What I'd Rather Have Instead of a $1.9 Million Leica
Last week we all saw an article floating around about an old Leica "o" series camera that sold for $1.9 Million to an Asian collector in an auction. We can sit…
Nikon Coolpix P500
During the course of the past week, I had the opportunity of taking the Nikon Coolpix P500 for a test drive. The Coolpix P500 is one of Nikon's compact digital…
Photo Fundamentals: Depth of Field
While point and shoot and phone cameras are getting better and better, they will never be able to reproduce the gorgeous out of focus backgrounds that DSLRs…
The Power of Digital Photography in the Night Sky
A couple weeks ago a very interesting link started floating around the internet. Nick Risinger, a 28 year old amateur photographer used six astronomical…
First Video Samples From the Panasonic G3
[caption id="attachment_4131" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Photo by Jim Morton"] [/caption] Hey all! It's been a crazy few weeks here as I've…
The Best and Worst of Google Earth's Street View
[caption id="attachment_4123" align="alignright" width="300" caption="One of the google maps/street view cars"] [/caption] Is Google taking Street Photography…
The Power and Precedent of Death Photography
[caption id="attachment_4018" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Considering the sources and the tradition of the red X, good enough for me"] [/caption] On…
Compact Choices: Fixed or Interchangeable Lenses?
For years people have been enthralled with tiny point and shoot compacts that fit in a shirt pocket, but with the quality of cell-phone cameras biting at their…
Scott and Sneakers: How to Remove a Cross Threaded Filter
Cross threading an expensive filter is one of a photographer's worst nightmares. Sadly there is usually no way to salvage the filter. The worst case scenario…
Video and Photos from Stephen Eastwood's Fashion Photography Workshop
[caption id="attachment_3991" align="alignright" width="199" caption="Photo by Taryn Truese"] [/caption] I just wanted to thank everyone who attended our High…
Questioning the Archival Life of Digital Photographs
[caption id="attachment_3968" align="alignright" width="210" caption="A crazy cave dweller makes an attempt at alchemy... I mean printing photographs.…
Panasonic LX5 vs Leica DLUX-5 Image Quality Comparison
[caption id="attachment_3956" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Leica's Powerful Compact DLUX-5"] [/caption] by Christina Buonomo Unique Photo's…