I recently had the privilege of shooting 3 rolls of film with a venerable old Canon F-1 manual SLR camera. I said “privilege” for 3 reasons: first, it was lent to me by a gentleman at the office (through this I wish to thank him again for the opportunity); second, these cameras were top of [...]

The weirdest thing just happened. Well, I’d been warned that these eBay remotes might act up but as far as I knew, they only misbehaved with a couple of strobes, namely Canon’s 430EX and I believe the 580 (not sure about that). Tonight I had a photo session in mind and I shot a bunch [...]

Man, am I excited! It’s the kind of excitement I get when I feel that I’ve just struck a bargain. And indeed it seems I have. For a while now I’ve been fascinated by the articles on Strobist and after reading everything that I could about the subject of lighting with the help of off-camera [...]

I’ve had this photo backpack for about 2 years and I guess now would be as good a time as any for a review. It has served me well and the way it’s built like a tank, I’m confident it will serve me many more years. Hopefully I won’t need another photo backpack ever.

I would [...]

After dreaming about a Canon EOS XXD for almost 2 years, my wishes have finally come true. Today, on this beautiful – and frickin’ freezing – winter day, my Canon 30D has arrived. Thus, it upgrades my old 300D after exactly 2 years of use.
I am very pleased with the folks at B&H (with whom [...]