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Laws of Light: How to Light Glass

March 21, 2019 By Morgan 5 Comments

What is the best way to light glass? Glass doesn’t look good when you shine light directly at it. It soaks up the light it doesn’t define it. It just gives you specular highlights little pinpoints that don’t photograph well. Glass looks the best when you look through it and shine something bright behind it. […]

Leica Q2 – Is it Worth $5,000?

March 19, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are talking about the Leica Q2 today! Now we don’t have the camera, but we are going to give you our thoughts on the specs and what we hope to expect when we test it out in the future. Leica is known for its high quality, expensive cameras. The Q2 is no exception, this […]

Sony 6400 vs Fuji X-T30 | Hands-on Mirrorless Camera Comparison

March 14, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are going to be comparing the Sony a6400 with the Fuji X-T30 in this video. They are both pretty new starting level mirrorless cameras with pretty good specs for how small the body is. So let’s put these two cameras to the test! Picture Quality Test These two shots look very similar next to […]

What to Expect from the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6k G2!

March 13, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are talking about the Black Magic Ursa Mini Pro G2 today! Now we have shot on the Ursa Mini and the Ursa Mini Pro and the Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k as well. You can check out those videos here. The Ursa Mini Pro was a small step up for them, but this […]

Laws of Light: Placing a Softbox

March 7, 2019 By Morgan 3 Comments

Today we are going to talk about placing a softbox, not the positions that you would use like a Rembrandt, a butterfly, or a loop, but how to place it once it’s in position. Let’s talk about how to finesse the look that you want to achieve while using a softbox. We have our model […]

Panasonic‘s New Full-Frame Mirrorless Cameras

March 2, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are going to look at the specs for their new full-frame mirrorless cameras. They have really been doing well in the micro-four-thirds spectrum with the GH5. Panasonic is known for its great color in the EVA-1 and also in the GH5. So they are releasing two of their cameras at the same time, one […]

Laws of Light: How to Light Metal

February 28, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are going to show you how to light metal while shooting video and photos. So we are using the example of this teapot as our first object to light. It’s interesting you see around the teapot. Metal doesn’t like a light shined directly at it, it reflects a harsh heavy light. We have our […]

Canon RP: Cheapest Full Frame Mirrorless Camera EVER?

February 26, 2019 By Morgan 2 Comments

We are going to be talking about the Canon EOS RP today, which is Canon’s newest release of their mirrorless line. Currently, they haven’t released anything, but the specs so we are going to chat about that today. Kenneth is pretty excited about the Canon EOS RP because he’s just a big Canon fan, but […]

6 Tips on How to Get GREAT Film Scans!

February 21, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are out at Richard Photo Lab today talking about different scanners and 6 different ways you can get great scans at your local Photo Lab. We have Bill Pines here with us, who is the general manager at Richard Photo Lab. #1 Scanners So we are looking the Fujifilm Frontier SP3000 scanner here and […]

Tamron Announces 3 NEW FULL-FRAME Lenses for 2019!

February 21, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We have some great news from Tamron, who just released their brand new full-frame lenses set to release in mid-2019. We have the 17-28mm fast wide angle mirrorless lens for the Sony, two full-frame DSLR lenses: the 35mm f1.4 prime for Nikon and Canon, and the 35-150mm portrait zoom lens! Let’s take a look at […]

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