The Phoblographer

If you search Amazon for photography books, you’ll currently get 103,631 results. Some are gems and some aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on. How do you know which ones are worth spending your money on? Here I’ll list some of the ones I believe are useful, and I welcome you to add the gems you’ve found in the comments below. Sharing the good ones is a simple way we can all help each other be better and more informed photographers.

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Hey everyone, just a quick note that you can join me for a free presentation at the B&H Event Space. I’ll be talking about using WordPress for Photographers and Videographers. You can read some of the details here.

Where: B&H Photo Video Pro Audio- Event Space

What: WordPress for Photographers/Videographers

When: Thursday, Aug 25th  from 3pm to 5pm.

spiderPro Holster in action

Recently Mike reviewed the Spider Black Widow Holster. Today, I’m going to take a look at their pro model, The SpiderPro Holster System. The SpiderPro was designed for demanding professionals with large DSLR bodies. The first thing I noticed was that virtually all of the issues Mike voiced about the Black Widow are addressed with the SpiderPro, so if you were concerned about them then this might just be the holster for you. Thus rather than repeating things that Mike mentioned I’m going to focus on the differences and improvements on this model.

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Manual focus lenses are a much lusted item of most Micro Four Thirds users. So are tiny lenses to compliment the portability of the smaller micro four thirds bodies. Combine that with the fact that these cameras are very fun to use, and you’ll get a winning combination in the SLR Magic 26mm f1.4lens for Micro Four Thirds bodies. At the equivalent focal length of around 52mm, does this lens have what it takes to be loved by many?

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I have a confession to make: I believe that I can’t shoot a landscape to save my life. It’s just not my strength. I’m a weddings, event, engagement, portrait and street photographer. Plus, I live in NYC and we don’t have wonderful rolling hills the way other states do. However, on my recent trip to Toronto, Canada, I stepped outside of my hotel room at the magic hour of the day and snapped what I believed to be the best landscape images I’ve ever shot. The way I did it though was by imagining a bride and groom in the scene. So how can you combine the two art forms to create something beautiful?

Oh, before you go on ranting that these images are terrible, I’m not saying that they’re amazing. I’m saying they’re the best I’ve done so far using my particular method.

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This Sunday’s subject is about Tips and Tricks for Metering and Exposing for Street Photography

Cancelled: we will reschedule for next week. Sorry about that!