Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: Wildlife
While portrait and commercial shooting is my professional niche, wildlife photography is my personal addiction. The challenge of finding critters, of learning their habits and behaviors, and then pulling it all together to make portraits of them in their wild environments is a rush. On a good day, at least. (On a bad day, when [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: Studio Work (static)
Although the majority of my personal work takes place outdoors, my professional ventures are split about 70/30, with the smaller portion taking place in an indoor studio setting, be it with models, products, stock, etc. Although I’m really dying to get a model in front of the E-M5, I’m taking this one step at a [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: General Overview
I’m going to kick off my reviews of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 with a general overview of the system. This is probably the least exciting part of the review from a photo-standpoint, but I think that it contains a lot of useful information, especially for folks who are still waiting for – or have just [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: Introduction
Since I know that many people are still anxiously awaiting a shipping notification for their own OM-Ds, I’m going to forgo my usual policy of delaying gear reviews until after I’ve used the equipment for several weeks, and share whatever I can with you in hopes that, when you do receive your shipments, you’ll know [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5: First thoughts
The photo gods were obviously smiling on me this week, as I seem to have landed one of the first Olympus OM-Ds shipped from B&H. It arrived on Wednesday evening and I’ve used just about every free moment since then to start working with it. I’ll have more detailed posts over the next couple of [...]
Adobe Bridge & Why it Works for Me
Compared to Lightroom, Adobe Bridge takes a lot of trash talk. As one big-name photographer put it, “It comes free with Photoshop. You get what you pay for.” And so this idea has disseminated down from the industry leaders, all the way to the hobbyist photographers, so that no matter what company I’m in, when [...]
After Further Reflection
I posted about this once before, some time back, and figured it was time for an update. Anytime I post a gear review, I make sure that it’s for an item that I’ve been using “in the field” for at least several weeks, if not longer. I know (hope?) that people are using my reviews [...]
Review – Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS II
If you read this post, then you know the backstory. For those who don’t, the short version is that I had a sudden need for a wide-angle lens before leaving on vacation in late December, and Canon’s 18-55mm IS II kit lens was the ideal (read: cheap) solution. Historically, the kit lens has been much [...]
Review – VSCO Film Plugin
Maybe it’s just trendy right now, but for the past year or so I’ve seen a lot of photos processed to look like old film prints. Real film – I’m not talking about that lomography, hipster-matic stuff here. It’s a look I like, something about the depth of the colors, the contrast, sometimes even the [...]
Review – Yongnuo RF-602 Radio Slaves
The Yongnuo RF-602s have been in my bag for several months now, which has given me plenty of time to work with them. For those of you who like quick reviews, here’s the summation: they work really, really well and have solved the problems I had with my previous set. For those of you who [...]
