It’s that time of year again, the holidays are coming, and for most of us that means exchanging gifts. With that in mind, I present this list of great stocking stuffers for the photographer in your life. Like most things in photography, not everything is cheap, but they should fit in a stocking. I’ve tried [...]

November’s full moon.

That’s right folks today is Independence day, at least in the USA, and to celebrate there’s nothing we like more than shooting off big things that explode! That’s right it’s fireworks time. So it’s time once again to get out our cameras and point them skyward and hopefully catch the fun as the heavens are [...]

It’s that time of year again when the Christmas decorations are out in full force. There’s always a shot to be had in the Christmas decorations if you know what to look for and how to get the most out of them.

When I first got my iPhone I was terribly disappointed by the performance of the camera that had been talked up by so many well respected photographers. That said, my iPhone is still an indispensable tool for me as a photographer, and fortunately there are apps that address much of the shortcomings of the native [...]

For some time I’ve had intermittent issues with one of my 580ex IIs, but never could put my finger on it, literally. Touching the flash would often fix the problem. On some rare occasions it just wouldn’t fire, or would fire at the wrong power, but never often enough for with enough regularity to be [...]

Focusing is something most photographers take for granted, however it’s not always been that easy. Inside we take a look at the early years of focusing cameras, the pressures that called for focusing aids, and the science behind some of those solutions.