Setting up Sony A7iv

Sony A7iv settings and menu

Sony A7iv Set Up Guide While the Sony A7iv is the current “base level” camera for Sony, this really is not accurate. My readers know I’m primarily an enthusiast but do some professional work. For […]

Engagement Photography Guide

how to shoot engagement photography

How to Shoot Engagement Sessions Engagement photography has become its own genre unique from other types of portrait sessions. As opposed to solo portraits, the subject is not really the person, nor is the subject […]

Setting up Sony A6400

Set Up Guide for Sony A6400 The Sony A6400 (See on Amazon / Adorama) is suitable for entry level shooters, budding enthusiasts and more advanced users looking for a compact aps-c camera. (Review of the […]

Street Photography and Sony A9 real time tracking

Sony A9 + Real Time Tracking AF + Street Photography I previously did a post about street photography and Sony, concluding that Sony cameras were ideal for street photography. For the prior post, I used […]

Packing Camera Gear for Theme Park Vacation

Theme Park Vacation Photography Gear I’ll be spending a long weekend with my family at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. In this post, I’ll address the photography gear I specifically chose for this trip. Packing […]

Fixing Skies in Lightroom

Modern cameras, including my own Sony A7riii, possess an extraordinary amount of dynamic range — the range that it can delineate between dark shadow and bright highlight. Yet, even modern cameras have less dynamic range […]

Recommended Sony A6400 lenses and accessories

Sony A6400 Recommendations While today I primarily shoot full frame, I owned and used a Sony A6000 and A6300 for a couple of years. I’ve used or tried most of the Sony aps-c lenses and […]

A Proposal with 3 Sony prime lenses

Photographing Proposal / Engagement I decided to end 2018 with a special post, sharing my session photographing the proposal of Amy and Anthony. While I’m primarily an enthusiast, my readers know I’ve shot a few […]

Silent Shutter Banding

How to Manage Silent Shutter Banding With all the major camera brands now producing mirrorless cameras, more people can enjoy one of the key benefits of mirrorless:  silent shooting.   By fully utilizing an electronic shutter […]

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 […]