What constitutes Landscape Photography over that of a Snapshot? We have all seen them, sometimes we are them, the individual out shooting during the middle of the day with harsh light taking pictures of scenery or landscapes with less than interesting composition, foreground, or background.  If you want some sharp looking, vibrant, contrasty looking pictures [...]

My camera bag I often get asked what camera bag(s) I use and what I carry with me.  Like most photographers I’ve owned as many bags as many women do shoes, but I’ve narrowed it down to these 4 bags.  How do I use these bags? Gura Gear – Kiboko 30L – This is my [...]

What’s your favourite lens? Do you have a lens you shoot with often?  or almost exclusively?  Do you have a “Standard Zoom” lens attached to your camera body as your default?  It’s not a surprise many choose a “Standard Zoom”, those in the 18mm to 135mm range.  Those lenses that give you a reasonable wide [...]

Worried About Lost Gear? A new service from GadgetTrak is available called CameraTrace. It’s a great new service that gives you a little peace of mind every night! Using not-so-new technology, and applying it in a slightly different way, CameraTrace will help you locate and get your precious camera back. It does this through what [...]

Virtual Hotspots of Photography Locations: If you are like me, you enjoy going out for a walk – in the opposite direction of the main flow of traffic! You’ll beat through the bush to find a trail that only you and the wild animals traverse, because lets face it: with so many photographers roaming the [...]

New Cameras, Tablets, TV’s, and more! CES 2012 was held at Las Vegas this year, producing many new products that we all can wish for! From reports, there was a mass of new tablets being announced from a variety of manufacturers, Microsoft announced this was their last show they will be attending (following Apples lead), [...]