What Lens Should I Buy?

Guide to Building Lens Collection What lens should I buy? I see variations of that question from new photographers all the time. “I have the kit lens, but I want a better lens, what should […]

Sony 85mm F/1.4 GM Review

Sony 85mm F/1.4 GM Real world images (click for larger): Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM lens review: 85mm is my favorite focal length and prime lens. I shoot portraits extensively and 85mm is the right focal […]

Canon R vs Nikon Z vs Sony Alpha

The Canon Mirrorless Full Frame [Canon EOS R pre-orders now open:   Sony opened up a new era in mirrorless with the full frame Sony A7 and Sony A7r in October of 2013.  Though the […]

Nikon Z Mirrorless Starting Guide

Nikon Users:  Welcome to Mirrorless! The announcement of the Nikon Z6 and Z7 ushers in an exciting new era for photography, the adaption of serious full frame cameras by one of the two big camera […]

Nikon Z vs Sony Alpha

The Nikon Z has arrived After years of rumors, Nikon has finally officially announced a full frame mirrorless system.  I shot Nikon from 2014 to 2017.  In 2017, I was shooting the Nikon D750 and […]

Church Wedding with Sony A7riii

First Church Wedding with Sony A7riii church wedding with Sony 55mm f/1.8 at f2.2 and ISO 1000, backing up the aisle I previously wrote about the first wedding I shot with the Sony A7riii, here.  […]

Should Entry Level Shooters Consider Full Frame?

Full Frame for Entry Level? The camera market has changed tremendously since the transition from film to dSLR over the last 10 to 15 years.   Early dSLRs used sensors smaller than the film found in […]

APS-C vs Full Frame RAW files

Real World APS-C vs Full Frame IQ Differences You can find much written about the image quality superiority of full frame over aps-c cameras.  DxoMark.com does scientific analysis. Click the image below to see their […]

Sony Wedding: first wedding with Sony A7riii

Bridal portrait with Nikon D750 and Tamron 85mm Progression into Wedding Photography with Sony A7riii Let me start with some background.  If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will know that I […]

Sony RX100vi Thoughts

Sony RX100 vi Sony has introduced their sixth version of their compact enthusiast model, the RX100.  I was an early adopter of the original RX100 in 2012, and it truly sparked a renewed interest in […]