Ask David Bergman

“With today’s programs for sharpening, noise removal, and upsizing images, is there still a need for buying expensive professional series f/2.8 lenses?” Continue Reading →

“What advice would you give to a person over 50 who wants to change careers and become a photographer?” Continue Reading →

“Hi David, I’d like to take pictures of birds in flight, flowers, and landscapes. I’ll be taking them from a moving boat. I have image stabilization on my camera, but should I also use a monopod?” Continue Reading →

“Hi David, I use Lightroom Classic to organize, edit, and export my pictures on both a desktop and a laptop. I would love to have my catalog on a NAS or an external drive so I can access it from either computer. Is this possible?” Continue Reading →

“I’m a photographer in Colorado and just started a website. Even if I reduce the size of the photos, it looks like people can still enlarge them and steal my images. I want to make it so that my photos can’t be stolen online. Any suggestions?” Continue Reading →

“I have a Nikon 18-55mm DX lens that has 3.5-5.6 inscribed on it. The max aperture seems to be 3.5 at 18mm and 5.6 at 55mm. Why is that and how does this work? Thank you!” Continue Reading →

“I was looking through the Canon R series lineup and to my surprise the specs on the R3 and the R6 Mark II are very similar except for the price. If the specs are so close, why would anyone buy the more expensive R3? Am I missing something?” Continue Reading →

“David, first let me say thank you for your years of education. I’ve been a fan for a long time. My question is about color grading in relation to photography. Is it important? Why do I need it?” Continue Reading →

“I edit all of my photos in Photoshop and save them as PSD files. Because the files are so big, I flatten each image after processing which results in a smaller file size. Since the images are flattened, is there any harm in just converting them to JPGs?” Continue Reading →