About

Bruce DeBonis, The Intrepid Amateur

I make no bones about being anything other than an amateur.  I just love traveling, seeing new things, and taking pictures.  The experience of seeing a great photograph that I took is something that is hard to beat.  I had little clue as to what I was doing when I started in this hobby but realized that good photography is no accident and that it can be learned. 

When I got started in this hobby, I could not understand why the pictures I was taking looked so awful compared to the beautiful photography I saw in the media and on the internet.   Now I will never claim to have any real talent but I noticed that as I read more, took more pictures, stared at others good photos, and experimented with my equipment, my pictures improved.  I then began to realize that as I became a better photographer, I was applying the same simple rules of thumb to setting up my shots and began to use the same camera settings as a starting point.  There wasn’t much to this photography stuff other than some basics to get you 80% there.  Click here for my beginner’s guide and secret settings.

So my objective with this website is to provide some insights into how to make good pictures and maybe entertain a few folks along the way.

Oh by the way, you may have noticed that I didn’t post a full picture of myself.  Why?  Well as I just wrote, that picture here is not a full picture of me.  Now do you understand?

I highly recommend having a few beers as you read this material.  After all, I did when I wrote most of this stuff.

Peace,

Bruce

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My Equipment (getting personal eh?)

Software I use

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