Article Archive for November 2012
Review: Eye-Fi Pro X2 16gb SD WiFi Card
The Holy Grail of camera connectivity is being able to wirelessly and immediately send images from your camera directly to your PC or mobile device. Eye-Fi solved this connectivity issue a few years ago with …
Top Five Reasons To Rent Camera Gear
Most people don’t realize how cost effective it can be to rent camera gear when you need it rather than making a huge investment up front. Even if you have never considered renting gear before, …
Podcast #126 – Team Dojo’s Favorite Things
In this week’s podcast Team Dojo (Kerry Garrison, Chris Diset, and Debra Ekas) talk about their favorite things they would like to get or give this holiday season. From cameras, to lighting, to modifiers, if …
Review: Cotton Carrier Vest System
Finding a good system for carrying your gear is always a challenge as everyone’s needs are different. Some people need quick access, some need to carry lots of heavy equipment, others may want to have access to …
Get Your Lost Gear Back With SticKee Tags
Few things are worse than that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you realize you have left your phone, tablet, or other important item somewhere. The problem is that very few of our …
Podcast #125 – Team Dojo Discusses Lenses
Team Dojo all gets together to talk about a handful of different topics including what kinds of lenses are best for portraits, which are our favorite lenses, and which lenses we take to every job. …
Directional Lighting with On-Camera Flash
Buuuut Kerrrry..If you use your flash ON your camera (not your pop-up flash) you can’t get directional lighting, its going to look horrible. Well, yeah, and that’s why so many people don’t like to …
Lighting ratios for portraits
Shooting portraits using classic styles of lighting ratios is a dying art. Many new photographers are completely unfamiliar with how to do portrait lighting and so they don’t even try leaving the current trend of …
Podcast #124 – Conversation with David duChemin
This week we have special guest David duChemin. David is an international assignment photographer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) though is prone to living nomadically when at all possible. During the show, David talks …
Poll: How Long Have You Been a Photographer?
As with most of our polls, we are always trying to learn who our readers are so that we can tailor the content accordingly. In this poll we want to know how long you have …
Review: Switronix TorchLED TL-50 Video Light
Videographers and photographers are always looking for great ways to add additional light when they need it and there is no doubt that LED lighting is the wave of the future. The problem is that …
Camera Dojo Podcast Equipment Setup
I get asked quite a bit about the equipment I use when recording the Camera Dojo Podcast. The answer to this has changed over the years as I have always tried to have the best …
MXCamera Releases Canon EF Mount Adapter for Sony NEX Cameras
The holy grail of adapters for the Sony NEX series cameras is now available. MXCamera has just released an adapter to allow the Sony NEX cameras to use Canon EF lenses. The big advantage of …
Poll: How Old Are You?
We are always trying to understand who it is that comes to Camera Dojo. In today’s poll we want to know how old you are. As always, thanks for answering.
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