Those who like to keep current with the advances in digital photography will certainly be familiar with the name Gordon Laing. Editor and creator of the popular Camera Labs website, he has solidified his position as one of the most eminent technology journalists on the internet, penning impressively in-depth camera and lens reviews that often run […]
Book Reviews
6 Authors of Mirrorless Camera Manuals Whose Books You’ll Actually Enjoy Reading
I am generally an avid reader but there is one genre of literature that sends me running in the other direction: official camera manuals. A few pages into reading one, and I can feel my eyelids becoming heavy and my mind beginning to wander to thoughts as varied as that evening’s dinner and the meaning […]
The ‘Artisans’ Charity Book by Tim Allen – Raising funds for NASS through photography
I have been following Tim Allen‘s wonderful Artisans Project ever since he began posting the first pictures from the series taken with his Fujifilm X100 and X-E1. In a world where people raise money by performing silly antics, it is refreshing to see a someone use their photography skills to support a charity, while telling a story and […]
Review of the The Complete Guide to Sony’s Alpha 7 & 7r by Gary Friedman
When I sit down to read a camera manual, my expectations usually aren’t very high. In the best case scenario, it is simply a tedious read. In the worst, the sections are unorganised, critical information is often missing, and the technical language is too complex for the average amateur. Fortuitously, this is not the case […]
Review of 1Eye Roaming: Patrick La Roque’s first photography e-book
When I first came across Patrick La Roque’s blog back in January, I was bewitched not only by his talent as a photographer, but also by his way with the written word. Patrick has the ability to make even the most banal situations come to life, using images as the core fabric of his posts […]