What do you think about Lensbaby? It’s kind of a odd chicken, right? On one hand, they are making $100 “cheap toy lenses”, but they they started making “object of desire”, high end $500 lenses. This change is fascinating, and definitely shows a change in how Lensbaby isperceived (by photographers, but also by itself). We [...]
This one should be easy and hard at the same time. Easy in a sense of finding subjects because it’s the things you see and use every single day.... more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were ever so kind to drop into Kelowna as part of their royal tour of British Columbia and the Yukon this week. Here is a behind the scenes report on their visit. This is a bit of a long post, so you may need some time to sit down [...]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a worldwide annual campaign to highlight the importance of breast awareness, education and research. For some, October is the only month of the year when we think about breast cancer. For others, it’s something faced on a daily basis. That is the situation for photographer Joe Hoddinott and his [...]
“Live fast,die young, and leave a good looking Instagram account” seems to be the mantra these days. The trend of doing whatever it takes to get the shot withlittlethought for personal safety has risen tremendously over the last couple ofyears. One such person was photographer Christopher Serrano, who died on Wednesday while attempting to “train [...]
Losing equipment is one of a photographer’s biggest fears. But, it happens. You’re out on location, having a good time, you pack away your stuff and think you’ve got everything. Then you get home and realise you have to walk 90 minutes in the pitch black to go back to the location you just leftto [...]
We saw Colin G Prickett’s light bo and was blown away. Lucky us! Colin sent us the complete build if yo uwant to build one yourself, or get some inspiration Avisit to Homebase resulted in the purchase of a plastic box on wheels. I cut a hole in the side and another on the lid, [...]
The dolly zoom, also known as the “Vertigo Effect” or “Hitchcock Zoom” can be an amazing technique to add tension or drama to a scene. It’s a process whereby the camera is dollied in toward your subject while the lens zooms out wide. Or, the reverse, where the camera moves away from your subject while [...]
The time lapse bar keeps getting raised. A few years back a mountain top covered with clouds shot with a digital camera was enough for us to make a small wow. But as technology gets more accessible, those are no longer enough. This video byKirill Neiezhmakov has nothing to do with those static shots. In [...]
