Functional Sculptures i...

Today’s Post by Mildred Alpern “Roll out the barrel, we’ll have a barrel of fun”—Lew Brown, J Vejvoda Resembling big wooden barrels topped off with cylindrical hats, they stand on wide platforms supported on metal legs secured with cross braces. Amidst the graceful towering towers of the...

My WiFi Workflow

From the Best of Mark Toal I’ve written before about using in-camera Wi-Fi to transfer photos from your camera to your phone. I frequently use it to get photos to my iPhone so I can post them on Facebook, Instagram, etc. A recent trip to Yellowstone National Park really brought home how...

Spring Means Shooting M...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal Now that it’s spring (at least here in the Portland area) and the flowers are blooming and the sky is turning blue again it makes me want to set my camera to black and white modes. I once read something about always trying to do the opposite of what you...

Answering Reader Questi...

Today’s Video by Barry Staver and Joe Farace Click and Flash, the Snapit Brothers* are back in Studio B and they’re answering reader questions, most of which in this episode are related to exposure. That’s because obtaining proper exposure is the second most popular...

The Wrong Lens? Maybe N...

Today’s Post by Mildred Alpern A blue-sky afternoon beckoned for a casual car ride north on Riverside Drive. The unplanned destination for the walkabout became Grant’s Tomb, an imposing neoclassical building along the Hudson River, rising 150 feet above ground level, in a perfect...

Mirrorless Video at 24,...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal When shooting video you can set your camera to shoot 24, 30 or 60 frames per second (fps). Almost all mirrorless cameras with video capability will record at 30 frames but 24 and 60 may not be available on all of them. Movies are often shot at 24 FPS since...