Murals, street art, or graffiti. Whatever you call it, and if you like colorful places, Shoreditch on the east end of London is the place to tour while visiting the city. Shoreditch wasn’t a place that I had heard of before researching our trip to London. It’s home to the Brick Lane Market, great clothing…
Photography
My Journey into Infrared Photography
For the past couple of years, I have been considering converting my Fujifilm X-T1 to an infrared camera. I like the look of infrared images and the creative process of this type of photography is completely different. It forces you to think outside the box. Converting involves opening up the camera and removing the hot…
Tethered Shooting With The Fuji X-T1
Last week Fujifilm quietly released the plugin allowing Fuji X-T1 users to shoot tethered to Adobe Lightroom. I have been patiently waiting for this feature since I switched to Fuji from Canon. So was the wait worth it? For me the answer is yes. When I’m in the studio shooting products or portraits viewing the image on…
Photographs Not Taken
I recently finished reading the book Photographs Not Taken, the book is full of short stories about why photographers didn’t capture the moment and in some cases how it hunts them. It made me think about some of the photographs that I haven’t taken and the reasons why. June 2013 I was in Rome for a…
Inside My Camera Bag
Over the years the gear inside my camera bag has changed tremendously from the early days of one SLR, one lens and rolls of film to a DSLR, a number of large lenses, a tripod, and a 17” MacBook Pro and now it has changed again. I was fortunate enough to travel around Europe for…
Diana F+
Nice surprise waiting for me when I got home. Google+: View post on Google+
The Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM Pancake Lens
I’m testing out the new Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM Pancake lens this weekend. So far I’m liking the results. It’s a bit slow on the focusing side but overall I think it’s a keeper. Google+: View post on Google+
Eastman Kodak files for bankruptcy
Eastman Kodak files for bankruptcy. I have been reading about Kodak and their financial troubles for the past couple of years, yet it still came as a surprise when I read the news this morning about their filing. Kodak was once the dominant company in the photo film industry, it was the film everyone used. Times have changed and unfortunately…
Shooting a reflective surface
Shooting a reflective surface can be a little tricky because you need to set your lights and camera up in such a way that they will not reflect in the object you are shooting. For this photo I ended up using three lights, one over and a little behind the sunglasses with a blue gel,…
Don’t leave your Speedlite at home
I almost always have a camera with me when I leave the house or studio but deciding what to take some days can be a tad challenging, will I need a 70-200 lens today? It only weighs 3lbs. Not a problem if you’re in a car but on a Vespa it’s a completely different story….
Is film dead?
I was getting ready to set up some lights today for a shoot and while looking for a strap found a dozen or so rolls of film in the pocket of one of my bags. So I started to think with the speed, high mega-pixels and all the other features on the new digital SLR…