Looking back through my archives, I realized that I’ve covered topics likefilm selections and scanning film but to date I’ve skipped one really important part: metering and exposing color film. This is something I get quite a few questions about so bear with me while I try to be very thorough and cover topics from [...]
Being a landscape or nature photographer is like enjoying ice cream and having unlimited choice in the ice cream shop.There are so many different kinds of images to make, and different ways of making themin the outdoors, that having a wide variety of gear to choose from is important. This article will take you on a little journey through what’s in my bag. Frommy own camera gear to the different tools that I use to help me photographthe scenes in nature that capture my attention, and... more
The Hasselblad name is synonymous today with luxury and quality. When you shoot with one, it’s easy to see why. There isn’t a massive amount of information out there on the company’s founder, though. Born in 1906 in Gothenburg, Sweden, Victor ultimately ended up working in his father’s family store. After a familial dispute,he broke [...]
High speed cameras are generally out of reach for most people. Sure, our iPhones can do 240fps now, and there’s a few postage stamp 1000fps compacts, but if you want to go faster, you’re generally out of luck. High speed cameras come with very highprice tags, and even renting them is an absurd amount of [...]
Made in 1948, this Nikon I rangefinder camera, serial number 60924, represents the oldest known surviving production model Nikon in the world. The very first Nikon I held the serial number 60922, making this the third Nikon camera of all time off the production line. It is one of two cameras made in 1948 still [...]
Cactus Image recently launched a new version of their radio trigger for speedlights and strobes, the Cactus V6II. In this review, I’ll go over the features of this trigger, how to use it, and do some example photoshoots to test it.
The Zenit E is one of the Soviet Unions most enduring photographic legacies. Designed in the mid-1960s, it was produced on an eye-watering scale. Millions and millions as many as 12 million, some believe were produced in Soviet factories until the middle of the 1980s, by which time its rough and ready charms [...]
Using the term “potato” to describe what we feel are inadequate devices is commonplace. My wife refers to her computer as a potato, because it’s pretty old and getting kinda slow. Many consider some of the original DSLRs of a little over a decade ago to be potatoes by today’s standards.For Australian photographer Colin Lowe, [...]
Polarizing filters are great, they enhance skies, remove reflections and reduce glare from photos. On the other hand they are usually big and not something you’d haul around for a smartphone.Here is a quick little hack courtesy of theKoldunov Brothersthat builds a small and portable polarizer filter for your smart phone. It turns out that [...]
