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Back when the EOS 6D launched just as Photokina opened Canon also announced something called Project 1709, a cloud based image management system. I signed up for the beta program and just recently got an invite to join in the fun Though it seems that there are very few folks with access at all as …

Heralder 38 – a very clever camera bag The Vanguard Heralder range of camera bags picked up a TIPA award this year, so have obviously caught the attention of many photo magazine reviewers, I thought it would be good to have a look and see if they had all gone mad or been seduced by …

It often surprises me to see photographers with expensive cameras and lenses balanced on the most unsecure tripods. Your tripod should be sturdy and hold your kit safely and still. Spending somewhere between ten and twenty percent of the value of the kit you put on a tripod seems a reasoned investment. I was asked …

I first saw the EzyBox quad bracket at the Wilkinson Cameras Digital Splash event. After a good discussion with Keith Sanderson from Lastolite I decided to purchase one to use with my Speedlites and a Lastolite EzyBox 60cm x 90 cm softbox that I normally use with my studio lights. EzyBox Quad Bracket Lastolite offers …

Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II was a nice surprise for film makers, a camera that shot video in low light, was compact, inexpensive and high quality. However it was not optimised for movie makers and cameramen used to shoulder mounted cameras. As a result many companies have produced HDSLR rigs that enable movie makers to …

Just recently I’ve had the chance to evaluate an interesting new media from Tecco, the Iridium Silver Gloss ISG250 is a 250gsm glossy paper with a surface that looks a little like the iridescent smooth surface you find inside oyster shells. The paper is part of Tecco’s photographers selection and they claim it is a …

There are a great number of books about flash photography available, however there are not so many that are specifically about getting the most out of the Canon Speedlites. There are certainly not many that go in to the depth that Syl Arena’s new book  entitled Speedliter’s Handbook does. For the sake of full disclosure …