How To Improve Your Outdoor Photography With Atmosphere and Light
Last summer I was camping at Killarney Provincial Park with my family and at the George Lake campground there is a perfect jumping rock. I knew this would be a…
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How To Build an Inexpensive DIY Beauty Dish Video Light
Do you have to film the occasional interview, webcam session, video conference or webinar? Do you need a quick, inexpensive, good looking video light for those sessions? Well, you can…
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Tips for Underwater Photography In Murky Water
If you’ve ever tried to photograph a person underwater, you know how important crystal clear water is to producing usable images. I do most of my underwater photography in Georgian…
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Autumn Sunshine and Raking The Fall Leaves With Kids Jumping In the Leaf Pile
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 my big leaf pile. The…
Read More What Camera Quality Settings Should I Use for Photos and Video?
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 use for photos and video?…
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Glow or sparkle? Two artistic aperture choices for sun flare and specular highlights
When you think of lens aperture on your camera – do you think about exposure, or do you think about artistic interpretation? Yes, aperture is one third of the exposure…
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How To Create Completely Fake Yet Totally Authentic Ski Chalet Fire Light Photos
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 me that means sitting by…
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How To Calibrate The Focus of Your Lenses – And Why You Should do it
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 for “micro adjustment” or to…
Read More Fake Sunshine Glow – Warm Up Your Fall Photos With Strobe Sunlight
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 my big leaf pile. The…
Read More How To Copy Large Video Files to a USB Flash Drive or Other FAT32 Storage Device
Most of the time I deliver finished photos and videos to my clients via digital download. It’s quick, easy and saves me time and money by avoiding the hassle of…
Read More How To Build Your Own NAS From Scratch (With Parts List!)
Computers and data storage are almost as important to photographers and cinematographers as cameras. If you’re serious about keeping all of your photos and videos safe and secure in one…
Read More Milky Way Double Exposure With The eMotimo Spectrum St4
A couple weeks ago I was sitting on the top of a cliff in the dark setting up an eMotimo Spectrum St4 to test out the new gigapixel feature –…
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How To Move Your Dropbox Pro Folder If Your C Drive Is Full
If you’re a Dropbox user, you probably have your Dropbox folder installed at the default location – on your systems drive the Main (C:) drive. If you have upgraded to…
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The Frozen Tundra Mountain Biking Expedition
So the other day I was discussing my quest to photograph more interesting stuff, with a good friend of mine and he says: “Hey – do you want to take…
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How To Dry Wet Camera Gear
How To Dry Wet Camera Gear | by JP Danko | blurMEDIA Photography | Toronto Underwater Fashion Photographer | When you spend a significant amount of time shooting underwater photography…
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