Taking High ISO’s to a ...

I’ve been waiting for a good RAW file conversion software to come along for the Panasonic Lumix GH4 camera. Normally I use Adobe Lightroom for all my editing and RAW conversion but DxO Optics Pro 9 beat them to the punch this time. In case you missed it, I wrote about using Optics Pro 9...

Mirrorless Video: GH4 V...

I’ve had a lot of questions about setting and using the variable frame rate feature on the GH4. I thought the best way to explain it would be with a video. This is the first in a series of videos about using the Panasonic GH4 – Mark...

How I Made: Walk Around...

At FOTOfusion a few years ago I conducted a workshop called “Right in Your Own Backyard” which was based on the premise that you needn’t travel halfway around the world when great photo ops are closer to home. When showing an image made, literally, in my backyard, one of the students...

Can You Have Too Many W...

After buying or trying out the third wide angle lens this month Joe told me that ”you can’t ever have too many wide angle lenses.” That’s not what my Visa card or I needed to hear. Now a fourth one has appeared, shown to me by a customer. The first lens is the spectacular new Leica 15mm...

Traveling with Mirrorle...

Sigma offers two Micro Four-thirds lenses in its ART lens category, which is their series designed to “emphasize creative expression above compactness and multifunctionality.” The Sigma 30mm f/2.8 DN and 19mm f/2.8 DN lenses are designed for mirrorless interchangeable lens...

How I Made “Portrait in...

I teach an Available Portrait class and my favorite thing to show students is how to use almost any doorway to shoot a great portrait. The beauty of most doorways or even garage doors thresholds is that it’s very dark behind the subject. The dark background combined with the shade cast...