17 Aug The Custom Menu for Custom Shooters Of Kustom Cars
Pardon the Kustom there in the header - it is an affectation of the hot rod publishing world to refer to modified motor cars in a weird way. Not that some of them do not deserve it...
August 2016
17 Aug The Shadow Of Things To Come
Sounds like a takeoff on an Alexander Korda pre-war movie, doesn't it? And if you've no idea what I am talking about you can google Things To Come. It is worth watching on Netflix.This weblog column is brought to you by the second button from...
15 Aug Hey! It’s For You! Ex-Demo Olympus…
Someone asked me once whether it was tough to sell old cameras. " Not a bit! " I replied...
15 Aug Brush, Palette, Mouse….Ready For the Louvre
Last year I was black-balled from entry into a Facebook group of artists - condemned for being an "events photographer". I suspect it was also because I was unable to speak Artish and would not get a tattoo or a man-bun.Whatever, it set me out...
12 Aug The Bag Of The Revolving Door
Oh, ya gotta come in and try this one. You'll either take your pants off in the store inadvertently or you'll think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread. This is the most ingenious backpack I've seen in a long time.There have been camera...
10 Aug Longing For A Sigma Long Lens…
I rarely need to use a really long lens. Studio work for the most part is short/standard work with a few turns of the zoom lens for head and shoulders portraits. But I am sorely tempted when I see the new lens lines from Sigma.Of...
10 Aug Pass Right On Through With The New Pocket Wizard IV
Transmitters and receivers for sending signals between cameras and flash units have been legion in the last few years, but few of them have combined all of the features that people wanted - now PocketWizard have released their new Plus IV and it looks as...
08 Aug Shift Your Mind With Mind Shift
With a product named Mind Shift you have to be very careful. One typo and the lawyers start ringing like church bells.That accepted, the bag that I looked at - the 20 Ltr Firstlight - seems to be an ideal size for the adventurous. In...
08 Aug The Deliberate Decision – When To Go Manual With A New Lens
More to the point - when to go outside the normal boundaries of the manufacturer's lens line. When to break away and decide to explore new territory. When to take command yourself.Well the manufacturers of digital camera bodies all give you lenses from their stables...
07 Aug Riding To The Rescue – With the RFDS
Australians can get themselves into trouble in lots of places - financial, legal, moral, and otherwise. When they do it overseas they have to rely on the DFAT and the consulates to help them get out of it - sometimes it works and sometimes it...