I need to take a few day break from the Mount Takao blog series, as I felt it important to write a blog about one of the people who made a major impact in my life as a writer. A person who’s photography would reach Read More …
I am often asked of how I took my day and night shots of Tokyo Station and where can they go to take photos of the location. First, I didn’t take my DSLR or lenses, I just used a Canon Powershot G7x and Panasonic DMC-LX10 Read More …
For the past five years or so, I’ve often receive a lot of questions in regards to how I take photos close up of insects, flowers, a watch, food, dioramas, etc. The answer is that I use macro lenses. Macro lenses work as regular lenses Read More …
Back in 2012, Engineerable launched FocusShifter, a follow focus for DSLR cameras and an improved design with counterbalance in 2013. The group unveiled their latest DSLR-related project known as the LensShifter which they put up on Kickstarter which they designed, prototyped and manufactured. The LensShifter Read More …
For the longest time, I have depended on my DSLR shoulder bags when traveling to events around the world. But I noticed how I would experience shoulder pain due to the uneven distribution of the weight that I decided to go with a backpack. What Read More …
For those who are always up and about with their DSLR, especially those traveling, will definitely want to consider the Sun Sniper Rotaball-Pro DSLR strap. For some people, they may be thinking…”DSLR Strap”? Well, let me explain that the Sun Sniper Rotaball-Pro is a product Read More …
Vanguard is a reputable company when it comes to photo and video-related products for 30-years and when it comes to tripods, the company’s reputation is partly due to the quality of their tripods. Vanguard has continued to grow as a company and now integrating an Read More …
While I have had this memory card for several weeks, I wanted to take my time utilizing the Lexar Professional 2000x 32GB SDHC UHS-II (Class 10) Memory Card. Having used Sandisk and PNY memory cards for photography and video, this would be my first time Read More …
(Originally reviewed on October 8, 2012) Are you a photographer who has looked at an issue of Newsweek, Time Magazine, GQ, Vogue and other major publications and wondered, how did this photographer capture this moment? Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith has been a Read More …
Vanguard is a reputable company when it comes to photo and video-related products for over 26-years and when it comes to tripods, the company’s reputation is partly due to the quality of their tripods. Vanguard has continued to grow as a company and now integrating Read More …
When it comes to heads for your tripod, I believe in having both a regular ball head and also a pistol grip. I have used a variety of other brands of heads to go along with my Bogen 3020/3021 tripods for use with my DSLR Read More …
Vanguard is a reputable company when it comes to photo and video-related products for over 26-years and when it comes to tripods, the company’s reputation is partly due to the quality of their tripods. Vanguard has continued to grow as a company and now integrating Read More …
I have been wanting a pistol ball head grip for my camera for a while. As much as I wanted the Vanguard version, with my focus on saving money on glass, it means I have to resort to a more economical route and so, my Read More …
When it comes to heads for your tripod, I believe in having both a regular ball head and also a pistol grip. I have used a variety of other brands of heads to go along with my Bogen 3020/3021 tripods for use with my DSLR Read More …
I have had some unfortunate situations where I have had to shoot photos with low light outdoors and using my flash and avoiding the use of a very high ISO, the end result were blurry pictures because I had to guesstimate. I invested in ring Read More …