After all the years of digital photography, sometimes we assume that everyone understands the term crop factor, or crop sensor and that the concept makes perfect sense to everyone. This past weekend, I was gently reminded that this is not always true, and not understanding can be a real pain to a new photographer, or to a photographer who is becoming more serious about his or her art. Let’s spend a bit of time getting this cleared up.
Flying a camera drone is an incredible experience and can take your photography and videography to new places. It’s easier than ever to fly today, and the camera drone space is robust and mature. Take a look at this different way of seeing, it might be exactly what you are looking for.
I recently wrote an article providing some explanation and coaching in making successful white balance settings for better images. In this article, I want to share with you recommendations and experiences that have led me to have three specific tools in the bag and why I choose them more often over the remaining pantheon of superb options.
I really love watching videos or reading articles where the author makes the topic of white balance sound like something requiring decades of wizarding school and a willingness for blood sacrifices. The concept of white balance is very simple so I’m going to try and clear this up for everyone as quickly as possible.
When we start making photos we really like, we often want to share our work with friends and family. Many of this have been doing this through social networks. For the most part, users never read the terms of service put in plain sight by these services. My own experience is that the terms are very clear about what you surrender, what rights you retain and how your work can be used. If you’re going to play in social media, the responsibility for knowing the waters you’ve jumped into is yours and no one else’s.
Adobe Lightroom can be a powerful digital asset manager to help you store, catalog and discover stills and video clips. In this article, Ross Chevalier covers the key components of Lightroom’s asset management functionality.
There’s a rule in information technology that data that hasn’t been stored in three places is not backed up at all. Do you backup your photos and videos? Have you considered keeping a copy off-site? Don’t risk losing those once in a lifetime memories! Let’s talk about backup.
When I speak to many photographers and videophiles, one thing seems to irk everyone. It’s the secret code word, decoder ring mystery of what all the number babble on memory cards means and how to know which one to buy. Let’s cut through all the chaff and get to what this stuff actually means, and why you may or may not care. I will note the four most popular card formats, Secure Digital (SDXC), Compact Flash (Now v4), XQD, and CFast 2.0.
Videography is different than photography of course, but it doesn’t have to be hard! You may be surprised to find that the DSLR or Mirrorless Camera that you already own is more than capable of capturing high-quality video.
There remain a large number of photographers who remember the days of film, in fact, many of us still shoot film, and new photographers are also embracing film to get a sense of what the craft was like “way back when”. Film is certainly enormous fun, but for those who never shot film, you may be missing the magic of not being bound to ISO.