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 [...]

I have forever been intrigued by castles… imagine a civilization that resided within a castle, either for protection, or for a central marketing hub. They have captured my imagination for years, especially after reading dozens of fantasy novels. So I figure, what is the best kind of inspiration? Examples that have so many stories behind [...]

Kenya Photo Safari (August 20th – 31st) About RoTP Photographic Safaris If you enjoy photography and being close to nature this is the trip for you.  Rule of Thirds Photography (RoTP) has put together a program that puts you right in the middle of fabulous African wildlife with many only feet from our vehicle.  We [...]

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 [...]

Properly Output To The Web: The web is a complicated technology that the average individual doesn’t understand. Many people have websites loading far longer than they should – and it can promptly be cut down if proper image output is used. I know there are a lot of Lightroom users, and still Photoshop users that [...]

Upgrading to Adobe CS6 Suite? Adobe initially announced that their upgrade options for the CS6 Suite would only be available to CS5 and CS5.5 users – leaving older software packages such as CS4 and lower, sitting in the water without a paddle. Luckily for you guys, the photographic community got together and communicated their frustrations [...]