This is my fifth Olympic Games and I am always visiting the Canon Professional Services area to borrow equipment from them. And for all of those previous Olympics, they have always been very guarded about letting anyone, outside of Canon employees, go behind the scenes to see what they have in their inventory. And trust [...]
When you’re starting out in photography, it’s quite easy to become obsessed with getting critique and feedback on own work to help you improve. Your peers may suggest a different crop, highlight issues with composition, and help you along your journey with camera settings and post-production techniques. Receiving feedback from your peers also provides a fantastic forum foryou yourself to ask questions about specific items that have been brought up in discussion, and clear up any... more
Being a man [street photographer] is way harder. People will think that you are a creep if you take photos of children and women.reader comment on my last article on public privacy Im 5 feet tall on a good day. People always ask me for directions and children look me in the eye. Im low-profile [...]
New start up, Staaker, has just released their auto-follow action drone for preorder. Most of today’s drones are designedto be flown manually with remotes.Staaker, though, see things differently. Gone is the traditional remote control and the FPV headset. No longer do you need a dedicated drone operator to record your extreme antics. This onejust follows [...]
Sometimes you find what you are not looking for I always tell people to plan the photoshoots ahead, and urge them to try to see the complete image in your head already before taking the first shots However, sometimes it takes a full U-turn and completely uncharted routes to end up with an amazing image. [...]
The phrase candid portrait is often used to refer to the type of portrait taken when the subject is unaware of the photographer. This is usually seen in street photography... more
Shooting outside in bright sunlight scares many photographers. I always seepeople sayingto not go out and shoot portraits when the sun’s high in the sky. To wait until golden hour and shoot in the sunset, or only go out on a cloudy day. Well, I think that’s nonsense.There’s so much you can do with bright [...]
There’s something special about shooting analogueblack and white for me. It takes on a quality and a character you just don’t get with modern colour digital. Fortunately, now, we have a choice. So, if we want to shoot flawless colour, we can. A hundred years ago, there wasn’t so muchchoice. We’ve featured Mathieu Stern before. [...]
I often do a poll during my workshops: Raise your hand if you dont like having your own photo being taken. Usually more than half of my students raise their hands. Do onto others as you would like others to do onto you. If you dont like having your own photographs taken, you assume everyone [...]
Seeingcamera gear dismantled can be like watching a horror movie forsome photographers. For me, it’s fascinating. It’s interestingseeing the tech that goes into the new generations of lenses. It’salso cool to see how manufacturers overcomecertain design challenges. This episode ofSgnl, seesthe Sony FE24-70mm f/2.8 G Master lens stripped down to its component parts. It’s not [...]
