, so I shot a LOT of pictures. I acquired a battery/intervalometer for my Nikon D40 a while back and didn’t even notice the intervalometer settings until recently.   I’ve shot quite a few …