Thoughts from the WPPI ...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal Last week I attended WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographer International) annual convention in Las Vegas. If you are an aspiring or working wedding and portrait photographer this is the show to go to. Besides the larger trade show where camera...

Travel Photography Tips...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Just in case your momma didn’t already tell you, whenever you travel anywhere be sure to bring comfortable (and appropriate) shoes, a hat, and depending on the climate, sunscreen. Also important is comfortable underwear. I’m unable recommend anything for female...

Quadcopter Dairies Part...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I’ve been writing about using Quadcopters for photography/video as I try to figure out what role my DJI Quadcopter will play in my personal photography. I realized that “look I’m shooting video from the air” is going to get boring. A couple of weeks ago I read...

“Redhead With a 3...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal This is not my photo but I sure wish I had come up with the idea before my friend Matthew Walsh did. Matt is a buyer at Pro Photo Supply here in Portland, Oregon and a lover of Micro Four-thirds photography and video. Matt is also a master at 4K Photo capture....

Snowy Day Self-Assignme...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace It was a dark and stormy night… Well, it was more like a cold and snowy weekend with temperatures in the single digits and snow falling (more than 18-inches when it was all over) here on Daisy Hill. After shoveling snow on the terraced step up to my front door,...

How I Made “Doug in Con...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal My friend Doug Hunt asked me to shoot a video of him performing at the Artichoke Café here in Portland, Oregon. I also wanted to get some still images of Doug performing so I shot the video in 4K using a Panasonic Lumix GH4. This way I can grab an...