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It Ain't What You Play, It's What You Play 18 Aug 2013 | 10:21 pm
I knew how I wanted this portrait to look before I shot it, so I used the right camera and lens to produce the result I wanted. Without a clear sense of what I wanted, I would get an image like this o...
Get a Grip 27 Jul 2013 | 08:55 pm
This is how I carry my Nikon V1. The Flipbac grip makes this already lightweight camera even easier to carry with a wrist strap. I covered the printing on the front of the camera with matte black tape...
Irony Around Us 17 Jul 2013 | 09:07 am
Every time I explore the side streets and back roads of this country of ours I notice things that strike me as, well... odd; and not necessarily because they were intended that way. A lot of this obvi...
Bagging It 6 Jul 2013 | 05:33 am
How's this for coincidence: I had just finished a lengthy article this morning on how to choose the right camera bag for travel and I was about to post it when, lo and behold, I discovered that anothe...
Inkjet Printer: Creative Tool or Ripoff? 25 Jun 2013 | 07:30 am
You'll have to take my word for it that this image looks amazingly good as a print because your eyes can feast for hours on the wealth of image detail, tone, and texture. You just don't get that from ...
You Can Shoot Street Photos With a Tele Lens 19 Jun 2013 | 07:03 am
This was shot in Midtown Manhattan with a 28mm lens, which on a Canon 60D produces a normal field of view. I'm using this photo mainly for comparison (and also because I like it). The photos below are...
Flexible or Disloyal? You Be the Judge. 9 Jun 2013 | 07:41 pm
I shot this photo of my Canon EOS 60D with a Nikon V1. What that wrong? I have a confession to make: I lack any loyalty to any particular brand of equipment and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Since...
There's No Law Against Color in Street Photography 29 May 2013 | 06:11 pm
Once I saw this background of bold and colorful graphic shapes, it was a matter of waiting for the right foreground to walk past. I couldn't have dressed this gentleman better if I had tried. I recent...
Eight Reasons Why I Like the Canon EOS 6D 14 May 2013 | 08:14 am
A street shooter's dream: the Canon EOS 6D full-frame SLR with 40mm f/2.8 STM lens. I recently had occasion to rent a Canon EOS 6D and 40mm f/2.8 EF lens for an event I was hired to photograph. I coul...
The Five Stages of the Camera Buying Process 7 May 2013 | 04:25 am
As part of my regular job I design and write web-based training courses for corporate clients. One of my recent courses described the “five stages of the consumer buying process. I found them but not ...
