In search of ultimate image quality

Photography is not a poor man’s hobby. It can be of course, but it’s one of those things that the more money you throw at it, the better the image quality becomes. That says nothing of technical or artistic merit fortunately, as that’s where the poor man can have his revenge on the wealthy showoff [...]

Flash Photography with Canon EOS Cameras

I’d forgotten about this. I downloaded it last year, meaning to read it, but never got to it, and then forgot. But if you have a Canon digital camera and a flash unit, then this article is definitely for you. I’d imagine it would have to be the most comprehensive guide to Flash photography with [...]

Canon EOS Digital Photo Guidebook for Professionals

Just to show I’m not anti Canon (ha ha, that sounds like a space weapon doesn’t it), I ran across this publication on the net and it looks really good. It’s a largish pdf (7.6MB), aimed at the professional digital EOS shooter. That’s a pretty big target market, and I’m sure a lot of keen [...]

Giving away great images

There is a very unfortunate trend it seems with photography competitions worldwide. On the surface these competitions look great. They offer the people who enter chance to win an excellent prize (like a Canon EOS 30D or 5D plus lens). It all seems above board and fair enough, and the winner would no doubt see [...]

Canon and Error 99

If I was an investigative journalist (as opposed to just being a curious writer) I would go deeper into this story. Search google for the term “Error 99″ and you get about 41,000 hits (update in May 2011 – now 140,000 hits. It seems the problems continue). The top ranking page is Richard’s Notes, which [...]

The DAM Book

The DAM Book

I recently bought a book, which, even though I’m not even half way through it, I believe is an essential purchase for anyone serious about photography, whether amateur or professional. The book is called The DAM Book, and the topic is, naturally enough, Digital Asset Management. It’s basically about having [...]