You all know that I like gear; I got this addiction from my dad. I change my photography gear all the time, constantly trying to get the new sharpest lens, or more megapixels in my camera. Through the years, my cameras, lenses, and tripod legs have been sold, traded and swapped for new or different [...]
Mark S. Johnson has been a long-time instructor and friend of RMSP in addition to being one of the most prolific and inspirational digital photographic artists/writers/educators in the industry. The creator of free-content websites, inspired how-to books, and many useful tools for the digital photographer, he exhibits expertise and passion with everything he does. We [...]
I have gone on many backpacking trips in the past few years. One thing that I always have to consider when I’m preparing is, what camera equipment should I take along? The following information doesn’t apply only to backpacking; it also really applies to any instance when you’re doing some sort of outside adventure and [...]
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 [...]
I’m pretty sure Henri Cartier-Bresson didn’t have insect mating in mind when he coined the photographic term “decisive moment,” but I can’t think of a phrase that better describes these momentary opportunities that often happen by surprise. More often than not catching insects mating at the decisive moment is just dumb luck, although it helps [...]
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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Photokina, one of the largest international photo shows, took place in Germany a few weeks ago. New product after new product showcased the latest technological trends in photography, which since the advent of digital cameras, seems to be evolving at an unbelievably fast rate. In an attempt to keep tabs, I discuss some of these [...]
Embry is a professional photographer whose style and composition have caught the attention of large companies such as Nike, Target and Canon, to name a few. Recently, he has not only photographed for these companies but also created video…
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 [...]
Times are changing faster than we can imagine or grasp. We don’t need to hold our ground or make a choice. What we need to do is begin to realize that technology is providing us with more tools than we have ever had before to express ourselves as we see fit.
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