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For the first time ever, I preordered an iPhone on launch day. I had planned on staying up till midnight to get my order in as soon as possible, but I’m getting older, and didn’t make it till midnight. I…
Recently, Apple announced the iPad Pro and Pencil stylus. Unfortunately, Apple’s stylus only works with the iPad Pro. Long before Apple’s Pencil, Fifty Three had their own Pencil stylus. And Fifty Three’s Pencil stylus works with all iOS devices. I…
There are times we have to create a bunch of similar graphics in Photoshop. Instead of creating each one individually, we can use data sets in Photoshop to whip up as many graphics as we need with just a few…
Six years ago today, I tweeted this: The Twitter handle is blocked out because it was tweeted on an account I no longer use. Today, Evernote is the one app I use every single day. My entire work day is…
This has nothing to do with photography. Or maybe it does–if you like to listen to music while you edit. I just had to mention these headphones. I’m one of those strange people who loves the sound of Beats…
I’ve owned a few different tripod mounts for my iPhone over the years. None of them were all that stable, and all of them have found their way to the Drawer of Despair. All except the RetiCAM.
I spent years trying to figure out which wireless flash triggers to buy before I settled on the Cactus V6 triggers. I didn't want to spend a ton of money, so Pocket Wizards were out. I looked at the Phottix Odin and really liked them, but they were still a little more than I wanted to pay—especially since I don’t do a ton of off camera flash work.
I was initially disappointed in Lightroom Mobile. What I really thought I wanted was a tool I could use to import RAW images from the SD card reader on my iPad that would then sync to my computer.—even if that…
When importing, use a Metadata preset to quickly add your copyright and creator (or any other) information to all imported photos.