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

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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Cullmann Tripods and EWA-Marine at PMA 2010
February 24, 2010 – 2:18 pm | 2 Comments

If you haven’t seen the new tripod from Cullmann yet, you are in for not only a visual treat but your wallet will be in for a major treat as well. These amazing tripods are …

Lensbaby at PMA 2010
February 24, 2010 – 10:01 am | No Comment

We had a chance to meet up with Sam and Craig from Lensbaby at PMA 2010 and Sam walked us through the upcoming Control Freak which is a refresh of the Lensbaby 3G but with …

PMA 2010 Highlights Part 1
February 21, 2010 – 9:58 pm | 4 Comments

The Camera Dojo team headed to Anaheim California to attend the Photo Marketing Association’s yearly trade show. The show is still going on this week so we will be back to get more information and …

PMA 2010 Sneak Peak
February 20, 2010 – 3:21 pm | No Comment
PMA 2010 Sneak Peak

PMA is the largest domestic photography show every year bringing in vendors from around the globe to showcase their latest products. Before the first day is a quick sneak peak with a handful of vendors …

Vanguard Alta Pro 284CT Tripod Review
February 18, 2010 – 9:04 pm | No Comment
Vanguard Alta Pro 284CT Tripod Review

Tripods are one of those big dollar purchases that many photographers put off well past then they should and I can’t count how many photographers I know that rarely use their tripod because they dislike …

Lightroom Update for Leica M9 Customers
February 14, 2010 – 7:44 am | No Comment

The Lightroom 2.6 update included a bug that could cause Lightroom to crash unexpectedly when encountering certain raw files from the Leica M9 camera. This bug is an unfortunate consequence of …

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 …

Crumpler 8 Million Dollar Home – But What’s In A Name?
February 12, 2010 – 10:38 am | No Comment
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 …

Podcast #74 – Back to the Basics – Composition with Roberto Valenzuela
January 19, 2010 – 6:34 pm | One Comment
Podcast #74 – Back to the Basics – Composition with Roberto Valenzuela

This week we go back to the basics and talk about composition with our good friend Roberto Valenzuela.
Roberto talks about composition and gives the following guidelines:

Choose a selective focusing technique
Placement and composition of your main …

Podcast #73 – Conversation with Marc Fuller on Wordpress, Google, and SEO
January 7, 2010 – 3:29 pm | 3 Comments
Podcast #73 – Conversation with Marc Fuller on Wordpress, Google, and SEO

This week we bring back Marc Fuller to talk about some of the features of the latest version of Wordpress, the content management system that many of us use. We also talk about changes to …