Update: Shooting the Panasonic GH3
In a recent Blog post titled Testing Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds Camera, the GH3, I promised I would be printing two images of a leopard I photographed with both the Nikon D4 and the Panasonic GH3. Before heading to Patagonia I had the chance to do that and I wanted to… Read More »
CENSORED! By Facebook For Criticizing Instagram’s New Terms of Service For Photos
A couple of days ago Instagram’s New & Improved Terms of Service plot to steal our photos was brought to my attention. I was alerted to the completely useless new language by PhotoBizCoach Beate Chelette’s excellent blog. So I wrote a blog post of my own titled Instagram’s New & Improved Policy To Steal… Read More »
Instagram’s New Policy To Steal Your Photos Returns
Instagram is at it again. They’re approaching their online community of professional photographers, photo enthusiasts, mom and pops, school kids and grannies, with a smile on their face and a hand shake. As their right hand squeezes down, like the grip of any crook who’s about to make off with… Read More »
Testing Panasonic’s Newest Micro Four Thirds Camera: The GH3
January 3, 2013 Many of you may already know that Panasonic recently released the Lumix GH3, their newest addition to their growing line of Micro Four Thirds cameras. Being a big fan of the Micro Four Thirds system I scrambled, searching the web, calling contacts and eventually got my hands… Read More »
Getty Continues To Destroy The Ability To Make A Living Selling Photos
Read this article about how a recent deal between Getty and Google continues to drive photographer’s ability to make a living into the ground. Doesn’t’ surprise me. The business model of giving something away for FREE, or virtually so, is a proven money-maker for eventual profits on additional related services.… Read More »
Micro Four Thirds Camera Industry Gains Five New Members
Olympus recently announced that five new camera-makers have joined the Micro Four Thirds camera technology group. You can see a list of the new members by following this link. In 2008, Panasonic and Olympus started the Micro Four Thirds consortium with the intent to develop a new category of cameras… Read More »
New Textbooks for Maasai School Donation
Each year that we travel to Kenya we often bring gifts for the villages we visit. This year we decided to go one step further and buy $1000.00 worth of textbooks for a Maasai school that’s close to Masai Mara National Reserve. We couldn’t have done this without the help… Read More »
Red Digital Cinema’s History & How To Video Series
Red Digital Cinema continues to steam roll the competition and impress the image creation world with phenomenal new technology for still and moving images. I first heard of the Red One several years ago. The Red One was Red Digital Cinema’s first barn storming camera that turned the video creation… Read More »
DPReview Crowns 2012’s Best Cameras
DPReview, my favorite go to website for all camera information, recently took a poll from their readers to get their thoughts on the best camera of 2012. And the winner is the Micro 4/3’s Olympus OM-D EM-5. Nikon’s D800/D800E was second and the Canon EOS 5 Mark lll came in… Read More »
Nat Geo, Mark Zuckerberg’s Photo, Class Action Law Suit and A Partridge in a Pear Tree
The recent Broo-ha-ha over Instagram’s new Terms of Service seemed to come to an end with Kevin Systroms semi-apology, however, until the new Terms of Service are officially released the jury is still out so to speak. One of Instagram’s most popular accounts is the king of all photography, National Geographic. Their… Read More »