Introduction to The Guide to Shooting in Manual Mode
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Below you will find an index to The Guide, and on the page for each lesson you will find: The video itself The Video Resource Library The Ask a Question Form The Practice Exercises for That Video The...
View ArticleWhat Is Back Button Focus And How To Use It | Q&A Ep.76
Get the free Back Button Focus Guide BD Richards, Gary Hunt, and many others have been wondering what back button focus is and how you use it. Back button focus is a camera configuration that assigns...
View ArticleDJI OSMO Hands On Review
The DJI OSMO is essentially a selfie stick with a built in camera. The camera is DJI’s Zenmuse X3 camera. It has a 6.17 mm x 4.55 mm with a crop factor of 5.5. It shoots 4k and 2.7k video at 30 and 24...
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How To Choose The Best Settings For Sports Photography | Q&A Ep.77
Download the FREE Sports Photography Guide here. In this video we’ll talk about how to choose the best ISO, Aperture and Shutter speed settings for sports photography. In sports and action...
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Breaking The Rules and Getting It Right | Critique #61
We’ve been talking about Sports and Action, so these gymnastics photos that John Steele submitted for critique are perfectly timed. John says: “I’m a father that enjoys watching his Daughter’s...
View ArticleChoosing The Best Camera Settings For Sports Photography Pt.2 | Q&A Ep.78
Click Here To Get The FREE Sports Photography Guide Choosing the right ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speed for sports and action is super important, but there are a bunch of other camera settings that...
View ArticleChoosing The Best Camera For Sports Photography
Get The FREE Sports Photography Buying Guide. There are are five main things to look for in a camera body for successful sports photography. First, is good high ISO performance, and ideally you’ll get...
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What Are MTF Charts And Why Should You Care? | Q&A Ep.79
slipbyu2 was wondering if I use MTF resolution charts in deciding on a lens. Let’s start with defining what the heck an MTF chart is. If you don’t know, an MTF chart is a somewhat standard way to...
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How Small Changes Make Or Break A Photo
Alberto Bustos was looking for a little help deciding which one of a set of photos was his best. Here are Alberto’s photos: The above photo is my favorite of the set. Watch the video to learn why....
View ArticleWhat’s The Best Camera Mode For Learning? | Q&A Ep.80
Arvind hasn’t used his camera in almost a year and he wants to learn Manual Mode but was wondering if he should start with Manual Mode or use Aperture or Shutter Priority first. I personally think...
View ArticleChoosing The Best Lens and Accessories For Sports Photography | Sports...
GET THE FREE SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY BUYING GUIDE While the camera you buy is very important, the lens and certain other accessories can make or break your sports photography. After the camera, the lenses...
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of Using A Teleconverter | Q&A Ep.81
I’ve had a number of questions about teleconverters, so let’s get to it! Basically, a teleconverter is a magnifier for your existing lens. It’s a specific type of lens designed to be mounted in...
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Excellent HDR Work With Gimp | Critique #63
Paul Anders took a crack at some HDR photography, but instead of using Photomatix, or HDR Effects software, he put the HDR photo together himself using the free Gimp image editing software...
View ArticleAuto Export Social Media Ready Images With Lightroom and Photoshop | Q&A Ep.82
GET THE FREE STEP BY STEP SETUP GUIDE Lightroom is great for exporting photos exactly how you want them, but have you ever wished you could export a photo once but get it in multiple sizes for...
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I’m A “Goofball With A Piece Of Junk Olympus”
Awhile ago I shared a video explaining why I decided to send back the Fuji X-T1 that I had purchased to buy an Olympus OMD-EM5 Mk II (If you missed that video, you can watch it here) Then the other...
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Should You Watermark Your Photos? | Q&A Ep.83
UniversalUsername asks: “How do you feel about watermarks? And do you use them?” Watermarks can be a touchy subject. Some photographers HATE watermarks on images and feel that they should NEVER be...
View ArticlePentax K-1 Full Frame DSLR! Holy S***!
The Pentax K-1 is the often rumored, long desired, oh my god it’s really actually for realsies really here Pentax full frame DSLR camera. It’s got a 36.2 megapixel Sony sensor, with no AA filter. It...
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Zeso 3 in 1 Smartphone Lens Kit Review
Zeso Lens Kit on Amazon Mpow Lens Kit on Amazon Full Disclosure, I received the Zeso lens kit for free for this review. Also, I’m giving away the lens kit. Details at the end of the video. This is...
View ArticleHow To Quickly Edit Your RAW Photos Using Camera Profiles | Q&A Ep.84
Editing can take a LONG time, especially if you’re fighting to get your RAW photo to look just right, like maybe you’re trying to get it to look just like it does when you preview it on the camera!...
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