Review: Vanguard Xcenior 48T Rolling Camera Bag

When it comes to travelling and moving about with your camera gear and laptop, sometimes, a backpack is just not enough. A rolling camera bag does make it easier to travel, especially when you bring along it as a carry on item on board an airplane. Vanguard recently sent us their Xcenior 48T Trolley to … Read more

Review: Tamrac 5789 Evolution 9 Backpack

All photos except the Evolution Roller by Joe Gunawan | fotosiamo.com for SLRLounge.com A proper storage and transport unit is essential for any photographers who are looking to carry multiple lenses and accessories such as flash, filter, flash triggers, and battery grips. While you can go be pretty minimalistic with just a satchel bag or … Read more

New Camera Announced! Weather-sealed Pentax K30 Mid-level DSLR

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  The Pentax K-30 has just been officially announced. From the specs, this mid-level camera should be a pretty solid contender for those looking for a Canon/Nikon mid-level APS-C alternative: 16 Megapixel APS-C Sensor Weather-sealed and a steel frame  SAFOX IXi+ Autofocus (AF) module for improved autofocus performance Large 3 inch LCD Low profile glass pentaprism viewfinder … Read more

Unfair Fight? Nikon D800e vs Leica S2-P medium format!

Nikon D800e Leica S2

With a 36 megapixel sensor, it is only inevitable that someone would test the Nikon D800 and D800e cameras against a medium format cameras. The D800, of course, has the Anti-Aliasing filter, which puts it at a disadvantage in regards to sharpness because none of the current medium format cameras uses AA filter. The Nikon … Read more

How to Apply Textures to Images Using Photoshop

UPDATE – Check out the new Ultimate Photoshop Texturing Video Tutorial which contains all of the techniques from this article, working files, and more! Many of you have asked us to put up an article on how to texture photos. The fact is, that there are many articles on the web that show you how … Read more

Post Production – Efficient Lightroom Workflow – Step by Step Instruction

Adobe Lightroom is the single most important software for the professional photographer. Besides the significant reduction in your post production time, Lightroom tools provide great tools for file management, sorting, filtering, and exporting for all of your different purposes. So you’re convinced and you’ve taken the plunge, now what’s next? Here is an overview of … Read more

Canon 5D Mark II Review

Search the phrase “Canon 5D Mark II Review,  and you’ll find more information than one can process. Some of the reviews are technical, done thoroughly by reputable magazines and professionals in the industry. Others are purely subjective, written by frustrated or happy consumers expressing their opinions with their limited knowledge and experience. This review is somewhere in the middle, leaving out the inapplicable detail, but thorough enough to make a good case for purchasing the camera as a professional wedding and engagement photographer.