Photos that are not printed are often dead. Social media lifetimes are so short that while the internet keeps everything, no one sees anything about five minutes after it’s posted. Worse are the millions of images left to die alone in the dark on hard drives.
The only way to preserve memories with any kind of chance of success is to make prints.
Video is hot, hot, hot. Carrying around a tripod is often not. Most viral videos are shot live, hand-held and in real time, but because most of it is shot on smart devices, the results are often shaky.
TTL flash is EXACTLY the same as TTL available light metering except that it meters the flash exposure and may or may not include the available light as part of the process. If we are so willing to trust TTL available light as a starting point, why not TTL flash?
New growth always gets photographers thinking about macro and close-up work. In this article, I want to share with you three tools that can absolutely make your macro and close-up photography easier, and more successful.
Many creatives find the wintertime not conducive to photography or videography and for some, it may have been months since picking up the camera. This time, I want to look at some ways to save time and increase your success.
Building a studio is a lot more than good intentions, and a camera and lens. A properly planned studio makes your life easier and your workflow more efficient. Building your studio does not mean that you need all the pieces on day one.
In recent years, we have seen more and more cameras coming with dual memory card slots. Some even have two identical slots to make life easy.
If you are shooting irreplaceable images, such as at a wedding, on a trip, or at other one-time events, having a second copy of your photos gives peace of mind to those concerned about memory card loss, theft, or a card going bad.
See the full article for tips on how you can back up and edit your images using GNARBOX, without having to lug around a laptop or depend solely on memory cards.
GoPro is a leader in the action camera space. While other vendors have been playing in the 360 market, the recently-released Fusion is the newest market entry from the action camera experts at GoPro. Let’s have a look.
A strobe is a very powerful flash that does not mount to the camera hot shoe. Traditionally we connected it via a sync cable to our camera, but today we often use a radio controller that sits in the camera’s hot shoe and that talks to the strobe(s) directly.
For many photographers, the thought of going pro is very tempting. Perhaps you’ve gone through a change in career or family life, you love photography, or all your friends and family tell you that you’re great and that you should make a business of photography.
Read the article for steps on getting the gear that you’re going to need to get started.