Just a few weeks before we left the mainland for a trip to beautiful Hawaii we were contacted by Induro. They wanted to send us a couple of tripods and ball heads, and they hoped we’d share our thoughts about them here on our blog. The trip to the islands would be a perfect opportunity to ...
Yep. I’m a professional photographer. And I admit it – sometimes I shoot with my iPhone… and I still want my photos to look good. I don’t expect amazing results at large size. But if I do take a shot…
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We like SmugMug. Yep. We really do. In fact, both Jay and I are now using SmugMug’s gallery and print services to handle our print sales. The reason in simple. Prints are a pain, and SmugMug made it much easier.…
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Ok, so I recently wrote up a review of Joby’s Gorillapods. Our kids use them with their point-n-shoot cameras. They’re great for that. But what about us? Those little Gorillapods can’t handle a Canon 5D Mk III with a long…
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Need a fun, summer activity for your kids? Put a camera in their hands and see what they do with it! Each of our kids has their own small camera. Six kids, six cameras… and six Gorillapods from Joby. We…
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How long does it take to produce a single photograph? It depends on so many factors… we might drive 30 minutes to the airport, travel 4 or 6 hours (or more) on a plane (plus layovers and delayed flights), spend…
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Last week, we reviewed Canon’s 90mm TS-E lens – one of two lenses we rented from LensRentals.com for our recent trip to Iceland. We’ve been considering purchasing a tilt-shift lens, and wanted to try these our before making a final decision.…
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For our recent trip to Iceland, we rented a couple of lenses once again – from LensRentals.com. Their service was excellent, as always. We placed the order a couple of weeks before we left, and the lenses arrived clean and…
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Jay and I wanted to be able to photograph the wildlife in Glacier National Park – but our lens collection is geared towards wide-angle landscapes and macro photography. For shooting wildlife – especially when you can’t (or don’t want to)…
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The Mike Moats Macro Light Control Kit includes a 24-inch Wimberly™ Plamp and two 14-inch Westcott™ Illuminator Reflector Panels – one is silver on one side and white on the other, and the other is a translucent white diffuser. It…
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I was skeptical about this one – I have to admit it. I already have a camera strap that I really like. It has great padding and little pockets where I can keep a couple of extra memory cards –…
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