Photoshoot and Beyond
NOTE: All data based on CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association reports.) Will the dedicated camera go the way of the eight-track tape? Some people think so. Camera phones are now sold on every continent except for the North and South Polls. Billions of people have access to a camera in their phones and the…
I think nearly every photographer needs at least some way to stabilize his/her camera at one point in time or another. The problem with most tripods, ballheads, etc., is that they are very expensive. Regular readers will note that I find many of the house brands from Adorama to be good quality at a very…
Andrew Clark is the lucky guy. He won a four-bay Drobo! When we contacted Andrew with the news here’s what he said: “I have never won anything before and it actually feels super great I have been wanting a Drobo for quite some time. I will use the Drobo to replace my current backup solutions…
Congrats to Skip Cohen, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 WPPI Honors of Excellence Awards.” Those words were a long time coming. My friend Skip has been a major force in the photography industry for his entire adult life. For more than 40 years he’s had a passion for helping people find…
When you wish to sell, license or publish your work, you’ll have to decide how much to charge for it. To get what you are worth, consider these propositions. If you sell prints, you are not selling square inches of paper for the cost of printing them. For some reason, the first element that seems…
(NOTE: This is NOT a review – just my first impressions – review will come later.) The long-awaited, Fuji super telephoto zoom is here. Wildlife, action and sports shooters had to wait five years to carefully consider Fuji because up until now, they couldn’t get enough focal length to make the switch. That’s all fixed…
I have moved back to the Seattle area which in turn means I am living with rain. It rains often in this part of the world – after all they call it the “Evergreen” state for a reason. While it’s not always fun from a comfort point of view, photographing in inclement weather can often…
(I’ve written about this subject before but it was quite a while ago. I wanted to go a little deeper on this so here we go.) Everyone is a critic – especially in the age of the Internet. Not all critiques are valuable. Those that are, come from knowledgeable photographers who look at a variety…