I love just walking around with my camera. It could be at a park. It could be at a parking lot. This time it was around my church where I saw this: So I squatted down and got these shots: or I saw this: And shot this: For those of you new to photography, don’t be afraid … More Walking with Nature
If you are a family photographer like me, you are on a budget and can’t afford the best-of-the-best for everything. I would like an ultrawide lens (wider than 18mm (27mm FF equiv)) for my Fuji cameras, but can’t justify the $1000 for Fuji’s 10-24mm. I would also like to avoid the whole upgrade game, so what I … More Cheap Ultrawide Lens for Fuji
I have new found respect for insect photographers — especially ones who shoot very busy bees. I recently shot bees at sunset with my 50-140mm at 140mm wide open (f/2.8) at its minimum focus distance (3ft), and man! Are those bees are hard to track and keep in focus. At f/2.8 at this distance, you’ve got … More Chasing Bees
I read about how you can use a certain kind of camping flashlight as a ring light, so I got one of these cheap off eBay sometime last year. Don’t do it. Just get a proper ring light — a generic one isn’t that much more cost and you get a much more useful product. Here is … More DIY Ring Light
There are a million pages on what you can do to improve your photos. Just Google “tips for better photos.” All of them, including this page, are designed to help you see some of the millions of little tweaks pro photographers take to make their photos amazing and not just a snapshot. But first of all, it … More Quick and Dirty Photography Tips
I recently purchased extension tubes to open up my options for close up photography. What I quickly learned was: Multiple extension tubes reduces your exposure significantly (almost 2.5-3 stops with both 10mm and 16mm stacked) When you get inches away from your subject, you can end up blocking the light you need with your lens (and camera). So, … More Generic Small Ringlight
Last year or so, Peak Design came out with the Everyday Bag which sold very well, but it was a messenger-style bag which isn’t my cup of tea. In general, I like backpacks. Now, PD has started a Kickstarter campaign for their next products which includes the Everyday Backpack that is quite intriguing. It has many of … More The Everyday Backpack by Peak Design
There has been a lot of press lately since the X-T2 announcement. Here is my 2 cents as a X-T1 owner — none of which is surprising I don’t think. If you make your living on photography… and need all the new features, by all means go for it. Those are impressive new features that improve an … More Fuji X-T1 vs X-T2
In last fall kid’s soccer season several months ago, I shot half the game with my trusty Canon 7D and half with my new Fuji X-T1. I liked the images from my X-T1, but I wasn’t 100% sold that I could shoot kid’s soccer successfully and comfortably with just the Fuji since: The Canon 7D and 70-200mm f/4L … More Going Cold Turkey – Kid’s Soccer and the Fuji X-T1
To expand my options in my closeup photography, I decided to get some extension tubes (adapters with no optics that go between your lens and camera body and reduce the minimum (and maximum) focus distance). I opted for extension tubes over a macro reverse adapter (a simple adapter that mounts your lens in reverse), because: I did … More Generic Fuji Extension Tubes
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