January 2011
Review: Eye-Fi Pro X2 SDHC Card →
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Announced almost a year ago, the super powerful Eye-Fi Pro X2 cards have recently been given a boost in the form of mobile sharing. While I haven’t demoed this…
Field Review: Nikon D3100 (Day 5) →
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Lens Nikon 55.0-200.0 mm f/4.0-5.6Camera Nikon D3100 Exposure 13 Aperture f/22.0 Focal Length 55 mm ISO Speed 800
The Nikon D3100 is an entry-level DSLR. The most…
The Answers To The Most Common Photography... →
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I’ve been a photographer/teacher/tech journalist for a while, so I’m used to hearing a multitude of questions. There are some questions that I hear and read all the…
Field Review: Olympus E-5 (Day 5) →
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The art filters of the Olympus E-5 were cool, but they wouldn’t be able to help us in practical shooting situations (at least I couldn’t conclude that they could.)…
Shooting Supercross: From Lens to The Monitor →
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Canon EOS 1D MkIIN, 17-35mm f/2.8, 580EX Flash.
Covering a Supercross event is tough: sports arena lighting seems bright to the spectators, but isn’t actually…
The Robot Book is an Inspiration To Other Creative... →
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The Robot Book from Thomas Jackson on Vimeo.
A friend showed me this video recently. Over two years ago she discovered a special photographer named
The Phoblographer’s Guide to The Histogram (Part... →
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In this exciting second installment of my 3-part series on the histogram, we’ll go a step beyond the basics by examining three specific ways to use this interesting…
The Phoblographer’s Guide to The Histogram (Part... →
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In these days of the digital SLR, we’ve all seen these weird graphs, jagged and erratic like the output from some radioactive geological experiment. Most…
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What is love? Oh baby, don’t hurt me. Don’t hurt me no more.
Field Review: Canon 60D (Day 2) →
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Canon 60D, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, ISO400, 1/250th, f/9.
For my second day of shooting with the Canon EOS 60D I took it along to capture both stills and video…
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In a way it does, I’m an avid photographer of landscapes and certain cultural,…
“All the technique in the world doesn’t compensate for the inability to notice.”
– Elliot Erwitt
So quit bragging about shooting only on manual, you asshole
(via shitphotojournalistslike)
“All the technique in the world doesn’t compensate for the inability to notice.”
– Elliot Erwitt
So quit bragging about shooting only on manual, you asshole
(via shitphotojournalistslike)
Field Review: Olympus E-5 (Day 2) →
Now that the impressions were given and the Olympus E-5 was customized to my special settings and needs, I decided to take it out into the medium snowfall and that New York City was…
Field Review: Olympus E-5 (Day 1) →
It’s been a long time since I’ve spent this long with an Olympus product: around two years! My first DSLR was the Olympus E-510 and I loved it to death, but had to move to Canon for the…
Apple Reduces Aperture 3 price in Mac App Store to... →
Apple has launched its Mac App Store and is listing Aperture 3 – it’s professional photo management and editing software – to just $79 (US). You need to update your Mac to OS 10.6.6, which…
Reader Question: Which Camera is Better? →
A question was recently posted on my Facebook wall asking, “Is X camera better than Y camera?” We’re going to get straight into it here, and you considering second hand gear may want to…
We’re working under the hood tomorrow →
Just a quick note: some more site maintenance will be done tomorrow. Don’t freak out if we’re down. We’ll be back
Till then!
Friday Flicks: The Cup of Tears →
Hey, it’s that time again! This time, we’ve got another trailer for a project that may never get made. Yay! This is called The Cup of Tears and it’s from director Gary Shore. He…
Field Review: Sony a580 (Day 1) →
Sony a580
Within the past two weeks, I have made the move from film to digital. My Minolta career is on hold for a while as I explore every facet of Sony’s latest addition to the…
5 Things You Can Say To Tweak Obsessive Gamers →
I’m a geek. A nerd. An enthusiast. I know gamers, and I know all the delightful, obsessive-compulsive little sub-sub-groups of gamers. Anyone can pick on a geek, and it just makes you a…
Hands On Review: Canon G10 Camcorder →
Last month, my hands fondled and caressed the newly announced Canon G10 prosumer camcorder. While I wasn’t allowed to take pictures, handling the non-working prototype model…
Hands On: Diana 38mm and 20mm on the Canon 5D Mk... →
Experimenting with new formats and styles is something that helps to keep the minds of all photographers fresh and creative. While attending an event at the Lomography store a couple of…
Monday Movie: THE RAVEN →
For our first flick of the New Year, we’ll do something a little different. As of this writing, The Raven has yet to be picked up for a feature length presentation, but if it…
Field Review: Gary Fong Origami (Day 2) →
In Day 1, we introduced you to some basics of the Gary Fong Origami. Here are the results of a very quick test. I’ve seen that the results with how it is used can vary greatly…
Update: The Best Budget Lenses →
Hey everyone, this just a quick update to let everyone know that we’ve revised the list for the best budget lenses due to popular demand by the readers. Please take a look and if you have any…
What Snowpocalypse Taught Me About My Photography →
Camera Nikon D90 Exposure 0.006 sec (1/160) Aperture f/8.0 Focal Length 44 mm ISO Speed 200
To end 2010, Mother Nature gave the North East Corridor of the United States its fourth…
