I recently purchased a Snap-On LCD Screen Protector for Canon 7D by Vello. It does what is expected but came with an unexpected change I am not sure I like. - by David R. Beebe Read More...

There are any number of ways to accomplish time lapse photography which is a series of images, viewed as a video sequence in a compressed duration. The most straight forward method is to record video in real time and speed up its playback in post. The down side is that to span a long interval of time, you end up working with a very large video file. An alternative is to assemble a series of still photos taken at a fixed interval over a long period of time. Here are my thoughts on how to do that and a sample of 6 clips to help illustrate options with the GoPro HD Hero2 - by David R. Beebe Read More...

Commentary on the digiscoping trend of pairing spotting scopes and small digital cameras vs. DSLRs and telephoto lenses - by David R. Beebe Read More...

If you work in Aperture, Lightroom or Photoshop, you owe it to yourself to check out the excellent plug-ins from NiK Software. They will simplify your workflow and amaze you with the results for black & white and color processing, pre and post -production sharpening, etc. - by David R. Beebe Read More...

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My thoughts on the Canon EF 100-400mm lens which in my opinion is the single most useful travel lens in their product line - by David R. Beebe Read More...

A reminder that Macintosh OS X is unix-based which lets you leverage the power of the rsync command for doing incremental backups of your SD media from your AVCHD camcorder - by David R. Beebe Read More...

If you're like me, you covet expensive lenses but can't justify the cost to own them and didn't realize at first that you can rent them to cover your immediate need for much, much less - by David R. Beebe Read More...

Not to imply that this equipment list is the best possible (even at this moment in time before they are all outdated), but I've selected Canon and Macintosh products that yield excellent results - by David R. Beebe Read More...