Posts by Author: JP Danko
JP Danko is a commercial photographer based in Toronto, Canada. JP
can change a lens mid-rappel, swap a memory card while treading water, or use a camel as a light stand.
What Camera Quality Settings Should I Use for Photos and Video?
Mar 12, 2017
JP Danko
One of the questions I get most often from people who have just picked up a new camera is: What camera quality settings should I…
Save Your Sanity – Automate Your Email Responses
Mar 11, 2017
JP Danko
Replying to email is one of those daily chores that never seems to end. If you’re a retail photographer (weddings, portraits, events, boudoir), you can…
How To Create Completely Fake Yet Totally Authentic Ski Chalet Fire Light Photos
Mar 4, 2017
JP Danko
We recently spent some time skiing at Mont Tremblant in Quebec Canada. One of the highlights of skiing is, of course, the apres ski. For…
How I Wasted $10,000 Plus What I Learned and How It Applies to Business
Jan 26, 2017
JP Danko
You can’t learn anything in life unless you make mistakes. Some mistakes are obvious. Some mistakes are a lot more subtle. In this article I…
How To Calibrate The Focus of Your Lenses – And Why You Should do it
Jan 19, 2017
JP Danko
Here’s a (semi) fun way to start the year off right – it’s time to calibrate the focus of your lenses! Most DSLRs offer options…
Five Photography Business Goals for The New Year
Jan 16, 2017
JP Danko
I love the beginning of a new year – its a perfect time to reflect on what you did well last year and what you’d…
Top three photography business housekeeping tasks to get done the first month of 2017
Jan 14, 2017
JP Danko
There’s nothing like the new year to start things off on the right foot. Unlike making a New Year’s resolution to go to the gym…
Sigma ART 85mm f/1.4 Review
Dec 17, 2016
JP Danko
One of the biggest announcements at Photokina 2016 (for me anyway) was the long awaited release of the Sigma ART 85mm f/1.4. I have been…
Trump Trolled By Time – A Photographic Deconstruction of the Man of the Year 2016 Cover
Dec 10, 2016
JP Danko
The perceived devil horns grabbed the headlines, but the real story behind the deep symbolism embedded within Time Magazine’s 2016 person of the year cover…
Fake Sunshine Glow – Warm Up Your Fall Photos With Strobe Sunlight
Nov 26, 2016
JP Danko
I was just raking up the last of the fall leaves and though that I’d like to get some photos of the kids jumping in…