Don T Just Delete Your Bad Photos Here S How To Learn From Them

“Good photos come from experience, experience comes from bad photos.” After you come home with the memory card full of photos, you may just go through them, select the good ones and delete the bad ones immediately. But this could be a mistake. In this video, Nigel Danson will show you some techniques for analyzing your bad photos so you can learn from them and grow your photography skills. But first, what makes a good photo?...

March 22, 2023 · 3 min · 478 words · Matthew Lawson

Easily And Cheaply Record External Audio For Cameras Without Microphone Sockets

If you want the best sound in your video, you really do need an external microphone. Many cameras today offer the ability to plug a microphone into them, which you then usually mount from the hotshoe. Not all cameras, however, do. Two cameras, particularly renowned for their vlogging abilities don’t have microphone sockets, which is quite surprising. Those are the Canon G7X II and Sony RX100 V. Ted Forbes at the Art of Photography has the Sony RX100 V and as one might expect, uses it for vlogging....

March 22, 2023 · 3 min · 486 words · Jessica Wilson

Eight Essential Tips To Improve Your Filmmaking On A Budget

If filmmaking is how you express your creativity, there are some components you need to include in your videos to make them amazing. But they may require expensive gear, and not all of us have the budget for it. Luckily, there are plenty of budget-friendly ways to improve your filmmaking. The guys from Mahalo my Dude share eight essential elements every great video needs to have. They make it short and sweet, yet they give you a ton of useful tips to follow if your budget is tight....

March 22, 2023 · 4 min · 751 words · Autumn Brown

Follow Up To Eyes Of The Afghan Girl A Critical Take On The Steve Mccurry Scandal

While a follow up was already planned, after publishing the previous post and the subsequent, staggering response generated in support, appreciation, comments, critique and criticism I felt the need to also address certain things as well as perhaps reiterate and underline certain points. I also want to fill certain spaces left over in the previous post. Let me begin again by reiterating that the previous opinion piece (and this follow up) is not an attack or attempt to defame Steve McCurry, it is only to throw light on certain aspects as well as bring some attention to the questions that plague visual journalism, especially in the past few years....

March 22, 2023 · 4 min · 716 words · Mary Abbott

Frio Relaunches As A One Stop Shop For Small Light Mounting Accessories

Frio, the maker of the Frio cold shoe has relaunched under the new management of Imaging Brands, the company which also owns Tether Tools, as a new one-stop shop for off-camera light mounting solutions for photographers and filmmaking. The original Frio cold shoe has now been renamed the Frio Hold and the product line has been expanded with a number of new mounting solutions. The new lineup includes a number of products for mounting hotshoe based lights including speedlights and LEDs, in various ways to help offer you more versatility on location when choosing where to put your lights, microphones, monitors or other small devices....

March 22, 2023 · 2 min · 269 words · David Fowler Jr.
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