After almost freezing my hands during an Iceland photo trip, I began a long search for proper winter gloves that would be both warm and ergonomic for operating a camera. For many years, most of my photo career was based on shooting the gorgeous seascapes and landscapes of Portugal. Even though our winters can sometimes […]
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Any photographer who wishes to improve their images needs three key elements: knowledge, practice, and constructive criticism. While the first two are entirely dependent on the individual's will, the latter requires inputs from a third source.
I don't really like fisheye lenses. I've never found much use for them and find the surreal look of the images to be of limited utility. But that doesn't mean that I won't jump at the chance to give a new one a try. [Read More]
The Laowa 8-15mm f2.8 FF lens is one the most exciting lenses to be announced by the camera in years. I mean, come on? A fisheye zoom and it's got an f2.8 aperture? This lens, which I imagined would deliver in so many different ways, left me with milk when I asked for cream. To that end, I have to say that I'm a bit disappointed.
Nearly a year ago, I finished our Pentax 17 camera review. And back then, I gave it an Editor's Choice award. The Pentax 17 is the camera that finally made me empathize with Mets fans. You see, when I was much younger, I'd root for the Yankees because I knew that I'd always get lunch money when betting against my friends.
While most photographers pray at the altars of a single camera brand and take to the internet to participate in their own crusade for control of the holy market, I've always been a polycamerous type of shooter.
LUMIX S lenses are pretty unique overall in the field of photography. The brand makes affordable lenses with pretty high end features that other manufacturers would charge so much more for. We're talking about super fast autofocus motors, solid image quality, weather resistance, and an overall very uniform size.
Experienced photographers love prime lenses for so many reasons. First off, there's the whole obsession that many have with nice looking bokeh. But then there's also the fact that they can make photography so easy.