Posted in Photo Gear, Photo Resources on Jan 5th, 2012 4 Comments »
Everything you need to know about buying a camera Vlad Savov has really done a great job of laying out the pieces of this puzzle you need to think about and in what order. Ultimately, the number one lesson in photography is that there are always tradeoffs. If you want the best possible image quality, [...]
Posted in iPhone Photography, Photo Gear on Nov 29th, 2011 No Comments »
Use Your iPhone’s Headset to Take Pictures From Afar iOS 5 brought us the ability to use the “up” volume button on an iPhone to take a picture but I just read in lifehacker that you can use the iPhone’s earbud remote volume control to do the same thing. This will allow the propping up [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Video on Sep 15th, 2011 2 Comments »
Speedlight Mastery Trailer from Damien Lovegrove on Vimeo. This is an excellent instruction video on how to make off camera flash more like mottled sunlight using some foliage taped to a light stand (he calls the foliage a “dingle”). He using a Canon DSLR, a 70-200mm lens, a camera mounted IR controller to fire the [...]
Posted in Canon Powershot S90, Canon PowerShot S95, Photo Gear on Sep 15th, 2011 5 Comments »
Looks like Canon is about to come out with a new compact point and shoot which will replace the S95 which replaced the S90: Canon S100: The New Pocket Powerhouse Point-and-Shoot. Here’s Canon’s “official” page on it: PowerShot S100. Here’s DP Review’s Canon Powershot S100 Preview. As yet we’ve only been able to handle an [...]
Posted in Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM, Canon EOS 5D, Flowers, Hiking, Ideas, Photo Gear, Places on Jul 2nd, 2011 9 Comments »
Mt. Everett, Massachusetts. I took my wife Anne on a walk around Guilder Pond on the shoulder of Mt. Everett before the mountain laurel went by. I took my Canon 5D and a few lenses because the walk was short. Glad I did, the flowers were in perfect bloom and the light was great. The [...]
Posted in Hiking, Photo Gear, Photographers, Travel on Jul 2nd, 2011 7 Comments »
A few years ago I had a revelation: carrying a big DSLR kit on a hike doesn’t work for me. It’s a lot of extra weight, dealing with setting up shots is rude to other hikers with me who just want to hike and not stop every few minutes, and the kinds of images I [...]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Gear, Tools, Video on Jun 21st, 2011 2 Comments »
Capture Camera Clip System Peter Dering has come up with a very interesting tool for attaching cameras with quick release plates to belts, harnesses, packs, and more. He’s using Kickstarter to fund his project and whether or not you pledge money, it’s worth watching the video to see the idea in action. It looks to [...]
Posted in iPad, Macintosh, Photo Gear, Photography, Travel on Jun 7th, 2011 2 Comments »
On the road with a camera, an iPad, and a Hyperdrive Ben Long at Macworld does a nice job of framing the various issues of traveling (in Turkey) on a photo assignment with what sounds like a Canon 5D MK II (large RAW files), an iPad, and other tools for working with his images on [...]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Gear on Apr 21st, 2011 5 Comments »
LensCapTrap A simple velcro kit for sticking a lens cap onto a camera strap so you don’t lose it. Very nicely done, not too expensive (you could make it yourself but why?) and its worth a try if you misplace lens caps. I might give this a try although I tend to leave a lens [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Process, Video on Mar 29th, 2011 No Comments »
Behind the scenes at both Micron Technology in Idaho and in their factory in Asia. From silicon wafer to compact flash and/or thumb drive. Lots of automation, almost needs a hip hop soundtrack. [via Edward McKeown]
Posted in Canon Powershot S90, Opinion, Photo Gear on Oct 28th, 2010 No Comments »
A Love Letter to a Camera David Pogue’s review of the Canon PowerShot S95 In short, he loves it. I must say, I love my S90 as well.
Posted in Photo Gear on Oct 8th, 2010 No Comments »
Checklist for Buying Used Cameras and Lenses on Craigslist This is a useful checklist for buying used camera equipment. Craigslist and eBay are not the best places to buy this stuff if you don’t know what you’re doing as you can easily get burned, but this list will help you do the necessary tests to [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photo Resources, Video on Oct 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
5Dmk2/7D lens comparison test from Mike Collins on Vimeo. This is a short test with the tripod in the same spot switching between prime lenses to show how the crop affects the 7D. The subject, ace stand in Chris Clement, was roughly five feet from the camera. This isn’t meant to be an aesthetic test [...]
Posted in Hiking, Ideas, Photo Gear, Tools on Sep 18th, 2010 No Comments »
How to Turn a Walking Pole into a Monopod Using Sugru Interesting and “sugru” looks like useful stuff.
Posted in Ideas, Photo Gear, Tools on Sep 13th, 2010 No Comments »
Rubber Band Lens Filter Wrench Simple idea: use a rubber band instead of a dedicated lens filter wrench for filters that won’t come off with by hand with a twist. Brilliant.
Posted in Humor, Photo Gear, Photographers, Travel, Video on Sep 6th, 2010 2 Comments »
Bag World from Stephen Alvarez on Vimeo. David Alan Harvey having some fun with camera bags. This post is dedicated to my friend Gary Sharp, another bag-obsessed photographer. You can never have too many camera bags. – Gary Sharp [via Lens Culture]
Posted in Art and Design, Ideas, Photo Gear on Jun 29th, 2010 1 Comment »
Nifty Digital Camera that Doubles as a Rubber Stamp Very cool. Wish it was real, I’d want it.
Posted in Canon Powershot S90, Photo Gear on Jun 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Lensmate has numerous aftermarket products for both the Canon Powershot S90 and the Canon Powershot G11 including lens attachments for each camera that will allow standard filters to be attached. If you own any of these cameras you may want to check out these accessories.
Posted in iPhone, iPhone Photography, Photo Gear on Jun 8th, 2010 2 Comments »
iPhone 4 Camera The camera and camera control UI in the new iPhone 4 is pushing this phone into the world of decent point and shoot cameras. Plus, the new iPhone has a decent second camera on the front side for both self portraits and video conferencing. Check out the sample images at the bottom [...]
Posted in Opinion, People, Photo Gear, Photographers, Video on Jun 6th, 2010 No Comments »
I like Michael Mauro’s discussion of picking and packing wildlife photography gear for travel. He’s not showing off how much gear he has (and he has a lot), he’s simply explaining how and why he does what he does. Great stuff. Here’s his website which is also excellent: Michael Mauro Photography.
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