Field Testing the Canon 1DX
I know everyone out there is waiting in anticipation to see the noise levels on the image files for this camera, but I need to set some ground rules so you understand where this test comes from. I am not a testing lab like DxO Mark. Nor am I going to shoot images of trinkets [...]
Goodbye Drobo and Hello to Thunderbolt
Last year I wrote about storage issues that my office was facing. At the time, making decisions on how to approach the problem wasn’t a simple task. Recently, a new issue arose. A much graver one. The complete demise of our main workhorse computer – a five year old Mac Pro. At the time it [...]
Time and Processing Techniques – Great Gifts for Any Photographer
I am friends with many professional photographers. Some of them are really famous, while others like myself, are in the process of making names for themselves. The amazing thing that transcends all of them is the fact that none of them believe they know it all and at the same time they are all willing [...]
Field Testing the New Canon 8-15mm Fisheye Zoom
There are people out there who completely despise the fisheye lens. They feel that the world should have a straight and perfect horizon. In some situations they are completely right, I on the other hand fell in love with the fisheye many, many years ago. On a whim I went out and bought Canon’s 15mm [...]
These are the Droids You are Looking For
Over the course of the last two months of my life I have been staring down a growing problem in my office. My 2-2TB hard-drive system that was storing my seventy thousand digital image collection was sending a few warning shots across my bow. “Danger Jay, capacity almost full.” It all began with a little [...]
Creative Landscape Photography – Guy Tal Continues to Impress
On Sunday I had a rough flight, not because of weather, but because of time. I flew non-stop from Miami, Florida to Seattle, Washington. This was a 6 and a half hour journey, in coach with no upgrade available. I know now I will never break the law because if I cannot handle six hours [...]
And the Answer is…HDR and an iPhone 4
Last week I created a post asking what a certain photo of Olympic National Park had to do with the new iPhone 4 even though the photo itself was not taken with the iPhone 4. I managed to stump everyone who participated. Thank you all for playing along. The answer is that last week’s photo [...]
Photoshop CS5 – Spot Healing Brush Tool – Welcome Back from the Darkside
Continuing my exploration of Adobe’s new CS5 Master Collection from a recent first post of ours, I have discovered a newly reinvented friend in Photoshop CS5. The Spot Healing Brush Tool has, up until now, never been my favorite tool to fix and remove dust, branches, etc. from an image. It just never seemed to get [...]
What is Thy Bidding My MASTER COLLECTION CS5 – Just the Beginning
Last week we received our copy of Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 – Master Collection. I am sure that many of you already know about this software from all of the buzz Adobe has generated about its release. We decided that the Master Collection was a good choice for our office because we are starting to [...]
The New Canon 1D Mark IV
I have just received a 1D Mark IV camera from Canon to try for the next week. I can tell you that my initial reaction is that this thing is pretty amazing. The above image was taken at ISO 800 last night. We are hoping to put together a video in the coming weeks of [...]
Aperture 3 – a Quick Personal Comparison to Lightroom
For starters, I feel that I need to qualify this review with a little bit of my history with Apple Computers and Aperture software. I bought my first Mac over 20 years ago and have been using them exclusively as my publishing platform since. My standard saying is, “You can have my Mac when you [...]
thinkTANK-I THINK I Love You!
I have a lot of photo bags. It all started 16 years ago when I purchased my first camera and lens. It was the meager beginnings of a fanny-type pack that held one body, one lens, some film, and a couple of filters. Now times have changed. I cannot fit everything into my monster Lowepro [...]
The new 5D Mark II in action
As you may or may not know Canon announced a new 5D Mark II last week. The camera has 1080p HD video recording as part of the list of features. A very talented photographer by the name of Vincent Laforet used a pre-production camera to film a video entitled Reverie. It is pretty amazing. To [...]
You need and iPhone!
By now you have probably heard everything under the sun about the new iPhone. I can tell you that I did purchase one the second day that they were available from one of the Apple Stores in Denver and I have yet to be disappointed. Yes, all my friends will say that I am the [...]
Jay is an internationally published and celebrated photographer and writer. His work focuses on architecture, nature, and adventure. His clients have included fortune five hundred companies, trade publications, national and international magazines and books, graphic designers, architects, builders, commercial printers, and many others.