Reviews

Aerial Photography Without A Drone – Hands On Review of the Seaport Digital MegaMast

May 17, 2015 JP Danko

The single biggest challenge I face as a photographer is finding ways to create images that are noticeably different than everyone else’s. The vast majority…



Hands On Datacolor Spyder5 Elite Review

Apr 7, 2015 JP Danko

Datacolor was recently kind enough to send us a Spyder5 Elite to review prior to today’s official launch. I spent the last couple weeks using the…



5 Simple Shots You Can Use To Shoot A Love Story With A Slider

Mar 30, 2015 Udi Tirosh

If you’ve been around the blog for a while you know that we are big advocates of the slider as a cinematic tool. We got…



Affinity Photo – First Impressions: Inpainting Brush; Photoshop Plugins; Frequency Separation

Feb 10, 2015 Roderique Arisiaman

Following up on the yesterday’s post about a possible Photoshop alternative in the works, named Affinity Photo (which is currently in Beta, and the Beta is free…



First time Fuji User. A Fuji XE-2 Review

Jan 7, 2015 Laya Gerlock

I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about how great Fuji cameras are, so about 3 weeks ago I decided to get a Fuji. I…



Hands-on Review of the LiteTrek 4.0 Mobile Lighting Kit

Dec 30, 2014 Allen Mowery

One of the greatest dilemmas for photographers using off-camera lighting on location is achieving the balance of light output and portability. For those of us…



Nikon D750 Review For Wedding Photography

Dec 26, 2014 Roberto Panciatici

Since I’m a full time professional photographer, the question I’ll try to answer in this review is: can the Nikon D750 be used for professional…



DIYP Reviews the Syrp Genie – All In One Time Lapse Photography Motion Control

Dec 11, 2014 JP Danko

Time lapse photography has recently evolved into a spectacular fusion of the best of still photography and motion film making. With the growing popularity of…



DIYP Reviews The Max Stone IR Camera Controller

Dec 7, 2014 Paul Faecks

The Max Stone (Amazon | B&H) is a little IR- based camera remote that was successfully funded on kickstarter in February, earlier this year. The Max Stone…



We Got A High End Strobe System For 4 Days – Here Is What We Did With It

Dec 5, 2014 Stefan Kohler

Multiblitz was very kind. They said: “Here is our catalog, choose wisely”. So we did! We prowled through their catalog and picked a small yet very powerful…