While the new Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 seems like a wonderful chunk of glass for those who do not mind a 1.35 kg beast, Sigma has just released its new 20mm f/1.4 Art-series lens, which is a much wider lens, while being as fast as the Otus. In fact, Sigma...
How Was This Picture Made #03: The Answer
First, thanks to everybody who weighed in with their strategies to make the image in question. Some very good sleuthing on behalf of our readers and as you'll see the answer is a combination of a lot of your suggestions and keen observations. The answer to how the life-sized condor print...
Movo Extension Tube Fun with Nikon 1
I recently purchased a set of Movo Extension Tubes for Nikon 1 as I had been experiencing some quality issues with my Vello tubes (plastic flanges cracking and breaking). I've been out the past week or so capturing a range of images with these new tubes and I thought I'd...
How Was This Picture Made #03?
I recently hung my show Plight of the Condor at Flagstaff’s High Country Conference Center. It’s an honor being recognized as so talented, egocentric and stupid that I’d dump hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to fill an entire gallery with just my work. As this is my last,...
How To Recover Your Photos From LED Lighting Artifacts
LED lights have been a big trend in the last few years in dance parties, Many of us have photographed events where harsh LED light was used on the dance floor, and these LED lights have flooded our images and prevented us from taking available-light photos without them looking over-saturated...
Don’t Be a Guinea Pig
It seems like releasing a product without proper testing has become a norm for some camera manufacturers like Nikon. You would think that after all the recalls, service advisories and lawsuits, manufacturers should be thoroughly testing equipment, preferably giving the equipment to real photographers who use and abuse their gear...
F-Stop Sukha Backpack Review
Photographers have an interesting dilemma when choosing a bag for long hikes. Camera backpacks are great at holding cameras, but they tend to be poor choices for comfort on long hikes. For some people – those who rarely need to trek with their camera equipment – a traditional camera backpack...
Recommended Sony A7R II Settings
Now that we have finished our review of the Sony A7R II mirrorless camera, we thought it would be a good idea to provide our recommended settings for this camera. The Sony A7-series cameras have a myriad of different settings and buttons, which can be confusing to understand, especially for first-time Sony users....
How Was This Picture Made #02?
This is our second iteration of the "How was this picture taken?" series of articles and this time we have a fun picture to dissect - the Total Lunar Eclipse, a.k.a. the "Blood Moon", which took place on the 27th of September. I had the chance to photograph the Blood...
How Focal Length Affects What (and How) You See
Your choice of focal length will affect what you see. Would you agree with that? What if I also said that your choice of focal length will affect how you see? That's a whole different story, now isn't it? Instead of discussing how focal length affects your view when you...