Struggling to get accurate skin tones and rich colours in your photos, especially when you’re shooting bold setups like red on red? In this beginner-friendly photography tutorial, I’ll walk you through how white balance works, when to use Auto White Balance, and how to choose presets like Daylight, Cloudy, Shade,…
Garlic Cheddar Bay Biscuit Bread (Red Lobster Inspired)
This website may contain affiliate links and advertising so that we can provide recipes to you. Read my disclosure policy. If you love my Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits, this Cheddar Bay Biscuit Bread has the same buttery, garlicky cheddar flavor, just baked right in a bread pan. Slice it…
Unlock Dramatic Flash Portraits with One Speedlight
Julie Powell is a passionate photographer and educator, running online classes and workshops for still life, macro, food and portraits, based in Melbourne, Australia. Julie is also an award-winning digital artist and photographer who has a deep passion for fine art and conceptual photography, having exhibited in galleries in Europe,…
banana chocolate chip cake – smitten kitchen
Cake 3 large eggs, separated ½ cup (4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1½ cups (300 grams) granulated sugar 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract 1½ cups (375 grams) mashed bananas ⅔ cup (160 grams) sour cream 3 cups (400 grams) all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1…
Don’t Visit Ko Lipe
After 19 years, I finally went back to Ko Lipe, the Thai island I spent close to a month on in 2006. Back then, it was one of those super off-the-beaten-path destinations that few but the most intrepid travelers visited, where electricity only ran a few hours a day, basic…
Bang Bang Shrimp Pasta | The Recipe Critic
This website may contain affiliate links and advertising so that we can provide recipes to you. Read my disclosure policy. Bang bang shrimp pasta is what weeknight dinner dreams are made of! Juicy shrimp, tender pasta, and that irresistible sweet-and-spicy bang bang sauce come together in just 20 minutes. It’s…
Homemade Pink Drink (Starbucks Copycat)
This website may contain affiliate links and advertising so that we can provide recipes to you. Read my disclosure policy. You guys, Starbucks sells the Strawberry Açaí concentrate in stores! Which means we can make the famous Starbuck’s Pink Drink at home! And let me tell you, it’s spot on!…
45 Actually Delicious Vegetarian Dinner Recipes
I have always loved vegetarian cooking because it is SO CREATIVE! Cooking with vegetables and making the most of their flavors and textures is just so inspiring to me. These vegetarian dinner recipes have truly become some of our most-loved, most-cooked, most-repeated meals around here. Whether you’re fully vegetarian or…
Weekly Meal Plan #78 | The Recipe Critic
This website may contain affiliate links and advertising so that we can provide recipes to you. Read my disclosure policy. We’ve made it to week 78, which means these weekly meal plans are working! Thank you for letting me be part of your weekly routine. This plan includes simple dinners…
Tamron 35–100mm F/2.8 Di III VXD (Model A078) Review
For Sony E-mount and Nikon Z-mount Full-Frame Mirrorless. When a lens promises constant F2.8, full-frame coverage, and a compact design, I’m interested. When it actually delivers on all three, I pay attention. The new Tamron 35–100mm F/2.8 Di III VXD (Model A078) for Sony Corporation E-mount and Nikon Corporation Z-mount…