Should you be scheduling maintenance for your gear? I believe you should. It’s a bit like your car. You get that serviced regularly so it doesn’t break down, right? I don’t think a camera is any different, especially if it’s
Robus makes a 75mm Half Ball Leveling Adapter for their Vantage Series 3 and 5 tripods. Made of aluminum, the adapter feels extremely solid. Why use a leveling adapter? Video shooting If the top of the tripod is not perfectly
Some of you — you know who you are — really need stability. When you perch your heavy, expensive gear on a tripod six feet off the ground, you need to know that it’s going to stay there. And you
Should you calibrate your lenses for razor-sharp focus? Well, this is a really good question. But the answer is not so specific. If you have a DSLR camera, the answer is yes, but if you have a newer mirrorless the
The Oben CTT-1000L is essentially a larger version of the diminutive CTT-1000. It has a maximum height of 28.2 inches (716 mm) without the 3-section extender, and 54 inches with the extender. And it weighs in at just 1.1 pounds
I am really fortunate that I am able to photograph such fascinating subjects. Photographing abandoned trains and locomotives is certainly a highlight. However, these enormous cement pipes in front of a train car caught my eye. When I aimed my
A friend asked if it’s possible to make nice pictures of birds with her Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H300 bridge camera. I already knew the answer to that question but I wanted to illustrate my point. Spoiler alert: The answer is yes.
I like big, beefy, sturdy tripods — ones that don’t blow over with a strong gust of wind. I need them to stay rock solid on uneven surfaces for hours at a time during long exposure photographs. This is typical
Spring is here. And it’s time to get outside. April showers bring May flowers But they can also bring us lots of rain….on our cameras. And we don’t want that. Water and electronics don’t mix well. This is particularly true
Fractals are the new must-haves in my camera bag. I was introduced to Fractals a few years back at WPPI. My friend and fellow photographer, Kathy Mukhopadhyay, bought a set and mentioned that they were doing live demos throughout the trade
RainGuard, a new player to the lens filter game, has just announced their automatic wiper blades. According to RainGuard Filters, “Most photographers struggle with rain droplets on their filters. We’ve addressed that by placing our patented RainSense Maxx Premium Triple-Blade
In this week’s episode, Photofocus publisher Rich Harrington sits down with educator and photographer Nicole S. Young. They tackle advice on composition, talk about essential gear, and strategies for traveling with non-photographers. Photofocus · Unlock Your Creativity: InFocus Interview Show
Some of you — you know who you are — really need stability. When you perch your heavy, expensive gear on a tripod six feet off the ground, you need to know that it’s going to stay there. And you
Should you calibrate your lenses for razor-sharp focus? Well, this is a really good question. But the answer is not so specific. If you have a DSLR camera, the answer is yes, but if you have a newer mirrorless the
The Oben CTT-1000L is essentially a larger version of the diminutive CTT-1000. It has a maximum height of 28.2 inches (716 mm) without the 3-section extender, and 54 inches with the extender. And it weighs in at just 1.1 pounds
I am really fortunate that I am able to photograph such fascinating subjects. Photographing abandoned trains and locomotives is certainly a highlight. However, these enormous cement pipes in front of a train car caught my eye. When I aimed my
A friend asked if it’s possible to make nice pictures of birds with her Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H300 bridge camera. I already knew the answer to that question but I wanted to illustrate my point. Spoiler alert: The answer is yes.
I like big, beefy, sturdy tripods — ones that don’t blow over with a strong gust of wind. I need them to stay rock solid on uneven surfaces for hours at a time during long exposure photographs. This is typical
Spring is here. And it’s time to get outside. April showers bring May flowers But they can also bring us lots of rain….on our cameras. And we don’t want that. Water and electronics don’t mix well. This is particularly true
Fractals are the new must-haves in my camera bag. I was introduced to Fractals a few years back at WPPI. My friend and fellow photographer, Kathy Mukhopadhyay, bought a set and mentioned that they were doing live demos throughout the trade
RainGuard, a new player to the lens filter game, has just announced their automatic wiper blades. According to RainGuard Filters, “Most photographers struggle with rain droplets on their filters. We’ve addressed that by placing our patented RainSense Maxx Premium Triple-Blade
In this week’s episode, Photofocus publisher Rich Harrington sits down with educator and photographer Nicole S. Young. They tackle advice on composition, talk about essential gear, and strategies for traveling with non-photographers. Photofocus · Unlock Your Creativity: InFocus Interview Show
Getting sharp, pinpoint stars for a starry sky or the Milky Way may be the hardest part of night photography. However, I’ll try and make it methodical and easy. I’ll discuss seven methods. 1. Focusing on a distant object during
I was recently asked during a mentoring session what my main go-to’s are in the studio for portrait photoshoots. When you are starting out, these are some fairly serious questions. I feel I can’t live without these tools, and wish
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