Podcast #76 – Conversation with David Ziser – Choosing the right aperture
February 26, 2010 – 8:42 am | Comments

This week I sat down with David Ziser to discuss a handful of topics including how to choose the right aperture for a particular shot, determining the depth of field for a particular shot, when …

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Articles by Maurice Naragon

Maurice Naragon worked for Apple Computer for 11 years. He left Apple in 1994 and helped to build one of the larger royalty free stock photography companies that was bought by Bill gates in the late 90s. He then went on to help build the digital production team of a famous LA design firm, and also built the sales team for a video compression company in San Diego. From 1996 to 2002, Maurice managed and produced the staging and built the presentations for all of Apple’s major U.S. and many international tradeshows. Maurice and his team were part of the opening production crew the first 11 Apple Computer retail stores, creating and directing the stage presentations in the stores. He also produced show stages and presentations for such companies as Sony, Kodak, Disney, Adobe, General Magic, Vignette and many others. Maurice also spent 2 years doing “Advance” work and site planning for the Vice President of the U.S. in the late 1980s Today Maurice runs Digital Creations Website Development and Marketing and does Professional Photography in Orange County, CA

My Passport Studio for Mac from Western Digital
March 1, 2010 – 8:05 am | Comments
My Passport Studio for Mac from Western Digital

This weekend Western Digital gave me the opportunity to be one of the first to write a review of the brand new (introduced March 1st, 2010) My Passport Studio ultra-portable hard drive with E-label.  So, …

Crumpler 8 Million Dollar Home – But What’s In A Name?
February 12, 2010 – 10:38 am | Comments
Crumpler 8 Million Dollar Home – But What’s In A Name?

So, I was going to start this article by talking about the name of this bag and the naming of Crumpler’s bags in general.  The names are certainly interesting and conversation starters to say the …

Building a Rail System for your Video DSLR
October 7, 2009 – 4:21 pm | Comments
Building a Rail System for your Video DSLR

This is a product that may be new to a lot of photographers.  I know it’s a little new for me too, as I just started researching rail systems at the beginning of this year …

SpyderCUBE White Balance Tool – A Must Have Gadget
May 31, 2009 – 1:49 pm | Comments
SpyderCUBE White Balance Tool – A Must Have Gadget

Once in a while a product comes along that is so clever, so right, it is just a “must have” product. While at PMA, I stumbled on such a product. The SpyderCUBE by Datacolor is one of those products. Nothing it does is really new, but it does everything right, in a small package, with more features than most any competitive product on the market.

Giottos Camera Screen Protector Review
March 12, 2009 – 7:47 am | Comments
Giottos Camera Screen Protector Review

I have always been a proponent of keeping my cameras looking brand new. A big piece of keeping your camera new is protecting the screens. This has been an age-old issue that affects all modern, digital cameras from point and shoots to professional SLRs. With typical protectors seeming overprices at $10 to $15 for a piece of plastic film smaller than the palm of your hand, why would you spend quite a bit more than that for the Giottos Camera Screen Protectors? We needed to try these out and see if they were worth the extra cost.

Compact Flash Memory cards – is yours a fake?
November 19, 2008 – 4:07 pm | Comments
Compact Flash Memory cards – is yours a fake?

I have been wanting to write this article for some time now… ever since I received a really bad fake SandDisk Ultra II Compact Flash card a few years back. After doing some research online, I found a few others that were getting the same crap cards from their online purchases.

Canon EOS 40D – A Hands-On Review
September 8, 2007 – 4:24 pm | Comments
Canon EOS 40D – A Hands-On Review

There are plenty of technical articles out there covering all of the details and specs and differences with the EOS 40D. I think this camera is going to be one of the most significant cameras of the coming year, so I am going to go over a few of my experiences with it, now that I have had one for a week.