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The Best Drones to Get in 2023
Buying a drone is a great opportunity to learn a new hobby and add a new tool to your photo and video toolkit for this year – but the process of selecting the best drone for you is hardly an easy one. After all, the DJI Mavic 3 Pro, DJI Mini 3 Pro, and DJI Mavic Air 2 are all different drones with…
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Finding the Best Wireless Flash Triggers
There is no shortage of wireless trigger options for photography these days. Where once there were just a couple of brands, an industry has exploded into an overwhelming market of various triggers with several ‘special’ features depending on the brand. So how do you navigate through the noise to…
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Shooting Anamorphic on the RED V-Raptor
Recently, my team and I got a proposal to make a music video for an alternative rock band. Their pitch boiled down to essentially “a throwback to 70’s/80’s horror movies, but with modern production values.” We went back and forth on a few ideas regarding aspect ratios, cameras, lenses, camera…
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Five Resources of Inspiration and Education in Photography & Videography for 2023
Finding inspiration for your photography or videography can sometimes feel like a daunting task, especially when the knowledge and potential resources can feel overwhelming and endless. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting out, these tips and ideas will help you rejuvenate your passion,…
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How to Quickly Ruin Your Camera and Lens
Typically, this blog stands on the idea of “Please protect your gear, and if it’s our gear you’re renting from us, please absolutely protect the gear”. However, mistakes happen, and things break. When you have an inventory as large and diverse as ours, that reality happens way more than we’d care…
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Is AI Art Generation Going to Destroy Art as We Know It?
Most everyone is talking these days about artificial intelligence, and the latest machine learning tools developed within the art space. Whereas 2021 was all about NFTs, this year is very much about AI and how it will change the art industry or possibly, destroy it entirely. As someone who is…
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Quiz: RED Camera Name, American Gladiator Name, or Both?
In the past, we’ve put out several April Fools day posts, from Roger explaining how to find the perfect brick wall to test your lenses with the utmost accuracy, to him explaining the new numerical analysis system employed to find which lens is truly the sharpest. This year, instead of teasing our…
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Selecting the Proper Brick Wall for Photographic Tests
Many amateurs test their lenses by taking pictures of the nearest brick wall without logically thinking about what information that particular wall provides. Done properly, a brick wall test can provide a superb evaluation of your lens. But a poorly done brick wall test is really no better than…
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How Jaime Harmon Displays Isolation in His Quarantine Memphis Series
This isolation amid this pandemic is affecting people in careers in a multitude of ways. Still, one profession that has been hit particularly hard is the world of portrait photography. While most portrait photographers have chosen to close their door temporarily during these times, others are…
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How Covid-19 is Affecting the Photo & Video Industry
Our industry and communities, like so many, have been hit hard at a human and financial level by the coronavirus pandemic. To help support our readers we’ve provided blog posts and podcasts to help disinfect your gear and home/workplace, keep your minds occupied and find resources to cope…
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Stuff You Can Do When You Ain’t Got Nothing to Do
Are you bored yet? I don’t have to ask if your kids are bored yet. A lot of you are trying to think of something to do besides ‘out the window’ and ‘front porch’ photography. We’re all worried and anxious about a lot of things, but sooner or later, we need to do something, anything, to keep from…
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Photography and Videography Resources to Check out During Social Isolation
Self-quarantine has left many of us in a state of boredom, and even more of us in a state of uneasiness. This is no easy time for most of us, and so we wanted to provide you with some resources to help you financially, help you sharpen your skills, or even just help you cure some of your boredom…