Welcome to Shutter Notes, our weekly community feature. Shutter Notes gives you the chance to get to know our community members a bit better. Each member will share a little bit about themselves and their chosen image. Tom Golota lives outside of Boston. He has been photographing most of his
Setting up a simple yet functional photo studio doesn’t need to burn a hole through your wallet. Lighting equipment, for example, doesn’t need to be premium when you’re just starting out. With these latest lighting deals from Amazon, you have plenty of options to get your dream budget studio started!
Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably heard about the war Canon is waging on third-party lenses, which is ridiculous, seeing as so many photographers rely on them in their everyday lives. Third-party lenses; without them, I can guarantee that I would never have been able
Everyone has a love-hate relationship with photography in the fall. Some say their photos look muddy and not so flattering. Luckily, there is a way around it! There is always potential inside every shot you take. Many photos can be amped up through different methods to capture their full beauty.
If you just picked up the shiny new iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro and want to make the most of their powerful cameras, this roundup is for you. The iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Pro are the most powerful iPhones to date (I mean, they all are at
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS60 is marketed as a pocket-size travel camera, and that’s exactly what I used it for. During my recent See! Chicago photo tour, I grabbed this camera and threw it in my pocket. Why a compact, point-and-shoot for leading a photo tour? I had a couple of
When you photograph at night, a whole different world can lend itself to your creativity. I recently went out with a few friends of mine to test out the Kolari Vision magnetic clip-in 1/4 Mist Filter, and we ended up taking advantage of the darkness around us to create some
What are the best camera settings for Milky Way and astrophotography? I offer this and some tips to make it easy for you. Is offering camera settings meaningless? Some night photographers argue that offering camera settings for Milky Way photography is useless. In a way, they’re right. There are so
A few years ago, I made a YouTube video on this very topic. As we move toward the end of another year, I think it’s worth revisiting. I’ve been in the photography business for over a decade. In that time, I learned a thing or two about how to run
Today, Fujifilm announced a series of new camera gear, including the X-H2 mirrorless camera, featuring a high-resolution 40.2 megapixel X-Trans CMOS 5 HR sensor. The camera offers the highest resolution in Fuji’s X series lineup, and is also the world’s first APS-C camera to enable 8K/30P Apple ProRes internal recording.
Heads up, Sony photographers! Have you been waiting for the best chance to upgrade your lens lineup? This week’s Sony lens deals got you covered with some top choices for either a trusty prime or a versatile zoom lens! Included in the list is the Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM
Welcome to Mind Your Own Business, the podcast that helps photographers improve their business and their lives! Today Skip and I cover the most impactful lessons we’ve learned over the years hosting The Mind Your Own Business podcast. In this episode, we chat about how the Mind Your Own Business
