Book Review: Magic Lantern Guide to Canon G12

I am adding Book Reviews to the “Equipment” category. I have often referenced my considerable library of photo books and frequently reference and recommend particular books. Like all my equipment reviews, book reviews will by my opinion and obviously, subjective. I hope readers can use the information here to make better decisions about a book. [...]

My Review of Canon’s G12

In the late 1990′s, consumer digital cameras suddenly became a reality. A dedicated SLR user, I was interested to watch the development at the same time, of the SLR digital cameras, beginning with the Kodak DSLR bodies which were huge, low megapixel and ultra-expensive. My first foray into digital was in the “point and shoot” [...]

CS5 – Worth The Upgrade?

Recently, while shooting in Minnesota, my friend, Al Utzig showed me the new “content aware” fill in Photoshop CS5.  It is a really, really “smart” cloning tool.  I watched him use it on a couple images, went home, plunked down my $ and upgraded to CS5.  Unfortunately (in my view) I had only recently upgraded [...]

Managing Dynamic Range Digitally (a comparison of HDR conversion methods and software)

In March, 2009, I blogged about “High Dynamic Range” photography.   I had newly purchased the Photomatix program, after researching the available alternatives.  Since then, Adobe has released CS5 and with it their own HDR rendering program, “Merge to HDR pro.”  I thought it was time to give more detailed treatment to this technique. For those [...]