It’s My Year for Video,...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions since I rarely remember them a week after New Year’s day. But this time of year does make me think about what I want to learn next to further my photography knowledge. For a few years I’ve...

Gifts for the Mirrorles...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I meet a lot of still photographers that are starting to get interested in learning to shoot video using their mirrorless cameras. One of the first questions that comes up is “what accessories do I need to get started?” I only recommend two...

The Creative Use of Tim...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal My friend and master car builder, Gary Fisher, invited me out to Hood River, Oregon to photograph the building of a Rat Rod. The goal is to build a car in 30 days for less than $3000 and take it to St. Louis for the Rat Rod Build-Off. Whether you love or hate...

Lessons from Making the...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal Over a period of 23 days in September days I traveled to Hood River, Oregon for the building of this year’s Rat Rod car. Gary Fisher and his crew had 23 days to build a car almost from scratch for under $3000. Last year I took mostly still images and a made a...

Fear of Video

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I think a lot of people share my hesitation about shooting video. When I bring it up at talks I do a camera clubs and in camera stores a very small percentage of photographers shoot any video at all, even though it’s built into every modern digital camera. When...

How I Made the Rodeo Ph...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal Last week, I wrote about the “decisive moment” in photography and how it’s easier to catch these kinds of images now that you can grab a frame from a 4K video clip. In this blog post I want to show exactly how I captured the fast moving cowboy and calf and then...