High Quality, DIY Motorized Slider for Time-Lapse Photography: Simple Version Matthew GoreNovember 9, 2018How To Build Your Own Motorized Slider for About $75 About six years ago, when time lapse sequences of the night sky were all the rage, I wanted to experiment ... Read More
8.3BenQ SW2700PT Monitor Review: Wide Gamut, Accurate AdobeRGB Color Matthew GoreApril 4, 2018BenQ SW2700PT: AdobeRGB You Can Afford For the past two months I've been testing the 27" BenQ SW2700PT QHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) monitor. Viewing my images on i... Read More
8.3BenQ SW271 Monitor Review: 4K Resolution, Accurate AdobeRGB Color Matthew GoreFebruary 22, 2018A photographer's workflow is like a stereo system: it's only as good as its weakest part. You may have a $5000 audiophile amplifier, but it's going to be wasted... Read More
TESTED: Bonai AA NiMH Rechargeable Batteries Matthew GoreJuly 7, 2017Bonai AA Rechargeable Battery Review: Are They Worth Buying? I've used several different rechargeable batteries in my flashes over the years, but I usually sti... Read More
Why I’m Dumping Adobe Photoshop & What I’m Using Now Matthew GoreApril 18, 2017Let me begin by saying that I love Photoshop. I started using it in college back in 1995, and I've gone through so many different versions of it that I can't ev... Read More
Best Android Tablets for Photography : 2017 Matthew GoreApril 11, 2017A high quality screen is incredibly important for evaluating and editing images, so the quality of the display on a photographer's tablet is paramount. High screen resolution is a big plus, but color reproduction and accuracy is also very important.... Read More
10 Useful Phone Apps for Traveling Photographers Matthew GoreNovember 21, 2016Top Ten Useful Apps for International Travel Photographers I just returned from a two month trip to Europe and Africa, including twelve countries and more citi... Read More
Best Tablets for Photographers : 2016 Matthew GoreNovember 23, 2015Best Tablets for Photographers Several years ago I bought a Google Nexus 10 (Android) tablet, hoping that it would make some of my photography work easier, and... Read More
Install Quicktime on Windows 10 : Solution Matthew GoreSeptember 22, 2015Like many of you, I recently upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 (skipping over that mess that was Windows 8). Upon installing Adobe Lightroom, though, I was ... Read More
A Few Thoughts On the New iPad Pro, For the Photographer Matthew GoreSeptember 9, 2015During the Steve Jobs Era, Apple was undoubtedly the most innovative and stylish force in the consumer technology industry, but if the new iPad Pro is any indic... Read More
How To Calculate A Lens’ Focal Length : Slightly Simplified Matthew GoreMarch 12, 2015I've been involved in an interesting exchange of ideas over the past couple of days with Tony Northrup about the effective focal length of Canon's 70-200mm f/2.... Read More
How to Build a Motorized, DIY Time-Lapse Photography Dolly Matthew GoreFebruary 13, 2015OK, this is something a little different than usual. I was looking through my collection of unpublished post drafts today and ran across this one; it's an artic... Read More
Best Rechargeable AA NiMH Batteries For Your Flash (Don’t Buy Eneloops…) Matthew GoreOctober 7, 2014Rechargeables Are Better Fact: using rechargeable NiMH batteries in your flash will give you dramatically better performance than shooting with alkaline batter... Read More
Best 4K and High-PPI Laptops for Photo Editing : 2014 Matthew GoreSeptember 17, 2014The best laptops for photography and Photoshop work have high-ppi screens with a wide color gamut, as well as plenty of RAM and fast SSDs. ... Read More
Fixing Your Canon 50mm f/1.4 : Easier Than You Might Think Matthew GoreSeptember 9, 2014Fixing Sticky Focus Problems on the Canon 50mm f/1.4 In 1994, my Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens was stolen, and I replaced it with another one. Last year, in 2013, that... Read More
Best 4K Monitors for Photo Editing & Video: 2014 Roundup Matthew GoreApril 19, 2014If you're working in video, there's a good chance that you've either started experimenting with 4K video or you want to. Cameras like the Panasonic Lumix GH 4 a... Read More
Showing Mom Digital Doesn’t Mean Difficult Bill MintonJanuary 8, 2012Getting Mom to Use A Digital Camera At first it might seem like a daunting task followed by months of tech support questions, but it doesn't have to be that wa... Read More
Best Monitors for Photo Editing : Is it REALLY that important? Matthew GoreJuly 20, 2011Is the monitor really that important? The quick answer: YES, absolutely.IF YOU CAN'T SEE THE COLOR AND TONAL DIFFERENCES on your monitor, then you can't ma... Read More
