The Shape Shifter backpack from Think Tank is a really unique camera bag. It is designed to expand and contract, and stores your camera bag in a system completely different from anything I have used before. When I first got the backpack, I was very leery of its design, but as I have been using …
In this article I am going to get festive. Sort of. I have spent all year banging on about ignoring the gear and concentrating on taking photos. But now is the time of year for me to tell you all the 11 Christmas photography gifts that I would love to receive. I am not expecting …
‘Tis the season for holiday lights and decorations, and the desire of photographers to capture them in all their splendor. City streets and parks, places of worship, store fronts, and maybe even your own home are adorned in a vast array of brilliant and colorful displays. For me at least (and I assume for many …
The sights, sounds, and smells of the season. Our holiday memories can be evoked, (or imagined), by these sensory triggers. In the realm of photography, we deal in the visual so pictures that communicate to the viewer are our objective. So how can we best make photographs that are compelling, have impact, and emotion? Let’s …
Photographing children is difficult, even under the most favorable circumstances. Kids move around a lot. Their expressions aren’t predictable. And trying to coordinate the poses and expressions of several children at once? Well, that’s why aspirin and whiskey were invented. In a studio, with their parents helping, it’s hard. Imagine, then, what it’s like working …
I have been a Lightroom user since forever. When I say forever I mean that quite literally, from Lightroom 1.0 released in 2007. I have been thinking about different software, and have considered trying Aurora HDR. I bought Aurora HDR 2018 a few months ago, but never got round to trying it. I wrote about …
Pre-Visualization: The Most Important Aspect of Photography Photography is very much alive and well today. The equipment we have access to now is far more advanced in comparison to what we had just a few short of years ago. With the dizzying array of choices, many can become distracted from the single most important aspect …
When I go hiking I always carry my DSLR and sometimes other cameras like a compact camera, a GoPro or a drone. Since I was hiking a lot in the last years I made some experiences some good and some bad, something that works great and some things I tend to forget. To help you …
Easy HDR photography without bracketing is about using a single image, rather than a set of images to capture more detail in your scene. In a given scene, there may be a desire to capture details in both the very bright and very dark areas of that scene. Modern digital camera systems have come a …
Ready or not, the holiday season is upon us. The snow is flying (for some of us) and Santa Claus is making his list and checking it twice. If you’ve been nice, perhaps you’ll find some photography goodies under the tree or in your stocking on Christmas morning. Maybe you are reading this and need …
Perhaps you’ll be one of those lucky photographers who’ll open a new camera as a gift this holiday season. Or maybe you’ve decided to buy one for yourself, perhaps as a brand new photographer or maybe as an upgrade to an existing camera. So how much thought have you given to the lens you want …
The new Travel Backpack line from Peak Design has been discussed a number of times in the old facebook group (now titled Master Photography Listeners) with many of you wanting to know if it would be worth that heft price tag. While the backpack itself isn’t more than a top line camera backpack at $300, …