As a portrait photographer, your lens choice is extremely important when it comes to your growth as a photographer. There’s a misconception among new photographers that zoom lenses are the way to go. Take a look at 3 reasons why you may want to go with a prime lens instead.

Until this month lens Image Stabilization classification between the different manufacturers was different. Starting this month though a new CIPA standard has taken effect, meaning that 3 stops of Image Stabilization will mean the same for a Canon, Nikon, Sigma, Tamron or any other lens.

Well, summer is here, and some of you might have some spare cash or a mid-year bonus that you’re looking…

You may recognize this as one of my standard lens-test scenes.  Thankfully, it also happens to be a great vantage…

Photographers love speed and efficiency. In fact, artists in general find anything that increases the time between idea and application…

Say what you will about buying cheap knockoffs, but you cannot deny the cost savings that they allow over name brand products. The latest case of this is this new Chinese wireless flash commander by Debao. Their commander unit, the SU-800, is about as close as you can have a knockoff be to an original brand name product without getting in trouble.

The concept of stop-action photography has been around forever, of course, but it seems like people are getting more and more creative with it lately! Or just fun and silly… ;-) Here’s how we captured this popular type of image:

In preparation for our upcoming Rokinon 24mm f/3.5 TS (tilt-shift) lens review, we’ve been shooting a few different types of scenes and testing things out. Here is a simple technique for creating seamless, quick panoramas that merge together effortlessly! (If you want to learn more about how to make a tilt-shift panorama, stay tuned and we’ll have more articles up soon!)

About a year ago, the planet Venus passed directly between the Earth and the Sun, an event which will not happen again until the year 2117. (Hopefully by then, we’ll be referring to it as “stardate 2-1-1-7” right?)

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to color correct a JPEG landscape image in Lightroom 4. When shooting in JPEG, we have much less control than if we were to shoot in RAW. This tutorial will also briefly discuss the differences between shooting in RAW and JPEG. Finally, we will also demonstrate how to create a black and white color corrected version of our image.

The Lightscoop Deluxe is a mirror that attaches to your camera in front of your pop-up flash and reflects the light from the flash off of the ceiling or a wall to give your images a softer look.

In this article, we will go over the 5 “rules” of color correction. These rules include color calibrating your monitor, using a high quality wide gamete display, working in a semi-dark area, making largest adjustments first, and remembering that color correction is somewhat subjective. Following these 5 rules will help you get the best quality out of your images.