Why Current Mirrorless Cameras Are Your Best Bet for Video
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Your best video camera option is your current mirrorless camera. So what will it take for you to give video a try?
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Understanding Adobe Lightroom Classic Catalogues and Libraries
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It’s time for a quick review of Lightroom Classic catalogues and collections
Read MoreUltra Wide or Fisheye?
/Hey readers, I hope that this post finds you all well. I received a question about a week ago from a photographer looking to expand her visioneering options and she asked my opinion about whether to add a fisheye lens or an ultra wide angle. The answer is not so cut and dried as you may think.
Read MoreBest Practices for Scanning Slides, Negatives and Old Prints
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Hey folks. This topic comes to me as a request from a subscriber. The photographer asking has a lot of slides that need to be scanned to be converted to digital files. I will also look at dealing with negatives for colour and black and white.
Read MoreAll About Ring Flash
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Hello readers. This past week on the Make Batter Photos and Videos Podcast episode 164, Gordon and I talked about tools for macro photography. I shortly received a few requests for a deeper explanation of ring lights, and specifically ring flash so here we are.
Read MoreSlow Shutter Flash and Second Curtain Sync
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Flash with slow shutter speeds and with second curtain sync provides enormous creative potential. Join me to learn how this works.
Read MoreMaking a Slideshow with Your Photos
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Hi folks! Welcome to The Photo Video Guy. While I accept, but don’t really understand, that most still photographers are not interested in doing video, many of use are interested in putting together a nice slideshow. So let’s see how to do that fun and simply
Read MoreUseful Tools for New Photographers
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As we become more involved in photography, we might be inclined to wander through camera stores, or read online articles and even <gasp> paper based periodicals that talk about gear. How do we know what is useful and what is not?
Read MoreThe Exposure "Triangle" Simplified
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This is the second in a series for newer photographers to help clear the air and reduce the miasma of confusion around technical terms. This time we are going to dissect the concept of the exposure triangle.
Read MoreComposition Tips for New Photographers
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Welcome! If you are new to taking ownership of your photographic pursuits, you are probably inundated with sites and articles all designed, ostensibly, to help you be a better photographer.
Read MoreDo you have a website?
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Every creative should have his or her own website. Let’s talk about that
Read MoreIs There a Plugin That Provides the Effect of a Polarizer in Post Processing?
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Can you get the effects of using a polarizing filter in post processing? Read the article to find out the reality of polarizing filters and post processing.
Read MoreDisplay Calibration - only the first step
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Those who like editing invariably look at calibration tools. They do a great job but many users aren’t happy with the results especially when printing. Why didn’t the calibration device work?
Read MoreTelephoto Lenses for Landscapes
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Has it ever happened that you made a landscape image because you were blown away by what you saw but when you got home, the image felt flat and unimpressive, maybe even forgettable? You aren’t alone and learn how to prevent this from happening
Read MoreWhere Do You Get Ideas and Inspiration?
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Where do we look to find ideas and inspiration? Eisenstadt reminds us that these things can be very close to home.
Read MoreKeeping Your Photography Going During the Holidays
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To help you keep moving your craft ahead, here are some quick tips for holiday image making and ideas to keep you on the shutter release.
Read MoreEditing and Publishing Your Video
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In our final article on the path to better video, we now look at the steps to closure of your video project. The first step is the editing to completion, and the second step is the encoding for viewing, often called publishing.
Read MoreNext Steps in Video
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Following success in learning about shutter speeds, depth of field and gain in video recording, it’s time to look at some basic recording techniques with some best practices.
Read MoreFirmware Upgrades. No Rocket Surgery Needed
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Firmware updates are not rocket science, but they can create concern in camera owners. Learn why by following the instructions, you won’t have issues
Read MoreCreativity and Knowledge
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Contrary to an increasingly visible theme, knowledge is not the antithesis of creativity. There can be no conscious creativity without knowledge
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