If you listen to the wider DSLR & mirrorless owning community online, cleaning your own sensor is the scariest thing in the world. We’re talking Pennywise, Freddy Krueger, and Jason Voorhees all rolled into one kinds of scary. So, we ship them out or feverishly wait for the next photography show, to take our camera […]
You may know Mike Olbinski by his stunning work in creating storm timelapse. He recently presented his latest work, appropriately titled Pursuit. This time, nature wasnt on his side. It was difficult to catch the storms and shoot them for the film, despite all the effort. So he traveled 28,000 miles across the USA, pursuing […]
We often argue if gear matters or not, and we probably always will. But photographerAlessandro Barteletti shows us why being a problem solver and having an idea is more important than having fancy gear. He was photographing a 60-years-old European astronaut Paolo Nespoli for National Geographic Italia. Equipped with only a ten-years-old Nikon D3, a […]
Yale, Hartford, RISD, Columbia, these are a few of the top tier programs that one considers when pursuing their MFA in Photography. But with the high standard of excellence and limited spots available, how does one actually get a coveted letter of acceptance? I’m happy to report that I’ve been acceptedinto the renownedHartford Photo MFAprogram, […]
If you’ve read my articles here on dPS about storage and backup, you’ll know that they’ve mostly been about slightly larger systems with lots of space for people who have lots of data in the form of photographs. It’s been a while, so I thought it might be time to write about the smaller system I’ve been using for a couple of months, not only from a backup and storage point of view but from a delivery and sharing your work angle, too. Enter, the Synology DS216.... more
There was a time when shooting with multiple cameras was a luxury. Limited to big budget TV shows, Hollywood movies and live broadcasts. These days, most of us reading this site have at least two cameras. A DSLR or mirrorless and our phone. Many of us also have a backup camera, a drone, maybe an […]
I must admit I was a bit sad yesterday when Microsoft announced the end of Paint. And as it turned out, I wasnt the only one. The reactions from nostalgic folks all over the world were so intense, that Microsoft decided to bring it back. Sort of. MS Paint will have no future updates, as […]
Believe me, I have tried. Over the years, I have tried to wean myself off ACDSee. But, like Al Pacino in The Godfather, Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!. ACDSee does what I want it to do and, as a single package, and it does it better than anything else I have found.
I use Lightroom as a factory, a mass production tool. I import the images, I process them, thats it. For a long time, I have felt... more
Shooting on location presents all kinds of lighting challenges. You’re at the mercy of the weather, and thus the light. And which light is “best” is a huge matter of personal preference. Some prefer the softness of a cloudy overcast day. Others like that harsh bright direct sunlight. Although the latter is not always that […]
