Podcast #77 – Conversation with Scott Robert Lim – Getting Started with Flash Photography
March 16, 2010 – 10:47 am | No Comment

Scott Robert Lim is a professional photographer who does workshops and mentoring sessions around the world. This week, Scott talks about getting started with flash photography.

Master photographer and internationally renowned photographer, Scott …

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David Ziser lighting demo for Westcott at WPPI 2010
March 15, 2010 – 8:45 am | No Comment
David Ziser lighting demo for Westcott at WPPI 2010

David Ziser (http://digitalprotalk.com) is certainly one of my personal mentors with his classical approach to wedding photography and lighting. At WPPI this year David was on-hand at the Westcott booth to do a lighting demonstration …

Tamron Video – Autofocus functions and modes
March 10, 2010 – 9:31 pm | No Comment

In this video, Andrew from Tamron discusses the autofocus features of modern DSLRs and the different autofocus modes that are available. You will also learn when and how to use the different types of autofocus …

Getting to Know Your Camera – Tamron Video
March 8, 2010 – 9:40 am | No Comment

In this first video from Tamron, Andre talks about camera basics and getting to know your camera.

Podcast #75 – Conversation with Syl Arena – LIDLIPS, Speedlites, and More
February 13, 2010 – 9:53 am | No Comment
Podcast #75 – Conversation with Syl Arena – LIDLIPS, Speedlites, and More

In this episode I am joined by Syl Arena from Paso Robles California who is an excellent photographer and one of the people that has really been an inspiration to me in using small speedlites …

15 Photography Books You Shouldn’t Go Without Reading
August 27, 2009 – 7:47 am | 7 Comments
15 Photography Books You Shouldn’t Go Without Reading

There are hundreds if not thousands of photography books available and choosing one can be a daunting task. I asked around for some suggestions and even made some tweets to ask what other people thought and I came up with this list of 17 (will explain in a moment) books you shouldn’t miss.

Digium Card Photo Shoot Walkthru
August 14, 2009 – 9:46 pm | No Comment
Digium Card Photo Shoot Walkthru

Every once in a while a shoot comes up with specific requirements and your job is to figure out how to get the shot that they want. Today I needed to shoot some Digium interface cards for 888VoipStore.com. The challenge was that I wanted to get a vertical shot with a reflection underneath.

DSLR Remote Pro – Revisiting an old friend
July 20, 2009 – 3:00 am | One Comment
DSLR Remote Pro – Revisiting an old friend

If you have been a fan of Camera Dojo for a while you will have seen mentions of Breeze Systems’ DSLR Remote Pro. DSLR Remote Pro at its basics is a tool for doing tethered shooting, so what right? The Canon EOS Utility can do that, so why would we want to spend close to $100 for software that comes free with your camera? Let’s take a fresh look at what all DSLR Remote Pro can do for you.

How to properly clean your lenses
July 14, 2009 – 9:21 pm | 10 Comments
How to properly clean your lenses

In the forums Benjamin Trevor asked for an article on how to properly clean your lens so thanks for the suggestion and here we go. First off, the best thing to do is keep your lenses clean in the first place, always keep your front and rear caps on when not in use.

Video: What’s in Kerry’s Bag
July 12, 2009 – 3:14 pm | 12 Comments
Video: What’s in Kerry’s Bag

I get asked all the day what gear I have in my camera bag so today I put together a video of going through my camera bag and seeing everything that is in it. If …

Video: Walking through a typical product shoot
July 9, 2009 – 6:07 am | 19 Comments
Video: Walking through a typical product shoot

In this video Kerry walks through the process of doing a typical product shoot. This tutorial uses the Westcott Spiderlite TD-5 constant lights. Constant lights are great for product shots because you can easily get your lighting setup and see exactly in the viewfinder what you will get when you press the shutter.