Category: Photography
PhotoActive Episode 17: Prime vs Zoom Lenses
In the latest episode of my PhotoActive podcast, Kirk and I get into lenses—not a nitpicky discussion of lens elements and specific technical arcana, but the subject of shooting with prime (fixed focal length) or zoom lenses. There are circumstances where each type works best, and advantages for each. Listen here, or subscribe in your ...
Aurora HDR 2019 and My Photoversity Guide
Aurora HDR 2019 is now available for pre-order! You can also now get my Aurora HDR Photoversity Guide (which covers a previous version) for free.
Take the Pain Out of Assigning Metadata in Lightroom
Use this method to apply valuable metadata in just a few minutes.
PhotoActive Episode 16: Buy and Sell Photo Gear
Do you buy or sell used photo gear? We talk about that on the latest PhotoActive podcast episode.
PhotoActive Episodes 14 & 15
I forgot to write a blog post about last week’s PhotoActive podcast episode, so here’s one with double the listening fun! Last week, Kirk and I had a great conversation with photographer and podcaster Chris Marquardt about his new book, Wide-Angle Photography. It’s a great resource, and he also talked about what prompted him to ...
NAS: What to Know Before Buying
My approach to storing all of my digital files—from documents to terabytes of digital photos—has been pretty straightforward over the years. I buy new hard drives when the old ones fill up. It’s helped that drive prices have steadily declined per-gigabyte. But that’s left me with a lot of unused drives lying around, and active ...
PhotoActive 13: The Importance of Aspect Ratios
When Kirk suggested we do a PhotoActive episode on aspect ratios, I admit my first thought was, “Well, that’s 10 minutes… what else?” Instead, we had a fascinating discussion of the topic, from the importance of aspect ratios historically to composition and reframing. Do check this one out: Episode 13: Aspect Ratios and Why They’re ...
How to Easily Share Lightroom Photos to a Group
Did you photograph a group event, family gathering, or client shoot and want to make those images available for just the participants? The sharing features in most photo applications let you either send pictures to a friend or two, or post them to social services such Facebook, Twitter, or Flickr. If you use Adobe’s Lightroom ...
PhotoActive Podcast Ep 12: David duChemin
An unexpected perk of doing the PhotoActive podcast has been the opportunity to talk to great photographers about their craft and approach. In this week’s episode, Kirk and I chat with David duChemin about vision, the sometimes-long journey to discover it, and the importance of exposing yourself to other photographers’ work. If you’ve ever watched ...
App-Based Camera Triggers at DPReview
I write about two devices, the Alpine Labs Spark and Miops Mobile Dongle, that can trigger a camera shutter remotely.
