Do You Use AUTO-ISO? You Should Be!
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If you do not presently use AUTO-ISO, why not? Join me to discover why you probably should
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A Coming Experiment - Blackmagic Design 6K / G2 Camera
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It’s time for me to step up my video game and I am hopeful that this latest camera will be more useable on a daily basis than my last purchase and provide more functionality than what I can get in video out of a still camera
Read MoreWhy 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?
Read MoreNeutral Density Filters for Video
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Cinematographers used neutral density filters for a very long time for a very simple reason. The ISO / ASA of the film stock was fixed, and the cameras had a stock shutter angle, leaving the only variable the iris. Still photographers call this the aperture. These requirements persist with video, so let’s learn how to address this with ND filters
Read MoreThoughts on Video for the Holidays
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With the holiday season coming, it’s a great time to make some simple home videos for sharing with family and friends and it has never been easier!
Read MoreUnderstanding Adobe Lightroom Classic Catalogues and Libraries
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It’s time for a quick review of Lightroom Classic catalogues and collections
Read MoreA Plea for Smartphone Photography
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Why not consider stepping up from smartphone picture taking to smartphone photography? Is there a difference? Yes there is but the process is quite simple and extremely rewarding
Read MoreStrobes and Light Shapers - How Do You Choose?
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Choosing speed lights or strobes or light shapers should not be harder than it is, yet it is made challenging particularly given the amount of BS being shovelled around on these subjects. Avoid stepping in something lousy by checking out this article
Read MoreHave a Look at Adobe Express
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Once upon a time, there was this thing called Adobe Express. Then it vanished to be replaced by something else. Which got replaced by something else. See a pattern? Then there was Adobe Spark. Then Spark was gone, and replaced by the reincarnation of Adobe Express. In classic Adobe style, it’s naming is confusing and so is its purpose. I’d like to try to help with that.
Read MoreA Short Gripe on In Camera Exposure Compensation
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This time I share a gripe about how in camera exposure compensation has generally not kept up with current sensor dynamic range capability.
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 MoreUsing Continuous Lighting for Photography
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As we look at lighting options for photography, we are directed either to flash or continuous light. For years, flash has been the choice of professionals because of its controllability, output variability and power. As creatives embrace more video (you are out there, somewhere…) the consideration of using continuous lighting is increasing. This time we will look at options today for continuous lighting for photography.
Read MoreFall 2022 Adobe Updates
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Let’s take a quick look at what is new in Photoshop and Photoshop Lightroom Classic as announced at Adobe MAXX 2022
Read MoreWhy Use On Camera Flash?
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I saw a question from a user this week that I thought was pertinent. The user has heard over and over that on camera flash is “bad” but wanted to know when and if it made sense. I think that this is a great question so let’s take some time to think about this.
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When You Hear Shutter Speed, what do you think of first?
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Hey folks. Simple question to start us off. If I say “shutter speed” to you, what is the first thing you think of?
Answers of course vary, but the most popular answers relate to a) prevent camera shake and b) stop motion. Neither is wrong. but the challenge with commonality is that it is so darn common. As photography is a visual art form, let’s look at how we think about shutter speed informs us as to how we see things.
Read MoreDo I Need Full Frame?
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If there is one comment / question that never gets old is the one that goes along the lines of “should I go to a full frame sensor?” The real question routes to whether you are better suited to a 36mm x 24mm sensor the same as an old 35mm film frame over something smaller.
The answer is always, it depends.
Read MoreSome Varied Tips Learned Over The Years
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Join me for a selection of photography tips that are proven to work.
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 MoreEmbracing Film
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It sure looks like a lot of photographers are including film photography as part of their engagement. For those of us who started in film, this is very interesting, at least it is for me. Let’s look at some of the pros and cons of shooting film in the third decade of the 21st century.
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