We continue our mini-series of Film Fun videos, and today is the big day! In this week's video, we develop a roll of black and white ILFORD 120 medium format film. The podcast released for this episode is just an iPhone optimized low-resolution...
Yesterday I picked up my new Canon EOS 5Ds R 50 megapixels, ultra high resolution DSLR camera, and have since shot around 200 frames, on which I've based this first impressions review. I'll follow up on this with a full review and podcast in a week or so, when I've...
Today we continue our a mini-series of Film Fun videos, in which I'm walking you through my first experiences in using and processing ILFORD black and white 120 medium format film. The podcast released for this episode is just an iPhone optimized low resolution...
Today we kick off a mini-series of Film Fun videos, in which I'm going to walk you through my first experiences in using and processing ILFORD black and white 120 medium format film. I'm recording this brief audio introduction for release today, to let you know...
This week we're going to take a look at ten photographs from a recent visit to the Five Color Lakes or "Goshikinuma" in Fukushima, here in Japan. Goshikinuma literally means five color swamps, although that isn't the prettiest translation, so pond is often used,...
Just a short audio podcast today, to let you know about a video, that I just published. I'm proud to announce the availability of our newest viewfinder mockup tool, for the Canon EOS 7D Mark II, and I've just finished putting together a video to walk users through how...
Ten ways to do this and five ways to do that, are popular types of posts, and can often be a bit corny, which is one of the reasons why I don’t do these very often, but a number of things have been on my mind recently, so I thought I’d pull these...
This week we continue with our tribute to a lens series, with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens. Once again, I'm going to share 10 photos made with this lens over the last six years, with some commentary on why I found this glass to be so very special. To give you a...
Many, many moons ago, way back in July 2008, I released podcast episode 147 as a tribute to my old 100-400mm lens. I'd just sold the lens and felt compelled to share some images shot with that lens, in honor of its passing. Although I've sold lenses since then, that I...
This week I relay what is essentially very simple advice about getting things done. I'll explain this in more detail, but when considering the implementation of a new workflow element, starting a new project, or jumping into life-changing situations, the hardest step...
Today we’re going to explore a number of topics that have been plaguing artists for centuries, and will probably continue to plague us for a few more millennia at least—how to become and stay creative, finding your artistic genre and developing a style. We all, at...
Today I feature Rick Andrews, a wildlife photographer from Alberta, Canada, who joined the first of my two Japan Winter Wildlife Tours for 2015. I always do my tour updates with my own photography, but I thought it would make a nice change to see the tour from a...