Darryl Brooks
Bio
I am a writer with over 16 years of experience and hundreds of articles. I write about photography, productivity, life skills, money management and much more.
Stories (149/0)
How to Learn to Shoot Manual
Do you need to shoot manual? Before we go any further, let me say this. You don’t have to shoot manual. I wrote a whole article about that. You can go through your whole life, shoot a million images, make the cover of National Geographic, and have your work displayed in the Louvre without shooting manual.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Photography
The Last Home
I was never so happy to see a sign in my life. It lit the Montana night in neon brilliance. A much bigger sign than the building under it warranted, but I guess they wanted to make sure you saw it. I had seen the glow from the sign for miles. It was amazing how far light carried out here. I had left Wolf Lodge, Montana a couple of hours back and was looking for a place to bed down for the night. I had planned on sleeping one more night under the Big Sky, watching the Milky Way until I drifted off. Tomorrow, I should be able to make the Washington state line. I was walking along Interstate 90, what the locals called Old Highway 12, and by my GPS, it was about 23 miles to the border.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Humans
- Top Story - March 2021
What Are the Reasons You Hide Your Gorgeous Smile?Top Story - March 2021
I’m a generally happy person. I smile a lot. I like to laugh. Apparently, no one told my face. I’m not exactly sure when this began. There are pictures of me as a young boy grinning like an idiot. And then there are pictures of me as a teenager — not. But then, teenagers aren’t supposed to smile. After all, they are carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders. But, even after that, I can’t find pictures of me actually smiling.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Motivation
- Top Story - March 2021
7 Steps for Developing Digital ImagesTop Story - March 2021
Prior to digital photography, developing images was best left to the experts. Today, with the intelligence built into modern cameras, the camera can handle the processing and do it fairly well. But once you progress to where you are truly getting it right in camera, the next step is to learn to develop your own images. Here are five steps to getting that done.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Photography
Three Tips for Better Food Photography
It seems like everyone is taking pictures of food and posting them online. Many of them make you wonder, not only what were they eating, but what were they thinking. Whether you want to be a professional food photographer, or just make your food photography look professional, here are three tips for better food photography.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Photography
Rookie Mistakes in Remnant: From the Ashes and How to Avoid Them
As I wrote in this story, I've been a gamer for almost 50 years. Needless to say, I have played thousands of games for hundreds of thousands of hours. So, it's not too often that I am blown away by a new game. The last time I had this level of excitement was probably the original Demon Souls.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Gamers
4 Areas of Georgia You Absolutely Have to Photograph
As a photographer, you are always looking for that next great location. No matter where you live, there are beautiful, scenic spots you can reach in less than a day. Georgia has some of the most diverse geographies in the nation. From the mountains in the north to the beaches and swampland in the south, it is rich in scenery and photo opportunities.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Photography
It Was the Perfect Storm
I've been a professional photographer for over twenty years. It began at some point during the film days with my first SLR camera, the Canon AE-1 Program. That camera was a tank—a beast. And I shot many thousands of frames of film, spending a fortune on development costs.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Photography
Bullet
I woke up at five-thirty like always and checked the temperature. Thirty-five degrees. I looked out the window at the pines glowing from the streetlights in front of the house. Not just thirty-five degrees, but raining and windy. I told myself I wasn’t going out for a run even as I was putting on my foul-weather gear.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Petlife
When Did Writing Get So Hard?
Wait, what? Make writing easy? Writing’s hard. That lady in the Grammarly ad said so. C’mon, people. When did writing get so hard? You’ve been writing since kindergarten. Did you walk into your fifth grade English class and tell your teacher, “Sorry, I don’t have my term paper. I had writer’s block.”
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Journal
Why Your Next Camera Should Be Mirrorless
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote the article below citing four reasons your next camera should not be mirrorless and asked readers what they thought. It got a lot of readers and more than a few comments. Most of the comments were favorable. I am assuming they were from photographers who still shot with traditional DSLR cameras.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Photography