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Welcome to my new Youtube Channel
February 05, 2020 - Hello friends:
Introducing and welcoming you to my new Youtube Channel at:
Ronald Zincone Photography's Youtube Channe...
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Top Tips for Photography in Low-Light!
January 17, 2020 - Hello friends,
Here are some top tips for photography in low-light!
Analyse your images: There are many factors that c...
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Thin crescent moon with Venus conjunction over frosty drew observatory
January 04, 2020 - Hey folks,
Just a quick blog post showing you my recent celestial capture of the thin crescent moon with our sister pla...
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Mercury's transit of the Sun
November 05, 2019 - Hey folks,
Mark your calendars for next Monday, November 11 (Veteran's Day). Beginning at 7:34 AM, Mercury, our closest...
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Another destructive and deadly hurricane season
September 22, 2019 - The 2019 Hurricane Season, which ends on November 30, has become the third successive tropical season to turn destructiv...
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The heart of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season
August 07, 2019 - Hey friends,
Well we are into the first week of August 2019 which means that we are now entering the heart of the 2019...
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50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing!
July 11, 2019 - Mark your calendars folks! July 20, 2019 @ 10:56 pm marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing -- when man...
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Countdown to spring, warmer temps and photoshoots!
February 18, 2019 - Spring 2019 is only four weeks away and this means warmer temperatures and more diversity in the weather! I really look...
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Total Lunar Eclipse of January 20-21, 2019
February 06, 2019 - Mother Nature played a trick on us here in New England -- but this time, for the better! I am talking about the astronom...
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Looking forward to a New Year 2019!
December 21, 2018 - Here we are in the major holiday season and rounding the corner to head into the New Year 2019!
I, for one, am looking...
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This is my season!
May 14, 2018 - This is my season! Once our variable spring weather begins to improve and warm up, the atmosphere starts to perk. As for...
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Fundamentals Remain the Same
May 07, 2018 - I just read an interesting editorial article from Matt Bennett who is the editor of Digital Photographer magazine. It wa...
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Passion or obsession? Who cares? I love it all!
February 09, 2018 - Ok, I'll admit it. I am obsessed....oops, I mean passionate about three things: astronomy, weather and photography!
Sin...
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New photography toys on the market
January 26, 2018 - A new lens company named Irix has entered the market with some new ultra-wide perspective lenses. Available for Canon, N...
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Are we losing the art and science behind photography with digital?
January 19, 2018 - It concerns me greatly that the trend has been and continues to move at warp speed towards marketing of digital cameras...
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Teaching Photography
January 12, 2018 - Hello friends!
I would like to talk about my passion of teaching photography!
It is no surprise that my three obsessio...
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What can ronaldzinconephotography do for you?
November 24, 2017 - My name is Ronald Zincone DBA ronaldzinconephotography.com
I have been in business since 2005 as a traveling teacher of...
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ronaldzinconephotography
September 29, 2017 - ronaldzinconephotography has a new look! Check out his new online portfolio at ronaldzinconephotography.com
Ronald is a...
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Being Prepared for the Hurricane Season!
August 24, 2015 - We are now in the "heart" of the 2015 hurricane season which began on June 1, 2015. Each hurricane season begins on June...
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Tips and Techniques on Capturing Lightning!
August 17, 2015 - To learn more about how I capture spectacular daytime and nighttime lightning read my new Blog post at:
http://www.rona...
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southern New England Photography Meetup group
April 29, 2015 - Be sure to check out Ronald's "southern New England Photography" Meetup Group at:
http://www.meetup.com/southern-New-...
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Lenses
April 27, 2015 - I tell my students to invest in their lenses more so then there cameras. Why? The kinds of lenses that you buy -- brand,...
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ronaldzinconephotography's outdoor workshops
March 25, 2015 - Hello students of photography!
After a brutal onslaught of winter weather, let's get ourselves excited about the upcomi...
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Basic camera-on-tripod astrophotography tips and techniques
March 16, 2015 - Astrophotography aka "night-sky photography" in its most basic form starts out with your everyday 35mm DSLR camera, a tr...
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Off-camera Shoe Cord -- Part 2
March 11, 2015 - From an article "Off-camera flash photography" pg. 60, EOS Magazine, January-March 2015
"Taking a Speedlite off-camer...
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Off-Camera flash (Part One)
March 03, 2015 - (from an article in the January-March 2015 EOS Magazine)
Using a Speedlite as a creative light gives a new depth to i...
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Canon news
February 09, 2015 - Canon has announced the new EOS 5DS and 5DS R Digital SLR cameras. With a 50.6-megapixel CMOS sensor, the 5DS and 5DS R...
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Working in the Cold
February 04, 2015 - From an article in the February 2015 issue of Outdoor Photographer, page 54:
"Years ago, cameras had to be taken apart...
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10 Tips for Moon watchers
January 22, 2015 - From an article published in "Welcome to Astronomy" by Astronomy Magazine:
"The Moon offers something for everyone. I...
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Be an observer in 10 steps
January 13, 2015 - From "Welcome to Astronomy" guide, a supplement to Astronomy magazine:
1. Learn the sky basics
Earth rotates once a da...
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Lights Out, America! We need new strategies to bring back the night.
January 06, 2015 - From a Focal Point article by Bob Guzauskas & Colin Henshaw published in the Sky & Telescope magazine on page 86:
"We...
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Best cameras of 2014 for Nature Photographers
December 29, 2014 - This month's issue, December 2014, of Outdoor Photographer has listed the best cameras of 2014 for Nature Photographers.
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December 2014 Celestial Sky highlights
December 02, 2014 - December 5th: Observers in the Americas can see Aldebaran very close to the almost-full Moon. Binoculars may also show s...
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10 Tips for better wildlife photography
November 24, 2014 - Willdlife photography is not my "cup of tea" so to speak but here are 10 valuable tips to better wildlife photography fo...
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Limiting Factors (from Outdoor Photographer, November 2014, page 37.
November 18, 2014 - The following blog entry is quoted from George Lepp's "Tech Tips" section of the November 2014 issue:
Question: With...
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astrophotography tips: First Photos
November 10, 2014 - First Photos Preparations: Make sure the battery is fully charged and the memory card offers enough space.
Reduce the b...
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astro-imaging for $100 (from an on-line article)
November 03, 2014 - Astro-Imaging for $100
Constellation Orion - Image captured with Canon SX120 (10 exposures, 4 seconds each, ISO400)
Is...
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The art and craft of photography
October 30, 2014 - This recent article, "the art and craft of photography" is from a photography magazine:
"The first question to addres...
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Digital Mythbusting #10
October 07, 2014 - Cropping is the same as getting closer. Cropping, in this sense, is about cropping an image when processing, but it also...
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Digital Mythbusting #9
September 29, 2014 - RAW should be undexposed for highlights. This is another persistent myth that started early on in digital. Images always...
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Digital Mythbusting #8
September 23, 2014 - You can always crop for a better photo. Technically, this isn't a digital myth. Photographers used to do it with film, a...
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Digital Mythbusting #7
September 15, 2014 - Contrast is bad. With the popularity of HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography has come the rather arbitrary idea that con...
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Digital Mythbusting #6
September 08, 2014 - All noise is bad. Because cameras today are doing such a good job in controlling noise in digital photos, a rather arbit...
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Digital Mythbusting #5
September 01, 2014 - Sharpness is mainly about the lens and camera. The article "Sharpness: The Deadly Dozen," shows how much sharpness is af...
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Digital Mythbusting #4
August 25, 2014 - RAW isn't processed. This is one of those myths that has persisted forever. All cameras do some processing of the image...
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Digital Mythbusting #3
August 18, 2014 - What the camera captures is "real. The camera sees the world very differently than we do. Our eyes have far greater capa...
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Digital Mythbusting #2
August 11, 2014 - Auto white balance is great for color. I hear this all the time: "I shoot RAW, so I can shoot auto white balance and not...
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Digital Mythbusting (Outdoor Photographer) Part 1
August 05, 2014 - "Digital photography became popular at the same time that internet access and usage exploded in growth. The technology b...
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Capturing the Super Moon: Part 3
July 28, 2014 - Hey folks,
Welcome to Part 3 of my 4-part series on how to capture the Super Moon or full moon!
In my first part, I ex...
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The Super Moon!!!! Part One
July 16, 2014 - Hey folks,
Did you miss the Super Moon last weekend or were you lucky enough to see it? How about capturing images of i...
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Astro imaging tips!
July 08, 2014 - Hello all,
For those of you who have an interest in photographing the "night-sky" below are some tips and techniques fo...
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Metering and White Balance cards
June 23, 2014 - Digital cameras use sophisticated exposure systems with a choice of metering patterns to suit different lighting situati...
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Shooting Flowers
June 17, 2014 - From "The Essential Guide to Close-up Photography":
Flowers are a favorite close-up subject. Not only do they create vi...
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Essential Photography Equipment
June 07, 2014 - Hello students!
You know, we all have friends in our lives. Some are more closer to us then others. There are friends a...
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Rhode Island's largest telescope and dark-sky location
June 03, 2014 - Hey folks,
was out the last two nights doing astrophotography from one of Rhode Island's darkest locations -- the Frost...
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Ronald's top "10" photography tips!
May 27, 2014 - Hello folks,
I often find that many of my students neglect to do some very simple but important things before and after...
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What ronaldzinconephotography can do for you?
April 30, 2014 - Hello students of photography!
Here are just a few listings of how my services can benefit you:
Classroom instructio...
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