Monthly Archives: August 2016
Tips for Shooting the Milky Way
Seeing the Milky Way with your own eyes is what you may call a jaw dropping experience, but one that can be truly achieved only in complete darkness. While stars are visible even in light polluted areas, the Milky Way’s … Continue reading
Canon EOS-1D X Mark II DSLR – $5,499.99 Shipped (Compare at $5,999.00)
eBay (via Deals-All-Year – 99.9% Positive feedback) has the Canon EOS-1D X Mark II DSLR available for $ 5,499.99 with free shipping. Compare at $ 5,999.00. Note: This is likely a grey market item and therefore technically ineligible for a Canon … Continue reading
Photographing a Spartan Race: Tips From The Pros
How To One of the most unique sports photography challenges around involves lots of mud Spartan Races are a great opportunity to capture some unique sports photography images. Here are some tips from the pros. Popular Photography
Neutral Density Filter Tips for Long Exposures During the Day
In this article, I will discuss an important topic in photography. Although this can be treated as an intermediate to advanced technique, I will try to keep it as simple as possible to make it seem like a piece of … Continue reading
3 Ways to Take Advantage of Bad Weather
In Norway we grow up hearing, “there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes”. While this wasn’t what you wanted to hear when you were eight years old, and had to go to school even though it’s -20c … Continue reading
Should I get the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II and 2X Extender or the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II Lens?
Getting both of these lenses is of course ideal (and very highly recommended), but what if your budget allows for only one? Which one should you get? On the surface, the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens and … Continue reading
Today Only: Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM Lens – $599.00 Shipped (Compare at $749.00)
Today Only: B&H has the Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM Lens (Canon/Nikon) available for $ 599.00 with free expedited shipping. Compare at $ 749.00 after $ 150.00 instant rebate. Product Highlights Full-Frame Format Aperture Range: f/2.8 to 22 Three … Continue reading
LensRentals Tests Lenses at 400mm to See Each Stacks Up
Roger Cicala of LensRentals recently tested the following lenses on their Olaf Optical Testing bench to see how they compare to one another at 400mm: Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM … Continue reading
Circular Polarizers Versus Graduated Neutral Density Filters for Landscape Photography
Whether you’re a professional or hobby photographer, odds are you’ve come across a beautiful, scenic landscape, that you absolutely had to photograph. Unless you’re an experienced landscape photographer, there’s a good chance the color in that photo wasn’t as saturated, … Continue reading
Travel Photography: How to Capture the Character of a Place
Many different elements go into making up the character of a particular destination or location, whether it be a far flung exotic city or your home town. It is the travel photographer’s job to cover these elements in order to … Continue reading
How to Tell a Story with Portraits by Using Creative Composition
In this article, we will explore new ways of using composition and creative framing to tell a story in your portraits. We’ll do so by understanding the marvellous ways our brain (as viewers) construct a sense of story. The common … Continue reading
Made in Japan: Discover how lenses are created
It’s not every day that you get to see behind the doors of a state-of-art factory in Japan and witness first hand how a lens is made. However, we were recently invited to do just that, with a personal guided … Continue reading