Posts by Author: 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.
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…
‘Liking’ and sharing a photo in Thailand can land you 30 years in prison
Dec 15, 2015
Gannon Burgett
How often do you ‘like’ or share a photo on Facebook? However often it is, don’t take it for granted – in Thailand, ‘liking’ and sharing…
How to make a professional camera slider for less than $50
Dec 15, 2015
Gannon Burgett
In case our name didn’t tip you off, we love DIY projects. Even more so, we love when DIY projects turn out to be just…
FAA now requires all drones to be registered and marked, site to go live on December 21st
Dec 14, 2015
Gannon Burgett
The time has come. Drones owners will soon have to register and mark their unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
2015 DIYP Gift Guide – Camera Bags
Dec 14, 2015
Gannon Burgett
We’ve curated and shared our 2015 gift guides for cameras, lenses, lighting and accessories. Now, we’re on to our last collection, camera bags. You know the…
StandInBaby is a fully articulating – and slightly creepy – baby mannequin for newborn photographers
Dec 10, 2015
Gannon Burgett
We’ll go ahead and file this one under ‘creepy, but potentially useful.’ What you see above is StandInBaby, a Frankenstein-looking baby mannequin designed to improve…
2015 DIYP Gift Guide – Lighting
Dec 10, 2015
Gannon Burgett
So far, we’ve shared our Gift Guides for cameras and lenses. Now, we’re on to the next tool any photographer needs in his/her arsenal –…
Who needs the sun? How to make your own golden hour
Dec 7, 2015
Gannon Burgett
What if you could create beautiful Golden Hour portraits without the sun? Well, you can. All it takes is a few strobes and a little know-how.
PSA: Protect your lenses by turning off image stabilization when traveling
Dec 7, 2015
Gannon Burgett
Did you know that when traveling with your image stabilized (IS) lens, it’s suggested that you turn off the IS functionality? Neither did I. Until today.
The Filmomat is a homemade, automated film processing machine
Dec 7, 2015
Gannon Burgett
Film photographers, prepare your hearts (and wallets…if you’re lucky enough). This is the Filmomat, an automated film processor capable of developing both color and black…