How photographers can use histograms to nail their exposure
A histogram is a graph that depicts your image’s brightness when you review photos on the back of your camera or computer.
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Canon EOS R5 – First Impressions and Behind-the-Scenes on a Studio Portrait Test photoshoot
I got to play with my new camera on a Portrait shoot and the new eye and face detection auto focus rocks!
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Unboxing the BG-R10 Grip for the new Canon EOS R5 mirrorless camera
I just got the grip and camera, which will replace my 5DIV. I will have a full review soon!
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Unboxing the Canon EOS R5
I just got the camera and my first shoot starts in an hour! I will have an intial reaction video and a full review soon!
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Light meters: How flash meters can speed up your workflow and help you properly expose your images
When the topic of light meters comes up, many photographers are surprised to learn that I used them. While TTL and trial and error can be an effective way to nail an exposure, nothing can be more effective than manually and precisely dialing in your lights before fine tuning them on screen.
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The Exposure Triangle-How photographers camera, shutter speed, aperture & ISO exposure settings work
Breaking down in depth how your camera settings and exposure work to record images.
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Product Review: Store and protect photo & video data with an expandable Drobo RAID storage solution
An expandable Drobo backup system can be a great way to store and protect your images. The housing costs $699 and then you just need to buy two hard drives to get started, like two Western Digital WD Red 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drives
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Photographers: Developing your personal sense of style so clients will come to you for your work
When I was just starting out in photography, I really looked up to other photographers who had a lot more experience, because I realized right away that when you looked at their work, you could easily recognize that it was their work, because they had a sense of style.
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The 4 types of gels photographers can use to kill it in the studio
The sun rises in the east with a hint of yellow; it casts unflattering colorless light at its zenith and it sets with a warm amber glow. Neon accents cityscapes at night. All of which are cues to photographers on how to employ colored gels on set.
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How photographers can stain their apple boxes to create a weathered antique photoshoot prop
While using photo and film gear as props in portraits has been cool almost as long as there have been cameras, there are some unwritten rules you should follow. And when you violate these tenets, I feel like going off like Joan Crawford did about wire hangers in the 1981 classic film, “Mommy Dearest.”
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