Developing my photo website

Intro I had some time time on my hands and just completed a redesign (upgrade) of my photography website (https://franzzihlmannphoto.com). To develop the site, I used Backlight from TTG. Because I skipped several TTG releases and I wanted to redesign the site, I decided to start development from scratch. Note that The Turning Gate (TTG) […]

You never know what nature has in store for you

One early summer I was visiting the Grand Teton National Park for Landscape and Wildlife photography. During my visit I was planning a sunrise photo shoot of the Grand Tetons with the Jackson Lake and Willow Flats in the foreground. I scouted the area the day before and picked a location I wanted to take […]

Get to know your lens

I had little understanding about the optical qualities of my lenses, especially when used with a full frame camera body. Because of hands on experiences I decided to learn more about my lens’s optical characteristics and began analyzing the image quality for each of my lenses. In this context, “Image quality” refers to sharpness of […]