It’s Cyber Monday...

The term “Cyber Monday” was created by marketing companies to persuade people to online shopping. shop online. The term made its debut on November 28, 2005, in a Shop.org press release entitled “‘Cyber Monday Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping...

Shooting Intelligent Au...

From the Best Mark Toal After la previous blog about how I’ve started using Auto ISO somebody made a lighthearted comment on Facebook asking if I was going to start shooting in Program mode next? The correct answer that I’m more often shooting using the Intelligent Auto Mode or IA with...

Why I Gave Up HDR Photo...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I used to shoot a lot of three-to-five image HDR photos. Used to… HDR is basically taking multiple images at different exposures and combining them to make one image with more shadow and highlight detail. And I mainly used dedicated HDR software, like Photomatix...

First Impressions: Pana...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace The confusingly named Lumix G85 has been called by some, “just a GX85, wrapped up in a new body” and while I’m a happy owner of a GX85 I don’t think that’s a bad thing. In fact, I think it’s the best camera design Panasonic has produced since the original...

Holiday Gift Guide: Str...

Today’s Post by Mildred Alpern Twinkle twinkle little star... Here is a fun inexpensive gift with lots of imaginative uses that I bought through Amazon: String Lights, Oak Leaf 2 Set of Micro 30 LEDs Super Bright Warm White Color Wire Rope Lights Battery Operated on 9.8 Ft Long Copper...

Four Tips for Photograp...

From the Best of Joe Farace & Mark Toal While it may be a oversimplification to say that almost anybody can make a great photograph in Monument Valley the truth is that that the art of landscape photography often is confused with the real estate business because of its emphasis on...