Weekly Hot Deals!
Hello, everyone! Over the past several years I have become the “guy” that a lot of people go to when they want to buy gear. I do my very best to strike the balance for others that I do for…
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,…
Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Image Gallery
Hello everyone! I know that there is a lot of excitement over Tamron 150-600mm VC lens lens (enough that you all pretty much broke my website!), so I thought I would create a space just as a gallery for you to see…
Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Review
Tamron’s Game Changer I pay very close attention to news in the camera industry. I also interact with a lot of different photographers around the world via the Internet. I can safely say that this lens, the Tamron SP 150-600mm…
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,…
Tamron SP 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 VC USD Review
Ready to Challenge the Big Dogs? I recently wrote about the great flexibility of a good macro lens, particularly a stabilized one. That article will be coming out in the next PhotoNews Flash. But to summarize: when you buy a…
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…
Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 Wide Angle Review
How wide can you go? I am a Canon shooter. I don’t see that changing any time soon. Canon is renowned for its range of telephoto lenses that are considered to be the best. Period. The truth of the…
Canon EOS M Review
The old saying goes, “The best camera is the one that you have in hand…” Updated October 15th, 2013 with info on the EF-M 18-55mm f STM IS and a new gallery of images with the lens. That is very…
Q&A Post #1: Is the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II Worth the Extra Money?
Q&A Post #1: Is the Canon 24-70mm f II Worth the Extra Money (Over the Tamron SP 24-70mm f VC USD)? I get gear questions on basically a daily basis from people who have read my reviews or have seen…