A change of direction The last few months have been very difficult in China. China is still closed off to the rest of the world, and as a foreigner working in China, I have been effectively barred from working at live shows or leaving my base city. From most...
Rapeseed season 2021 I am not a flower guy. The only flowers I can recognize are roses, lilies, and sunflowers. After my first winter in China, I was blown away by all the yellow that I saw all around me, and I had no idea what these flowers were, but...
How to improve your photography Most photographers want to get better. We all look at ways to improve the quality of our work, but not a lot of people actually think carefully about how to do this. Some people think that it is all about greasing the...
Camflix Film Digitizing Adapter Review It is no secret that I have hated flatbed scanners, especially after the horrible Canon CanoScan 9000F Mark II which almost made me stop shooting film as the results were so bad. could not believe that I got so much...
Reasons why you should always use watermarks on your photos Watermarks on your photo are a touchy subject, and many people advise amateurs not to use watermarks. They want to see your photo without the annoying watermark, claiming it distracts them from...
What’s the difference between a picture and a photograph This is a question that I consistently ask all my assistants who have worked for me over the years: What’s the difference between a picture and a photograph? It seems simple enough, yet...
January 2021 Photo overview 2020 was a horrible year for me, I did almost no work and the crazy lockdown conditions in China, left me feeling very down and I lost almost all motivation to shoot. I am the kind of person who works well under pressure and...
Don’t buy Nikon third party accessories You get what you pay for. This is the one English idiom that I always repeat when I buy camera gear, as it is usually true. As I slowly move over to mirrorless cameras, there are lots of accessories that I...
FlashQ Q20II reviews I have really started to bond with my Ricoh GR III, and it has very quickly become my default carry when it comes to cameras. However, I do miss having some kind of flash ability in low-light situations. I often go to the pub with...
Nikon Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 Review The superzoom, the one lens that you never have to take off your camera. I never looked at these lenses for work as they are slow and tend to give average image results, so I always ignored them when looking at a new lens....
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