Author: Levi Sim

If you’d like to make a real impression next time you’re out with friends and family, then the Polaroid Zip Mobile Printer may be just the thing for you. Polaroid has long been synonymous with immediately sharing memories with friends, and this Zip printer carries on the tradition. I recently brought one to my family…

I first heard this phrase from Joe McNally: “Bad weather makes good photographs,” and I continue to find that it’s true. My dad, also a photographer, was visiting from out of town the other day, and I was planning to take him on a hike to a waterfall I’d been dreaming of photographing with Autumn…

Black and white photography is a passion for me which I actively pursue. I’ve just read a good book on the subject by Chuck Kimmerle called, Black and White Artistry, The Creative Photographer’s Guide to Interpreting Places and Spaces. Kimmerle’s made a living in pictures first as a photojournalist at several papers and then as…

Making pictures on a photowalk or hike should be enjoyable and relatively stress-free. One way to reduce your stress is to carry less equipment. A small kit makes your body lighter and helps you keep going longer. Bring a prime lens and stretch your vision by framing with your feet instead of lazily zooming in…

You gotta join us live for our next Lightroom Live, totally free of charge. Not only will you learn terrific techniques, but if you tune in live, you can be entered to win excellent prizes to help you in your work. (Note: MUST BE TUNED IN LIVE TO WIN). We’ll be giving away a copy of Perfectly Clear from Athentech.…

In my first year of photography, I shot more than 100,000 pictures, which yielded two results: my photography got better quickly, and my computer’s hard drive filled up with picture files. Over the last, I’ve bought several external hard drives to store and even backup my pictures. Eventually, I bought RAID systems to protect my…

It’s rare that we get announcements at the same time which will appease almost everyone interested in tech. This week, Microsoft announced the new Surface Studio and Apple announced the latest iteration of the MacBook Pro. These two powerful computers both offer features of particular note to photographers; but are they enough to warrant buying a…

You gotta join us live for our next Lightroom Live, totally free of charge. Not only will you learn terrific techniques, but if you tune in live, you can be entered to win excellent prizes to help you in your work. (Note: MUST BE TUNED IN LIVE TO WIN). We’ll be giving away a copy of Perfectly Clear from Athentech.…

We’ve got a great speaker lineup, today, at Photo Plus Expo. In addition to our own Vanelli, Richard Harrington, and Levi Sim, we’re honored to have Joe McNally, George Redhawk, Troy Plota, and Sascha Scheider joining us, and they’re going to show you how to make photographs that’ll make your work stand out from the crowd.…

We’ve got a great speaker lineup, today, at Photo Plus Expo. In addition to our own Vanelli, Richard Harrington, and Levi Sim, we’re honored to have Joe McNally, Sam Isom, Troy Plota, and Sascha Scheider joining us, and they’re going to show you how to make photographs that’ll make your work stand out from the crowd.…