Hello everyone, a student from my recent Long Exposure Workshop told me about this wicked iPhone app. It helps you calculate your long exposure times once an ND filter is in place over your lens. In the past, I used to do such exposure calculations with the aid of a table. This table also gets [...]

Hello everyone, found this interesting article here talking about a digital version of the HOLGA. If you ever shot with one of these, you may be wondering if a digital version would make sense, especially one with full frame sensor that would command a relatively hefty price tag…. The HOLGA is all about being cheap [...]

Hello everyone! I’m out with my long exposure workshop group this afternoon. One of the students graciously lend me his Nikon D70 that has been converted to infrared (check out lifepixel.com for more info). Problem is, we didn’t have a cable release handy so I had to be inventive. What you see below is a [...]

Hello everyone, after a great workshop this past weekend (shooting fine-art black and white nude and figure models) we decided to pool together some Nikon gear and do a test. A pretty special test. Most lens tests are done photographing **boring** test charts or grey cards, so Vince approached me a few days earlier suggesting [...]

My good friend Pooya borrowed my 5D Mark II the other day. Pooya is a local Fashion and Portrait photographer, you can view his inspiring work by clicking here! For the past few years, Pooya has also been shooting the nightlife scene here in Vancouver. He’s got rare and complete access to all the big [...]

Hello everyone, today I would like to share a short series of photographs from a recent model shoot I did. I thought this may be interesting as it shows how to go about getting a range of expressions from your model. I am not claiming full credit here. Needless to say, the ‘job’ of the [...]