How I Shot ‘Sunri...

From the ‘Best of Mark Toal’ The above photograph is another example of why you should always have a camera with you even when you’re barely awake on a 6:30 AM flight from Portland to San Diego. After getting up at 4 AM to catch the flight, I was trying to decide between...

SpiderLight Hand Strap ...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace The SpiderPro Hand Strap is designed for pro SLRs camera bodies and shooting environments and the buzz around the water color is that it had excellent ergonomics. Today the company is launching a kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of the...

Back to Shooting Video

From ‘The Best of Mark Toal’ Mark was at the NAB Video show last week, so it was appropriate that we would feature one of his recent posts about shooting video. Lately I’ve been feeling bored or maybe I’ve been doing too much still photography lately so when my friend and rat...

Meet Mark In Denver thi...

Mark Toal will be in Denver on Saturday April 23 & Sunday April 24 for Doors Open Denver 2016. This will be Photo Walking Tours of Downtown Denver sponsored by Mikes Camera. The crew from Mike’s Camera along with Technical Representatives from camera and lens manufacturers,...

Another Day and a Storm...

Today’s Post by Jamie Zartman Today Jamie shares some thoughts and images along with his approach to making photographs. Thank, Jamie. Today, as large cumulus clouds began building, I thought I would try to get a few shots with my friend, the claret cactus. However, as you will...

Two Weeks with a Panaso...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal Once in a while I find a camera that is such a pleasure to use that it goes everywhere with me. And to me, size and ease of use are as important as image quality. Since I work for Panasonic I’m not going to review the new Lumix GX85—you can read my first...