Have you ever had a surreal experience when you’ve walked through a doorway and once on the other side you’ve entered into a strange, foreign land where people speak in tongues, and you feel completely lost and helpless? NIKON 1 V2 + 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 25.2mm, ISO 400, 1/400, f/5.3[/caption]...
Sensor Crop Factors and Equivalence
The subject of sensor crop factors and equivalence has become rather controversial between photographers, sparking heated debates on photography sites and forums. So much has been posted on this topic, that it almost feels redundant to write about it again. Sadly, with all the great and not-so-great information out there...
How Taking a Step Back Adds Story to Photography
We all have our strengths and weaknesses, as well as ways to deal with the latter. And it is only natural for us to sort of... drift towards our strengths. Hold on to them, practice as often as we can and, by doing so, get even better at them. And...
Think Tank Airport Roller Derby Review
This is a review of the Think Tank Airport Roller Derby rolling camera bag. When I first saw that Think Tank had released a new 4 wheel camera bag, I was immediately curious. I had been using the Airport 4-Sight since it first came out and was very happy with...
David and Goliath Visit Bird Kingdom
After an early arrival of winter in Southern Ontario I thought I’d escape it for a few hours by taking David (my Nikon 1 V2 with CX 70-300mm VR) and Goliath (my D800 with Tamron 150-600mm VC) to Bird Kingdom in Niagara Falls, Canada. NIKON 1 V2 + 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6...
Outex vs Shape Wave Waterproof DSLR Housings
We’re pleased to have one of Arizona’s top professional photographers, Dawn Kish, share her experience field testing two waterproof DSLR housings on a Grand Canyon raft adventure. Dawn is not only a regular shooter for magazines such as National Geographic Adventure and Arizona Highways, but a former river guide as...
Film Considerations for Landscape Photography
When I submitted my photos of Acadia National Park as a guest submission on Photography Life, I was amazed at the response, especially on the fact that the majority of photos were shot using a Nikon F100 with Fuji Velvia 50. Nasim contacted me to do an article on film...
Adobe’s Software Bloating, Performance Issues and Bugs
I will be honest, I am not a fan of Adobe as a company. I never liked their business model: their practice of gobbling up competition (sometimes out of fear), their Creative Cloud extortion and their sleazy management that only cares about their next quarter revenues. But most of all,...
Lightroom 5.7 and Camera RAW 8.7 Update
If you have been waiting for Adobe to release full RAW support for the new Nikon D750 (see our detailed Nikon D750 review), for the new Canon 7D Mark II, or for a number of other new cameras from Fuji, Leica, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung and Sony, you will be...
Feisol Tournament Tripod and CB-50D Ballhead Review
When I first received the box with my Feisol Tournament Tripod and CB-50D head, it was unbelievably light. I almost wondered if they forgot something in the shipment. When I opened the box I found a very nice looking carbon fiber tripod and ballhead, but how would this super light...