Gear

Drone in flight

Have you ever thought that making images and videos with a drone would be really cool, but didn’t know where to start? Here are some tips to help you get started with drones, including what you can do with a drone, safety considerations and rules, and learning to fly. We’ve also got some tips on what to consider when you’re buying your first drone.

Figure 5: Sunset Graduated Filter

For those photographers who shoot JPEGs only and are not interested in a lot of post-processing work, a creative filter system is ideal for more creativity in-camera. Cokin’s filter system, for example, is an easy-to-use, flexible option that offers a variety of creative opportunities.

Teleconverters

Spring is a great time of year to start thinking about teleconverters. Useful for bird, wildlife & sports photography, teleconverters are viable alternatives to spending thousands of dollars on a long lens. A teleconverter, paired with a decent zoom lens of reasonable speed, is a fine choice. This article dispels common myths about teleconverters, and explains just how useful they can be.

There’s no better way to relive and recount your travel adventures than through photos and videos. Often, though, you find yourself in a rush to capture those unexpected moments, and images and footage end up blurry. Adding a handheld gimbal like the DJI Osmo+ to your kit is an affordable and portable way to get that fluid, cinematic effect, even while running through forests or climbing over rocks.

We asked photojournalist Kibae Park to try out the DJI Osmo + while on assignment in Kyoto, Japan to see how it stacked up.

CES is one of the largest trade shows in the world that features some of the latest and greatest tech and gadgets. This year we will be updating our Instagram story regularly with updates from the show floor. Be sure to follow us on Instagram @henryscamera to see everything we come across!