I have written about tripods before. In my opinion, they are an unfortunate, heavy, cumbersome, necessity. If you want to do any form of low light photography or video, a tripod is a must-have item. For traveling photographers though, they can be a very heavy burden! Recently I was looking for a mini tripod to […]
Author: Jason Row
Jason has more than 35 years of experience as a professional photographer, videographer and stock shooter. You can get to know him better here.
Sometimes we get so caught up in the beauty of the scene in front of us that we forget that we might be pushing the limits of our cameras a little too far. One solution, of course, is to shoot with HDR in mind. HDR or High Dynamic Range is where you shoot a bracketed […]
As we revel in the golden colors of autumn here in the Northern climes, we are acutely aware of what’s to follow. That, of course, is winter – a time of short hours of daylight, cloud, and cold. However, for many of us, there will be times when it snows and snow is a wonderful […]
Recently I was photographing Buda castle in Budapest as part of a European stock shoot. As I was shooting, I could see in the corner of my eye, a person waiting. I assumed he wanted to get past my shot, but once I had finished, he introduced himself as another Fuji X Series user. We […]
We use our photographic equipment every day. So much so that the names adorning them become as familiar as a comfortable pair of slippers. Take a step back though and think about your early forages in the forest we call photography. Names like Canon and Nikon would have already been etched on to your subconscious, […]
Welcome to our third tutorial on the basics of RawTherapee. Our first installment, An Introduction to RawTherapee – A Free Photography Software Alternative to Photoshop, sparked a lot of interest and you can see the second tutorial featuring some basic editing techniques here. If you are just joining us, RawTherapee is an open source image management […]