Zach Sutton
I'm Zach and I'm the editor and a frequent writer here at Lensrentals.com. I'm also a commercial beauty photographer in Los Angeles, CA, and offer educational workshops on photography and lighting all over North America.
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Five Ways to Shoot Portraits on a White Backdrop
When shooting portrait photography, you’re going to inevitably run into a white backdrop in some form or fashion. Whether it’s a roll of seamless paper, a backdrop made from a V-flat, a cyc wall, or even just a white wall, white backdrops are among the most common tools in portrait work. Despite…
The Battle of the Behemoths – Finding the Best Camera of 2021
Though time has felt like it has stopped over the last year, the last few months have given us some pretty exciting photography and videography products to look forward to. Though many of these cameras aren’t readily available, I felt it was something worth discussing regardless; in the effort to…
How I Got The Shot – Creating Photos Based on Digital Art
We’re used to seeing a lot of lenses disassembled on this blog, where MTF charts are more frequent than example photos. So I walked into this article with a bit of skepticism – certainly, we’ve never tried an elaborate photo breakdown before. But with photoshoots this past year far less frequent…
The Top Rented Photo and Video Products of 2020
Each year, we take a look at the data and rentals we were able to provide for our customer base and use it to get some perspective on where the industry might be heading. Certainly, this year was a different one, with the pandemic putting many stops to the industry and the jobs available – but we…
Photography Fundamentals – How ISO Changes Your Photos
In recent weeks, I’ve started posting some fundamental articles on how to use your camera if you’re starting out. In the past couple weeks, we’ve discussed both how aperture affects your images, and how shutter speed changes your images, so today, we’re going to cover the final piece to that…
Photography Fundamentals – How Shutter Speed Changes Your Photos
Last week, I spoke to you about aperture, and how it correlated with the exposure triangle, and how aperture changes your images’ depth of field. That article was just part one of a three-part series that goes over the fundamentals of the exposure triangle, and how each of these settings changes…
Photography Fundamentals – How Aperture Changes Photos
We cover a lot of things over here on the Lensrentals blog, and most of them teeter on the technically advanced edge of the scale. From measuring the flange distance on cameras down to the fraction of a millimeter to performing light tests to check the accuracy of color shift throughout power…
Photographers Discuss Precautions to Take When Returning to Work Post COVID-19 Restrictions
Covid-19 has been a big talking point on this blog lately, and with good reason. Being a company that ships thousands of products all across the United States each week, we must maintain a precautionary approach to how we manage the business. In the past, we’ve talked about cleaning procedures for…
Review of the Inovativ Voyager 36″ EVO Production Cart
Eventually, when working on set as a videographer or even photographer, you’ll be placed in a position where you’re deadly confident in your skills with the camera, and your confidence to get the job done will rely solely on your skills in time management and organization. No longer will you focus…
Review of the Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L DS with Defocus Smoothing
This past fall, we had listed our favorite gear for the year 2019, and I personally did something different. I listed the Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L DS and openly spoke about how I hadn’t even used it but was excited nonetheless of the new technology being put forth into the Canon RF series of lenses.…
The Most Important Photo and Video Products of the Last Decade
This past week marks not only a new year but a new decade as well. As usual, with this time of the year, we find ourselves in reflection and motivated to see what the new year (and in this case, new decade) will bring. In the previous couple weeks, you’ve seen us present our end of the year data…
Most Popular Photography and Videography Rentals for 2019
As per tradition here at Lensrentals.com, at the end of the year, we go through all of our records and use that to provide the public with some insight on the industry and where it is going. Through this record-keeping, we’re able to provide some information on what is the most popular rented gear…