My New Favorite Websites for Learning Photography
My reason for searching Since my banishment from DPReview—due to a post titled DPReview Against Photogs Receiving Credit —linking back to this Blog, I’ve been exploring the internet to find other quality outlets for learning about and sharing my passion for photography. And it’s been a positive experience. All the… Read More »
Even Digital Camera World Doesn’t Give Photographers Credit
I first wrote about magazines not giving photographers credit for their images in a blog post titled Selling Editorial Photography, Demand a Credit Line way back on January 17, 2012. Unfortunately, things have not gotten any better. And, in fact, they’re getting worse. Astonishingly, even Digital Camera World often doesn’t… Read More »
How to clean your tripod legs so they work like new
How to clean your tripod legs so they work like new is a skill all levels of photographers can benefit from. One of the things photographers are quite aware of is the expense of our hobby. Take a good tripod, for instance. Three carbon fiber legs and a ball head… Read More »
Tom Walker: Alaskan Wildlife Photographer & Sourdough Extraordinaire
Meeting a Legend I can’t recall the exact date I first met the legendary Tom Walker. It was somewhere around the mid 80’s when I gained my first professional photography permit for Denali National Park. Venturing to Alaska for the first time was an awe-inspiring event in itself but meeting… Read More »
Harness Your Passion to Help Others
I recently had to pull out all the stops to help some friends of mine with a big mission. This all falls under the heading of harnessing your passion to help others. The Owl Research Institute (ORI) was in need of a promotional video to help them raise money for… Read More »
Lumix Stories Video Series GH5 World-Class Still Camera, Ben Grunow
The Lumix GH5 is a world-class still camera and this video, the first in a four-part series, drives the point. One of the most common misconceptions about Lumix cameras is the idea they’re mainly built for high-end video capture. The comments I often here go something like this, “The GH5… Read More »
Photo Hero or Photo Zero: Two Points of View
A new company recently came to my attention and they’re making a lot of professional photographers unhappy these days. It’s called Unsplash and it’s nothing more than a very well done website that specializes in giving away FREE photography. Their tag line is, “Beautiful, free photos. Gifted by the world’s… Read More »
Skip Cohen University Presents “Why?” with Daniel J. Cox
One of the truly most rewarding parts of joining the Panasonic Lumix Luminary team is the amazing array of talent associated with the brand. One such gentleman who’s become a good friend is Skip Cohen, the driving force behind the web portal Skip Cohen University (SCU). Skip’s an amazing man who has a… Read More »
Letter to the Editor: Please Credit Photography
Please Credit Photography This blog post is the first of what will be an on ongoing campaign to point out publications, editors, and others who seem to have forgotten that it’s photography that sells their publications – magazines, books, newspapers, web pages, and the like. For the past ten years or more I’ve… Read More »
NANPA High School Scholarship Program
How many photographers have you heard begin to tell their story about getting started in photography with a Kodak Brownie in their backyard? There are certainly more options today to heighten the interests of high school students in photography, but I’d like to ask for your support for one in… Read More »