Posted on November 16th, 2010 by Forest Chaput de Saintonge

Welcome to Part II of my two-part post on tilt-shift lenses. Part I addressed the tilt function of these unique tools. This week, I will be talking about the other control that is available – the shift. To put it VERY simply, shifting the lens (either up, down, left or right) gives the photographer the [...]
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Posted on November 9th, 2010 by Forest Chaput de Saintonge

Few things are more iconic of the older style of photography than that of the photographer using a view camera with a black cloth over their head. I know that when I was a kid, I viewed a serious photographer as one of those people. Needless to say, things have changed quite a bit since [...]
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Posted on August 13th, 2010 by Forest Chaput de Saintonge

These Kata Bumblebee reviews were written collaboratively by Neil and Forest Chaput de Saintonge. In past few years, camera bags have evolved faster than ever. First it was the move from the older “over the shoulder” style bags that were the standard for many years for most professional photographers. More recently the move has been [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Forest Chaput de Saintonge

For the past few years, the photographic community has been moving from the older, more powerful, and regrettably more confusing, Photoshop®, to the streamlined and beautifully designed Lightroom®. Initially, this switch to Lightroom was fairly slow-paced. Recently, however it has gained great momentum. In fact, it would be safe to say that these days Lightroom [...]
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