Speedlights or Strobes?
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When do you know you need to step up your lighting from speedlights? What are the pros and cons of going to strobes? You’re in the right place because this is where you will find the answers!
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Ten Top Photographer Tips - from a top session guitarist
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Music and photography are quite similar, so this article’s tips are drawn from tips for musicians from an interview with Bill Frisell in the September 2022 issue of Guitar Player magazine.
Read MoreShoot for the "Feels"
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You’ve probably heard that the path to competence is 10,000 hours of doing. I think that this is misleading. 10,000 hours of work done poorly does not make competence. We need to make sure that what we are doing over time is the best work we can do at the time.
Read MoreCan I Be Successful With Just One Lens?
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Can one lens cover most of what you shoot? It’s quite possible. Read along to get some ideas to consider.
Read MoreOnly One Softbox for Your Speedlight?
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Is there a single softbox to use with off camera flash that covers most all the bases? Yes, I believe that there is. Join me to learn more
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 MoreThe Return of APS-C : Is It All Just Hype?
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Is all the current hype about APS-C sensors justified or is it just around to get you to think that what you own and use needs to be replaced?
Read MoreWhy Don't Photographers Do More Video?
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When we look at the specs for every new camera being released, every one of them offers really incredible video capability. Yet it seems that it goes unused. Why is that?
Read MoreI'm Not Dead Yet - The Call of the DSLR
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While the future of camera development is clearly in the mirrorless space, that doesn’t mean that the DSLR is no longer a valid tool for photography.
Read MoreNon-Subscription Lightroom and Photoshop Alternatives
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Not everyone is comfortable with paying an ongoing fee for subscription software. Initially we saw a lot more in the flow updates coming out of subscription models than from traditional license modes. The purpose of this article to to talk to an alternative for Lightroom and an alternative for Photoshop.
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 MoreWhat is Diffraction at Small Apertures? Do I Care?
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Diffraction at small apertures has become a popular topic recently. Diffraction is a real thing, but it’s worth knowing the facts about it, in order to determine if it really matters to you
Read MoreBuying Your First Flash
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Hello neighbours. In this article, I’m going to invite you to invest your time learning why you want a flash, what it gives you and how to select the flash to own.
Read MoreQuick Look : RODE Wireless GO (Tip - you want the GO II)
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The RODE Wireless GO is a great idea for a short range radio microphone. However the II is a better choice providing more flexibility in targets for recording.
Read MoreEncouraging the New Photographer
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How do we encourage the new photographer? Particularly when the teacher has been doing photography for some time. The challenge of course is to facilitate knowledge transfer without boring the new photographer to death or worse make photography sound so complex and tedious that the new photographer decides that it’s the equivalent of TL:DR
Read MoreChoosing a Tripod for Stills Photography
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In this article at thephotovideoguy.ca I want to talk about considerations when choosing a tripod for stills photography. This does not necessarily mean that you could not use such a tripod for video, however serious video requires differences in the head and sometimes in the legs, so I’m going to be stills specific.
Read MoreSensor Sizes and Focal Lengths
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Hey folks. This is our next article in our series to simplify things for newer photographers. This time I am going to tackle two subjects that are related and cause some confusion.
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.
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