I recently got the chance to try out the new Platyball (which is an inverted ball head). While it looks a little bit different from a normal ball head, it works amazingly well for the precise positioning of a camera. Let me walk you through this new piece of gear
Many companies have been tried to elevate the smartphone camera user experience with various grip add-ons. To be honest, nobody has nailed it yet. I was recently offered a chance to try the new ShiftCam ProGrip. Could the ShiftCam ProGrip be the accessory that finally takes smartphone photography up a
I have been enjoying an experiment that entails me using the iPhone 13 Pro as my “main” camera for all of 2022. I have been both super impressed with the results. There are times, when using the native iPhone Camera App that ships with the phone, the results have been
You may already own a fantastic webcam. If you have an iPhone, you can level up your webcam quality — for free! Enter NeuralCam Live The makers of NeuralCam Night Mode, which makes it easy to take low-light photos with your iPhone, also make NeuralCam Live. With the free version
One of the groundbreaking features that came to Apple’s iPhone 13 Pro lineup was Macro mode. This allows photographers and videographers to take amazing up-close shots with their iPhones like never before. Just move your phone toward your subject and you’ll get a slight shift in the camera that will
Nobody at Apple is going to call me and ask for my advice regarding the next iPhone camera. And I know that some of the things I want won’t match up with the mass market. And I also know that some of the things I want may make the phone
If you’re not using the time-lapse feature on your smartphone now, you’re missing out on one of the great tools of the digital age. We get to see the world zipping by, in fast motion, and all it takes to make it happen is a click of a button. Clouds
I have spent my career as a professional photographer, specializing in wildlife and birds. You may even know me as an Olympus Visionary. But my previous journey isn’t what I want to discuss. What I want to talk about now is an incredible NEW journey that has taken me down
Thanks to Instagram, many of us have rediscovered the urban art scene, not just for viewing, but as a backdrop for our social media photos. However, there’s an art to the art, posing wise, and some things to consider before you go out and give us your best selfie. For
The new Collab feature on Instagram makes it possible to share authorship of posts with another account. Let’s check out how it works. The Collab feature came to Instagram a couple of months ago, and you have probably seen in it in your feed already. Instead of a single account
COVID-19 may have never gone away and we had to endure supply chain issues and product shortages, but there was some good news in 2021: Mobile cameras got better than ever. This was the year of the pro-quality 10x optical zoom in a Samsung phone; Macro, cinematic mode and a
The iPhone is the most used camera in the world, but are you getting the most out of it? How many tips and tricks do you know? Are you up on Night and Cinematic Mode, swear by the Rode Wireless Go mics and the Adobe Lightroom Mobile app, and what’s
