New Tamron All-in-One Lens Announcement

Dustin’s thoughts:  This lens sounds (potentially) like another exciting product from Tamron provided the optics are reasonably good.  I used the Tamron 18-270mm VC when I shot crop sensor bodies at one point and found it a pretty competent performer…

How (and Why) I Took the Shot #1: Overlook

This is the first post in a new series where I will tell you a little bit about a certain shot, focusing on how I shot it and equally importantly, why I shot it. Photography is about the individual.  We…

Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Review update

Tamron’s Game Changer Update:  February 7th, 2014.  This lens has caused a serious stir not only amongst reviews but at retail.  Reviews since mine have strongly concurred with my conclusions.  Many people have experienced backorders in countries around the world,…

Snap Art 4 Tuturial

“Fabulous Feline”: In today’s tutorial I want to demonstrate how that you can take an ordinary “snapshot” style photo and turn it into a handsome piece of art through the use of Alien Skin Snap Art 4.  Best of all,…

Thanks a Million!

Wow, what a ride it has been over the past couple of years!  Flickr tells me that I joined the site in October 2010.  I was very new to serious photography at that point, and, to be honest, I almost…

The Moose of Algonquin Park

“The Ungainly Giants” I have the privilege of living only about 25 minutes from the eastern edge of one of Ontario’s great treasures – Algonquin Provincial Park.  This massive provincial park (7,653 square kilometers/2,995 square miles) is a place full…

From Good to Great Workflow Articles

The following links are to a series of articles that I wrote for software manufacturer company Alien Skin.  I get a fair number of questions about my processing workflow, and these articles, in part, are about how I go about…

First PhotoNews Flash Article

Hello all, First, I want to say “Thank you” for frequenting this space and for the nearly 85,000 visits in the first year or so of this new site being live.  I’m very grateful!  Secondly, I wanted to share a…