Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Review
Oh, the Drama! Wow! When I made a video about preordering the day of the formal announcement of the 5D Mark IV, I had no idea that I was about to become embroiled in controversy. The initial response was…
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Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM Review
Okay. Raise your hand if you wanted/expected this lens to come with an image stabilizer? In a day when many people use DSLRs as hybrid stills/video cameras and when Canon offers camera bodies with 30 and 50 megapixels, one would…
Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 Review
The first generation of Tamron’s affordable supertelephoto zoom took the world by storm when it was released less than three years ago. Never before had the market seen such incredible reach (up to 600mm on a full frame DSLR) in…
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM Review
Replacements to Canon’s key lenses are always major events, and for many photographers Canon’s EF 35mm f has been one the top go-to lenses for some time. It was beloved for its beautiful “drawing” (look of the images) and accurate…
Tamron SP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD Review
It’s been a long time since we have seen a prime lens from Tamron outside of some very good macro lenses. While Sigma has been making a name for itself with its ART series primes (along with a few innovative…
Tamron SP 45mm f/1.8 VC USD Review
A few years ago Sigma began to carve out a very nice niche for itself with the introduction of its ART series primes. These quickly became legitimate alternatives to some of the top first party primes and it was no…
Why FotodioX Pro is Worth the Extra Dough
A good adapter makes old glass shine! My love for vintage glass has been well documented. I’ve written articles for my own website, for Alien Skin Software, and even for Digital Photography School. Many of you know that I’m a…
Long Range Landscapes
Why You Should Bring Your Telephoto Lens when you Shoot Landscapes This article was originally written for Alien Skin Software – check out the original on their blog here: When most people think about shooting landscapes, they immediately think, “wide…
Gear for Senior Session Portraits
You’ve probably already figured out that there is a growing market for Senior Sessions. Gone are the days when it was sufficient for the crew to pull up at the school, unload some backdrops, and take cookie cutter photos of…
Nostalgia Processing
Nostalgia. It’s an odd word when you stop and look at it, but also a word that impacts us all. It might be a smell that takes you back to Grandma’s kitchen, an old movie poster that evokes some warm…
Vintage Glass, Vintage Looks
We live in a somewhat ironic day. Many of the optical defects of past years have been resolved, and lenses are no longer prone to flare or odd optical quirks like bokeh that “swirls” around the periphery of the image.…
How to Shoot and Process a Nightscape
There are few people that don’t enjoy the mesmerizing images of the night sky filled with stars over a beautiful foreground scene. It was a friend of mine, Royce Bair, who popularized the term “nightscape” for these type of images. …