Tejada Small Strobe Workshop = Big Results

I keep telling my students that in addition to the Henry’s School of Imaging workshops that they should consider some advanced workshops to help them improve their images.
The David Tejada Small Strobes Big Results workshop is one I can personally highly recommend. I took it yesterday in Buffalo, NY and it was wonderful. Don’t believe [...]

I’m going to miss those green colours of summer

Yes it’s true. An age in photography has passed with word this week that Kodak will no longer be making Kodachrome film. Famous in the Paul Simon song of the same name, Kodachrome was the darling of the early colour photographers who relished its warm deep colours. Today with this announcement, the world is just [...]

How Ansel Adams worked

Here’s a video from Marc Silber’s site on Ansel Adams. Adams is arguably the most famous American photographer of the American southwest. This video shows Adams actually at work in his home studio/darkroom. This is a great video: http://www.silberstudios.tv/previous-shows/ansel-adams-home/
Did you know that Adams used a microwave oven to dry some of his photos?

Algonquin Photo Tour

Two of the editors from Outdoor Photography Magazine are organizing a three-day photo shoot in Algonquin Park September 25 to 27 and Marion and I have signed up to go. Mike Grandmaison and Ethan Meleg are both fabulous photographers with super websites. The tour includes some instruction on the Saturday plus lots of shooting time.

2009 Community Spirit Awards

Aren’t we a handsome group? The Training and Consulting volunteers of the United Way of Oakville were up for a 2009 Community Spirit Award. Held on June 17 at the fabulous Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre the awards got underway with a welcome from Mayor Rob Burton. MC for the night was the Weather Network’s [...]

Shooting video with a still camera

Some of the new high-end DSLR cameras are capable of producing outstanding HD video. Here’s a link that you might find interesting: http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2426&productID=249&articleTypeID=225

3:44 of joy

I have the cure for almost whatever is ailing you today. It’s this guy who decides he wants to dance. It doesn’t matter to him if others don’t join in. It doesn’t matter that he dances alone. It only matters that he hears the beat of distant drummer and follows his heart. Turn up the [...]

Garden birds

I tell a story when I teach about my buddy who’s got a house up in the country right on the local bird migratory route. He put a bird feeder out by his sliding doors to his dinning room. He can sit with a beer in hand, camera focused on the bird feeder (with manual [...]

How to shoot better landscapes

Here’s a great little video on how to shoot better landscapes by HP of all people. It’s got a little commercial content from HP but the actual instruction is excellent. http://www.digitalcameratracker.com/how-to-take-great-landscape-photographs/

Slow Sync Flash

If there’s one subject that my students find confusing it’s slow sync flash. Here are some links and one great example from The Torontoist site that explains it really well:
http://digital-photography-school.com/slow-sync-flash
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1037&message=32031722
http://torontoist.com/2009/06/the_daily_beast.php