I cannot remember where I read the earnest fashion advice that told me never to wear brown. It wasn't just directed to me alone - it was broadcast to the whole world. You were urged ( ordered is perhaps a little strong...
If you own a Nikon D750 camera and some Nikon lenses you will have spent the last year taking superb digital images. Now Nikon have released new firmware improvements that will permit you to take superb images. The download from Nikon is at:http://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/fw/157.htmlAllow me to...
Now that I am able to use more backdrops in the studio to illustrate shop goods I can choose more colours. Sometimes I choose wisely. Sometimes. In the case of the f-stop Lotus bag I think I should have picked another one...
Well, it's sort of pleasant angst, after all.I own a number of Fujifilm X-series cameras and not surprisingly, a number of Fujinon XF lenses to go on them. I have tried to select the ones that have the correct focal length for the work I...
I hesitate to bring this topic up in this column - a new camera bag intended for the female photographer. Any man who would essay to tell a woman what handbag to carry is more hero or more fool than I. Nevertheless, here is the...
Users of the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and OM-D E-M5 Mk II will be pleased to see that Olympus will release new firmware updates for their cameras. For the OM-D E-M1 the new version is v4.0 and will give the following:24 and 25 fps frame rates for...
Okay - what has seven legs and three heads and is 15% to 35% cheaper this week than last week?Simple - two Manfrotto tripods and a monopod. I mean, what did you expect - this is a camera shop, not a zoo.The first of the...
Experimental art is something that breaks the boundaries. So does a Swiss post-bus going out of control down a mountain. Your appreciation of it is related to whether you are above watching it leave or below watching it arrive...
Oyez Oyez Oyez. All ye who have Elinchrom studio strobe kits draw night and give heed.Sometimes you need to draw attention to a studio subject in no uncertain terms. Painting them with fluoro orange and suspending them from the ceiling can do it but required...
Users of Elinchrom studio flash units please draw up a chair and sit down - this one is for you. Visitors who use other systems may sit in and pick as much out of it as they can.I used to use as much light in...