India is a land of great extremes, in a multiplicity of ways. The extreme polarity of beauty and ugliness, rich and poor, are constantly reoccurring themes. The Taj Mahal vs. the slums of Calcutta. The stunning silk brocades of Varanasi vs. the rags worn by those who weave them. You...
Nikon DSLR Buffer Capacity Comparison
The buffer of a camera is part of the camera's memory that holds shots that you've taken before they are written to the memory card. The buffer capacity is simply how many shots you can take before the camera must slow down and start writing to the memory card. Since...
How to Focus in Macro Photography
If you’re trying to photograph the small world of plants and bugs, you’ll face plenty of challenges along the way. Macro photography is a difficult genre — you’re pushing up against the physical limits of depth of field, diffraction, and motion blur. Naturally, focusing in macro photography isn’t an easy...
Best Monitor for Photography
One of the most frequently asked questions from our readers and friends is related to picking a good monitor for photography needs. It seems like the market is over-saturated with all kinds of choices, whether you visit a local store or browse through an online catalog. There are so many...
Photographing a Demolition Derby Race
And now for something a little different. I’m so terribly sorry it’s not yet another article about the latest camera body but it might offer a visual break and much needed respite from the torrential salivation that most of the photography community seem to be afflicted by lately (their absolute...
2017 Canadian National Exhibition Air Show Highlights
During the Labour Day weekend I spent an enjoyable afternoon viewing the 2017 Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) Air Show in Toronto, and thought I'd share a few images captured during the event. As is my standard practice I went down to one of the Lake Ontario shoreline parks and found...
Common Camera Settings for Beginners
Many beginner photographers often wonder what camera settings they should use to get the best possible results with their current camera gear. While there is no set rule for camera settings that work well in every shooting environment, I noticed that there are some settings that I personally set on...
Everything You Need to Know About the Nikon D850
Now that the Nikon D850 has been officially announced, it is time to take a closer look at the camera's features. Nikon has introduced a number of great features with the D850 that we have never seen on other Nikon DSLR before, so I thought it would be a good...
Nikon D850 Announcement
Back in July, Nikon teased us with its "development announcement" of the upcoming D850 camera. Aside from a teaser video and some hints here and there about what to expect from the upcoming DSLR, Nikon gave no other information, so we had no clue what to expect in terms of...
2017 Total Solar Eclipse Images
I am currently traveling in Wyoming with a couple of friends and we are on our way home, after an unsuccessful attempt to stay in Yellowstone National Park - it turned out to be a complete zoo, even a couple of days after the total eclipse. I don't know what...