Posts by Author: Gannon Burgett

Gannon Burgett
Gannon Burgett is a communications professional with over a decade of experience in content strategy, editing, marketing, multimedia content creation. He’s photographed and written content seen across hundreds of millions of pageviews. In addition to his communications work for various entities and publications, Gannon also runs his multimedia marketing agency, Ekleptik Media, where he brings his expertise as a full-stack creator to help develop and execute data-driven content strategies. His writing, photos, and videos have appeared in USA Today, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, Popular Mechanics, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, DPReview, PetaPixel, Imaging Resource, Lifewire, Yahoo News, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, and more.

    This 6mm thin camera fits inside your wallet

    Jan 4, 2016 Gannon Burgett

    Cameras have been getting smaller and smaller with each passing year. This particular one might just take the cake though–at least in the thinness category….

    ‘Size Matters’: Two photographers try to charm a woman — with photo gear

    Jan 4, 2016 Gannon Burgett

    We’ll go ahead and avoid the argument of whether size matters (in photography, of course) and simply introduce this hilarious little short by photographer Serge…

    5 Best Primes for Photojournalism

    Dec 30, 2015 Gannon Burgett

    All things held constant, prime lenses are far sharper at any given focal length than their zoom counterparts. The trade off, of course, is that…

    This DIY GoPro Remote is one square inch and only costs $15

    Dec 30, 2015 Gannon Burgett

    GoPro action cameras are small enough that they can be placed almost anywhere. But the problem with choosing unconventional locations is that you still have…

    A look inside Canon’s redesigned mirror mechanism

    Dec 28, 2015 Gannon Burgett

    On the outside, Canon’s 5DS and 5DS R DSLRs remain almost unchanged from their predecessor, the 5D Mark III. But on the inside, things couldn’t…

    Make it or break it: Lensrental shares its annual gear repair rate report

    Dec 28, 2015 Gannon Burgett

    As they do every year, LensRentals has released their annual repair rate report. Within the detailed analysis are the numbers showing what photo gear comes in…

    These are the camera bags Darth Vader and Chewbacca would wear if they were photographers

    Dec 23, 2015 Gannon Burgett

    You can’t go more than one or two clicks online without seeing something related to Star Wars. And today, we’re contributing even more to that…

    Watch this hockey photographer’s lens hood fall onto the ice and get mistaken for a puck

    Dec 22, 2015 Gannon Burgett

    Hockey is a fast-paced, hard-hitting game where peripheral vision is key to getting the puck where it needs to be. But what happens when what…

    These amazing little USB drives are 1:2.6 scale models of Canon’s 5DS and ‘L’ series lenses

    Dec 18, 2015 Gannon Burgett

    USB drives are practically a dime a dozen nowadays. But sometimes you want something a little more specialized that will make yours stand out from…

    The SP-445 is a 4×5 film developing system that can fit in your backpack

    Dec 17, 2015 Gannon Burgett

    It’s safe now to say that film is anything but dead. More so now than ever, it seems photographers young and old are looking to…