Canon 35mm 1.4 vs Sigma 35mm 1.4 My strategy when buying camera gear has been to pay a bit more to get the best. Instead of buying a bit cheaper and then not being satisfied and then selling and then buying the thing I actually wanted in the first place and losing money. And this [...]
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FUJIFILM X100 There has been so many times when I’m driving home from work. There is snow in the trees, the streetlights lights up the street in a very mysterious way. And you think to yourself, that would make an Awesome photo! And of course your big DSRL is in your camera bag at home. [...]
Sigma 24-70 F2.8 EX DG Macro vs. Canon 24-70 L I For many years I wondered if I should buy the Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro or the Canon 24-70 F2.8 I L I didn’t have much money at the time so I went with the Sigma. In the back of my mind I [...]
THE WALKING DEAD – BEHIND THE SHOOTS About a month ago there was the official Zombie Walk day in Helsinki. I’ve missed it the passed years and only seen photos by other photographers of the event later on. So this year I wrote the date in my calendar and went out to shoot for an [...]
PERSONAL MOVIE – SHUNNED It was that time of the year that I felt that I needed to create something by myself to keep my creativity up and running. I saw a competition where you were supposed to make a movie about bullying in school, and wanted to participate, but didn’t have the time to [...]
CANON 5D MKIII, WORTH BUYING/UPGRADING? So as anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock knows, the new Canon 5D mkIII is now for sale. A few weeks I wondered if I should buy the mkIII or buy the Elinchrom Ranger Speed RX flashes. In the end I went for the flash. For me the [...]
FREE TUTORIAL PODCASTS Here is a quick tip how to watch video tutorials for free and you they will come straight to you when they get published. if you haven’t watched podcasts before, then it’s time for you to start. Podcasts are “channels” that comes straight in to you itunes and then you just press [...]
JOE MCNALLY: THE MOMENT IT CLICKS My dad bought me the book The Moment It Clicks by Joe McNally for Christmas. Joe McNally is probably one of the biggest names when it comes to photography, and he has been in the industry for ages. He pretty much has done every kind of photographing genre there [...]
SHOOT PERFECT JEWELRY SHOTS IN YOUR KITCHEN First off, here is the long and short version. If you don´t want to read the technical stuff then just jump to the end and you will figure out how to shoot perfect shots in your living room without any extra flashes and stuff. But here are photos [...]
TUTORIAL VIDEOS WORTH WATCHING I’m always looking for new techniques and tips on shooting, filming or editing my footage. So I watched quite a few different tutorial videos done by different people. Some are better than others, so I thought I would tell you which I have liked the most. If you know of any [...]
CINEMAGRAPHS – MOVING PHOTOS I thought I would tell you how I made my first Cinemagraph. Mine is a bit different than the rest because my wife wanted a new header to her blog and she wanted it with a white background. Here is how it turned out. (I wanted to take away the grayish [...]
EXTENSION TUBES, WHAT FOR? I thought I would write a bit about my gear I use when I shoot videos or photos. I have probably been googleing for months to find all the info on all the small gadgets I have. So I thought I would spare you the time and write a bit about [...]
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