Podcast #88 – Talking with Jason Anderson about building your lighting kit

Kerry and Jason talk about building your first lighting kit on a budget. Everyone needs a lighting kit but many people are intimidated by the upfront costs. In this show, Kerry and Jason walk through …

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Vanguard GH-100 Pistol Grip Review Vanguard GH-100 Pistol Grip Review

Camera accessories come and go but there are certainly some pieces of equipment that you become so intimately familiar with that you wouldn’t even look at something else. Such is the case with your …

ikan Multi-K Variable Color Temperature LED Light ikan Multi-K Variable Color Temperature LED Light

When shooting video from a camcorder or a DSLR, on-camera lighting has always had a lot of limitations. One of the biggest limitations is control of color temperature. This is a huge problem …

Snap Sights SS-1000 Underwater Digital Camera Review Snap Sights SS-1000 Underwater Digital Camera Review

If you are going snorkeling or spend time in a pool it’s always great to have a digital camera that can go right in the water with you. The Snap Sights SS-1000 is designed from …

NEXTO eXtreme Portable Photo/Video Storage Review NEXTO eXtreme Portable Photo/Video Storage Review

I simply cannot say it enough, you MUST have a backup solution that works well AND you actually have to use it because you just never know what might happen. I have had a …

LiquidImage Explorer snorkeling mask with 5mp Camera Review LiquidImage Explorer snorkeling mask with 5mp Camera Review

So you want to go snorkeling or diving and you want to take a camera underwater with you but don’t want a loose camera flinging around or maybe you just want to have your hands …

Scott Robert Lim’s Mentoring Workshop – An Attendee’s Opinion Scott Robert Lim’s Mentoring Workshop – An Attendee’s Opinion

I want to start off by admitting that I do not think of myself as an artistic person. I know the technical stuff pretty good, I understand exposure, aperture, shutter speeds, ISO, lighting geometry, and …

Using the PocketWizard ControlTL Wireless Flash Triggers Using the PocketWizard ControlTL Wireless Flash Triggers

Before we can really look at whether we need a product like the PocketWizard ControlTL system, we need to understand the limitations of our existing Canon speedlite system. The Canon system has a good …

Purosol Lens Cleaner Review Purosol Lens Cleaner Review

I generally keep any chemicals as far away from my DSLR as possible. I don’t use wet swaps on my sensors, I don’t use any liquids on my lenses. Ok, that being said I was …

Vanguard UpRise 38 Camera Bag Review Vanguard UpRise 38 Camera Bag Review

I usually travel pretty heavy when it comes to taking my camera gear anywhere but for our trip to Maui I kept looking at my camera bags and although they can haul a lot of …

My Passport Studio for Mac from Western Digital 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, …