Zack Arias doubts his abilities: Do you doubt your’s?
Photography is a lonely hobby. You can share your work online and be lauded by flickr friends or acquaintances on a dozen other websites, but essentially you are alone. It’s you behind the lens, it’s you composing the shot, setting the exposure, and tweaking the images during [...]
Canon 5D Mark II new firmware: It’s here. Canon has announced the long-awaited firmware upgrade to the 5D Mark II DSLR. The upgrade will add 24 and 25 frames-per-second (fps) video recording modes to the camera’s video functions. Photographers will be able to download the up
The firmware (version 2.0.3) will make the video functions meet [...]
The Phottix Hero received a PMA “shout out” from photography writer Robert Franner. In his piece on Day 2 at the PMA, he mentioned the Phottix Live View Wireless Remote.
Franner said the Phottix Hero provides “much greater versatility,” that comparable products and great compatibility as it works with many DLSR models.
The Phottix Hero and Phottix [...]
Before the 2010 Vancouver Olympics are overshadowed by the PMA and the cavalcade of new gear announced and released, let’s take a quick look at what’s happening at the games.
CNN has a great insider article on a day-in-the-life of an Olympic sports photographer. Many photogs dream of shooting an Olympic event, but do they really [...]
Canon announced the newest addition to the Rebel line yesterday: The Canon 550D, aka, the Rebel T2i
The newest DLSR offers photographers a 18 megapixel APS-C sensor and Canon’s DIGIC 4 processor. The new rebel will also record HD video.
Sharing a feature with its big brother the Canon 7D, the Canon 550D uses the iFCL metering [...]
A whole photographic world lays hidden from sight. Broaden your photographic horizons with Phottix Macro AF Extension Tubes for Nikon and Canon Digital SLR cameras. Shoot macro images without macro lenses.
Unlike traditional extension tubes the new Phottix AF tubes feature electronic connections for lens autofocus and aperture functions.
Macro extension tubes are an inexpensive way to [...]
Happy New Year from Phottix.
Out with the old — In with the new. Or so goes the saying.
We say goodbye to 2009 and hello to 2010: A new year and a fresh start. What do you want to do with your camera in 2010? What are your goals for the new year?
It’s easy to forget [...]
You’re almost out of time. Why did you wait until the last minute? The idea of going to the mall or a shop is frightening: Too many people doing last minute Christmas shopping.
Sound familiar?
There are gifts for the photographers on your Christmas list you can buy without the hassle of malls and crowds. Gifts they [...]
November 20, 2009
This week on Photog Friday: Mary Angelini. She started in the art world at the ripe old age of 9 but it wasn’t until a trip to Switzerland that she was bitten by the shutterbug. She bought a Nikon Digital SLR and keeps busy shooting landscapes, macros and wildlife? What’s her secret? What does she [...]
This week on Photog Friday: Meet Stephen Oachs. The professional photographer trains his lens on wildlife. His captures are stunning example of the natural world. How did Stephen get started? Where is he headed? Read on…
Name: Stephen Oachs
Country of residence: U.S.A.
Brief Bio:
Stephen W. Oachs is an award-winning photographer, successful entrepreneur and technology veteran, who [...]