Over the summer of 2014 I started to use a blended camera kit. I Replaced my Nikon D90 with a Sony A7. However my system change was not the one normally done. I kept using my Nikon lenses with my Sony A7. To do this I purchased a Metabones Nikon G mount to Sony NEX adapter. It has actually become one of the most important parts of my daily kit. Over time a few … [Read more...]
Engagement Sessions with Scott Wyden Kivowitz – Your Bag
I thought I would keep the Your Bag series going with a helpful video which I recently shared with The Arcanum. In the video you will see how I utilize very little equipment in order to achieve great engagement photos for my clients. What I bring always comes down to what is needed, the time of day, the weather and so on. But typically I'll have what you see in the … [Read more...]
Cameras Have Four Wheels
There is a lot of humdrum these days about which camera to choose and it can all get a bit confusing. There is a simpler way to do things. The way I see it, a camera is a lot like a car. Let me explain. A car and a camera at the heart of it all are utilitarian machines. Soul-less, cold and complicated. They are bred and developed to achieve a simple purpose – to take a … [Read more...]
Photo Profile: Noah J. Ramirez
I would like to say that I noticed that I am an observer of all things around me. For as far back as I can remember, I have been "snapping" photographs with any camera I could get my hands on. Usually my parent's point and shoot camera was all that I had available, but I didn't care. It helped me begin to capture images of the immediate world around me. In my teenage years, I … [Read more...]
Photo Profile: J. Dennis Thomas
First and foremost I am a live music photographer. I love photographing musicians doing what they do best, whether it's in a stadium in front of 50,000 people or a dive bar with 15 people. I’ve been shooting live music since I was about 13 and my friends and I started forming punk bands and playing wherever we could. I started out with a Pentax Spotmatic trying to emulate the … [Read more...]