Why I’m Dumping Adobe Photoshop & What I’m Using Now
byLet me begin by saying that I love Photoshop. I started using it in college back in 1995, and I’ve gone through so many…
Computers & Tech
Best Android Tablets for Photography : 2017
byA 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.
10 Useful Phone Apps for Traveling Photographers
byTop Ten Useful Apps for International Travel Photographers I just returned from a two month trip to Europe and Africa, including twelve countries and more…
Best Tablets for Photographers : 2016
byBest Tablets for Photographers Several years ago I bought a Google Nexus 10 (Android) tablet, hoping that it would make some of my photography…
Install Quicktime on Windows 10 : Solution
byLike many of you, I recently upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 (skipping over that mess that was Windows 8). Upon installing Adobe…
A Few Thoughts On the New iPad Pro, For the Photographer
byDuring the Steve Jobs Era, Apple was undoubtedly the most innovative and stylish force in the consumer technology industry, but if the new iPad…
How To Calculate A Lens’ Focal Length : Slightly Simplified
byI’ve been involved in an interesting exchange of ideas over the past couple of days with Tony Northrup about the effective focal length of…
How to Build a Motorized, DIY Time-Lapse Photography Dolly
byOK, this is something a little different than usual. I was looking through my collection of unpublished post drafts today and ran across this…
Best Rechargeable AA NiMH Batteries For Your Flash (Don’t Buy Eneloops…)
byRechargeables Are Better Fact: using rechargeable NiMH batteries in your flash will give you dramatically better performance than shooting with alkaline batteries. This might…
Best 4K and High-PPI Laptops for Photo Editing : 2014
byThe 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.
Fixing Your Canon 50mm f/1.4 : Easier Than You Might Think
byFixing 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…
Best 4K Monitors for Photo Editing & Video: 2014 Roundup
byIf 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…
Showing Mom Digital Doesn’t Mean Difficult
byGetting Mom to Use A Digital Camera t first it might seem like a daunting task followed by months of tech support questions, but…
Best Monitors for Photo Editing : Is it REALLY that important?
byIs the monitor really that important? The quick answer: YES, absolutely. IF YOU CAN’T SEE THE COLOR AND TONAL DIFFERENCES on your monitor, then…
Safe Digital Photo Storage: Hard Drives, NAS, and the Drobo
byFor digital photographers, data backup is critical. In fact, attention to the storage of our photos has never been more important. Fifteen years ago,…
Choosing The Best Photo Editing Computer
byHow to Build an Amazing Photography Computer This article is not meant to be the beginning of another Mac vs PC debate. When it…
MAC vs PC for Photography
byMac or PC? Actually, I don’t believe that it really makes much of a difference, as long as you know what you’re doing with…
Building A Free Photography Website
byTo Make More Money Save your money for new lenses and more pocket wizards – building a good photography website doesn’t need to be…