My iPad: An Important P...

Today’s Post by Barry Staver One item that goes on every location shoot with me isn’t even a camera, a lens, or other accessory. It’s my iPad. Nope, it’s not to keep up with any gaming or web surfing. It’s my digital age version of the old Polaroid attachments used for test shots. What a...

Shooting Holiday Photos...

From the Best of Mark Toal We’re kicking off our Holiday coverage with this tip from Mar about using your camera’s built-in flash. Last week I had an early morning photo session with a family for their holiday photos. I thought I was being prepared by putting my camera case...

Swivel and Touch LCD Mi...

From the Best of Mark Toal Last week, the articulating, touch sensitive LCD screen on my Panasonic Lumix GH3 saved me during a photo shoot. Have you ever tried to photograph a three year old that doesn’t want her photo taken while a security guard tries to tell you that you can’t...

Field Test: Sigma 30mm ...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace You may have seen my post “First Impressions: Sigma’s 30mm f/1.4 DC DN lens” and if not, you want to bounce back and take a read because it has the technical detail about this lens. Sigma’s 30mm f/1.4 lens ($339) is designed for Micro...

Enjoying the Benefits o...

From the Best of Mark Toal One thing that people forget about is what you can do with a live view camera that you can’t do with a digital SLR. After using Micro Four-thirds cameras for five years, I take it for granted but recently had to use my Nikon SLR for a portrait shoot and was...

Why I Love Shooting MFT...

Note from Joe: We have addressed the question of why Mark and I love Micro Four-thirds cameras in one of my Digital Q&A posts but today I leave it to Mark to explain in his own words… From the Best of Mark Toal The reason I love shooting with Micro Four-thirds cameras doesn’t...