Irix 15mm f/2.4 Now Available
The Blackstone and the Firefly versions of the Irix 15mm f/2.4 lens are now available to buy.
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Australian man almost drowns while trying to save his drone
Victoria Police have reported that a 22 year old Australian man has been pulled from the water at St Kilda Pier. Why was he in the water? Well, he was attempting to rescue his drone. He’d been flying the drone with a friend to shoot photos as part of a project when it suddenly fell into the water. Attempts […]
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How to make a full body bokehlicious wall
Sometimes you want to create a stunning portraits indoors but you are stuck with those seamless white, black and gray sheets as backgrounds. Well, how about creating a about creating a bokehlicious wall like this? I love using out of focus bokeh circles, they are beautiful, unique and pretty dramatic. There are many ways to create […]
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Vandals destroy local landmark “Duckbill” Rock at Oregon’s Cape Kiwanda
In what can only be described as another incident of mindless stupidity, vandals have destroyed an iconic sandstone pedestal at Cape Kiwanda on Oregon’s coast. Described by local residents as a “natural wonder” and often photographed by visitors, the “Duckbill” rock is no more. A video sent to KATU News shows a group of people […]
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Digital Proofs for Old B&W Negatives
This post started with an email from a friend, Carole, who I hadn’t heard from in… well, decades. She wondered if I still had the negatives from a shoot we did together in December of 1977. Of course I had them. The challenge was how to easily see them digitally. Anyone who has old black…
DIY large format scrap camera
The idea of this camera started with vintage Profile Spotlight, that I wanted to restore, but found out, that some of internal lens elements were shattered. The only lens element, that was undamaged was the front element of it. Upon some closer inspection I discovered, that this element can project image circle big enough, to cover 8X10 area. […]
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Olympus PEN E-PL7: the Ultimate Camera for Traveling and Blogging
For the past six months, I’ve been stuck in endless review holes to find the perfect camera for traveling AND blogging. The perfect camera has to be light and easy to toss in my bag (unlike my current Nikon D90, which weighs about 2lbs with the lens). Also, the perfect camera can’t compromise quality just because […]
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Canon PIXMA TS9050, TS8050, TS6050 and TS5050
Canon has today unveiled a newly designed PIXMA inkjet line-up.
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Barber Shop Bags: Small Messenger ‘PageBoy’ Bag Review
Barber Shop Bags is a brand of stylish, Italian-made, (mostly) leather camera bags. They offer a large range of bags from small (like the one I’m reviewing here) to large, laptop to backpack, as well as accessories, straps, and more. The main thing that separates Barbershop Bags from other brands…
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Why I think film photography is horrible
I remember the first time I picked up a digital camera. It was 2003 and I got this little Canon G5, a good point-and-shoot, and it was 5MP. Before that, I used film. It had to be scanned into a computer, then manipulated digitally. That was alright—but when I picked up this Canon, I thought it was […]
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