Monopods are a valuable, but often misunderstood piece of photography gear you may own. This issue, I’ll answer the most commonly asked monopod questions: Why choose a monopod over a tripod? How do you choose the right monopod? Carbon Fibre or Aluminum? What about leg locks – twist or lever? […]
(composite photo of 33 meteors in one night) In horse racing a Superfecta is when you correctly pick the first 4 horses across the finish line. In 30 days between December 5th and January 4th there will be superfecta of 4 meteor showers visible in the Northern Hemisphere but you […]
The indoor car show season is starting soon. That means photographing in warm indoor spaces (Yay!!) With horrible light (Boo!) Last spring, I visited the Canadian International Auto Show (www.autoshow.ca) and wanted to do something different. One of my frustrations with indoor car shows is light – not enough, wrong […]
I recently learned that that one of the young men whom I coached soccer and hockey was selected by Athletics Canada to represent our country at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. I was ecstatic for Max and really proud of him – he was going to […]
There are hundreds of blogs out there telling you how to use a Neutral Density Filter (most of which are very technical), but I will be telling you my thought process of “How I use the RealPro ND100 and the RealPro ND500 filters”. So just to give you some sort […]
Cactus keeps innovating with their V6 II wireless flash transceivers. One of Cactus’ unique features is the ability of V6 and V6 II units to control “cross-brand” speedlights. For example, I can use a Canon flash with my Nikon camera and everything syncs with the shutter! One of my favourite […]
The past few issues, we’ve learned about speedlights and strobes, how to use them on camera and off and how to setup a home studio. This month, let’s take a look at some of those funny attachments you can stick on your speedlight to change how it creates light. If […]
For the latest Metz ad in PHOTONews, I wanted to create a celebratory beverage in honour of the now available five year warranty on all new Metz speedlights. This shoot presented two fun challenges: lighting a glass on a white background and using science to create layers and interest! Whenever […]
broncolor recently announced HS technology for the Move 1200 L packs. This allows full flash sync at shutter speeds up to 1/8,000s. The broncolor ad concept was to capture a skateboarder “jumping over the sun”. I decided to add another level of complexity by including a smoke grenade – more […]
Murphy’s Law follows a photographer just as your little sibling did in grade school – “What can go wrong, will go wrong”. We work with technological marvels that can be temperamental: the weather, which is even less predictable; people, who can sometimes be more volatile than the weather! The list […]
