Understanding the basic operations of your camera can be overwhelming. We’ll simplify the Exposure Triangle (shutter speed, aperture, ISO). And we’ll keep it short and sweet! Why is it called The Exposure Triangle? Eh, why not? There are three camera settings that work together to control how bright your image
I took the time to read comments on this site, as well as a few other sites and found that there are some terms that need some clarification for use in the photo world. Some are quite comical, and some are just plainly mistakenly used in place of another term.
After seeing Mac Studios were in-stock at my local Apple store, I went to pick up a machine. I went with the Mac Studio with M1 Ultra chip, knowing that I wanted a computer that would last quite a while. After spending a week with it, this has to be
When the world blurs together on a memory card or film, magic happens. Things we see in real life are reimagined when the shutter is open for a long time. Light streaks. Motion blurs. Water becomes glistening snowflakes or diamonds. Stretching time with long exposures One of my absolute favorite
I was doing a lot of batch editing the other night, while working with Topaz DeNoise AI. I realized I had never really dug into the preferences of Topaz’s programs before, so I decided to do so. Imagine my amazement when I saw that my CPU was being used for
I’ve used every version of Lightroom. I can’t imagine how I could have built a business without it. I spend more time with Lightroom than I do with my wife. I love it. I hate it. Utility Whether you use Lightroom or Lightroom Classic, both tools do so much for
So here I am at 11 p.m. organizing some images after upgrading my Lightroom Classic to 8.3, and I see on the top of my Mac’s menu bar a giant block of blue. You see, I’m running a little tool called iStat Menu, a hardware monitoring tool that shows nerds,
Samsung had released the 860 QVO SSD line in the end of 2018 as their entry level and most affordable SSD. Samsung has been a leader of solid state storage for almost a decade and has brought much of that technology down to a price range that everyone should jump
eGPU’s, external graphics cards connected over the relatively new Thunderbolt 3 connection, are fascinating pieces of hardware that enable Thunderbolt 3 equipped laptops to use high performance desktop graphic cards. With an entry price point of around $400 for a plug and play system for both Mac and PC, you
Docking your MacBook to a screen at your home or office gives the best compromise between portability and performance! I’ve been docking my MacBooks to monitors at my home office since my first MacBook Pro from 2010! So, why wouldn’t you? The MacBooks are fantastic little machines that can pack
Neutral Density Filters There are times when there’s just too much light! Sometimes it’s too much for our eyes, and we need sunglasses. Sometimes, it’s too much for our photography or cinematography. For these times, we can employ neutral density filtration, which is like sunglasses for cameras. Filtration normally suggests
It’s the age old question since we’ve started to shoot digital. How can I make my workflow faster? More efficient? Or more importantly, how can I get more free time and peace of mind? Well, here’s where I hopefully can help out a little. I was lucky enough to get
