There aren't too many new camera peripherals that do something truly new. Sure, quite a few of them complete a familiar task with more ease and less clutter, but the Black Widow by Spider Holster is an entirely new way to manage your primary or secondary camera. What's ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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There aren't too many new camera peripherals that do something truly new. Sure, quite a few of them complete a familiar task with more ease and less clutter, but the Black Widow by Spider Holster is an entirely new way to manage your primary or secondary camera. What's ...Travel Photo Tips: using a 50mm F1.4 lens to redefine low-light shooting
If there's one question I'm asked more than any other when it comes to DSLRs, it's usually one dealing with low-light shooting. Being able to effectively capture a scene in dimly lit situations (or at night altogether) is one of the toughest things to do in photography. ...Geotagging your travels: why you should, and how to do it
Even casual travelers know the wonders of GPS. It's hard to imagine how we functioned on the road just a few years back without a satnav at our disposal, and now that our smartphones are also well equipped to guide us from point A to point Z (and everywhere in between), ...Travel Photo Tips: Taking photos while skiing / snowmobiling, and keeping your camera dry
I recently embarked on a trip to Montana's northwestern corner, primarily concerned with a couple of things: enjoying a few days of skiing and snowmobiling, and keeping my shutter going all the while. Truth be told, it's harder than you might think. Managing to capture ...Travel Photo Tips: What is metering, and how does it affect my pictures?
Up until now, we've covered three of the more basic, essential aspects of understanding the minutiae that goes into composing a photograph. While traveling, it's easy to run into vastly different scenes from hour to hour, making it all the more important to understand how ...Travel Photo Tips: What is aperture, and how does it affect my pictures?
You've schooled yourself on ISO, and you're starting to get a handle on shutter speed. Next stop? Aperture. This particular setting is exceedingly important when trying to wrap your head around the basics of manually controlling a camera, but it's also one of the more ...Travel Photo Tips: What is shutter speed, and how does it affect my pictures?
Now that you've got a grip on ISO, it's time to talk about shutter speed as it relates to light. What is it, and how can it be tweaked to better the photographs that you'll take on the run? A great question, and we're glad you asked. Simply put, shutter speed refers to ...Travel Photo Tips: What is ISO, and how does it affect my pictures?
ISO. Three little letters which stand for International Organization for Standardization (not exactly thrilling) and make a monumental difference in the outcome of images, particularly in low-light scenarios. It's one of the most prominently featured specifications of ...Through the Gadling Lens: inspiration, courtesy of the Gadlingers
It occurred to me the other day that we've officially been together for a year here at Through the Gadling Lens -- how great is that? So it seems a little bit of a retrospective on the past year is in order, because seriously, we have talked about a lot here on the column. ...Through the Gadling Lens: 7 tips for photographs around the meal
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I've mentioned before that one of my favourite pastimes while traveling is eating. Oh my heavens, how I love to eat. There's ...Through the Gadling Lens: Look for the light
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I just got back this week from a quick trip to a spa.
It sounds luxurious, doesn't it? Well, actually, it wasn't. Don't get me wrong -- the ...Through the Gadling Lens: inspirational nature shots from our Gadling Flickr pool
As you know by now, today we're bringing attention to climate change and ecotravel here on Gadling. Personally, climate change and taking care of the environment is an issue that I've thought about a whole lot since becoming a parent -- and to be honest, my daughter has ...Through the Gadling Lens: shooting cities at twilight
This week, I received the following rather detailed email from reader Jason: I love your columns and have learned so much from them, thank you! I do have a couple of questions that I hope you may be able to help me with please. I am bouncing-off-the-walls excited to be ...Through the Gadling Lens: photographing skies
Oh, how I'd love to regale you with my brilliant photographic skills in capturing the sky's majesty!
I'd love to, but I can't.
For some reason, I'm really, really horrid when it comes to shooting skies. Oh, I can manage to get a good sunset photo here and there, and ...Through the Gadling Lens: water, water everywhere
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Over the last year or so, I've become really intrigued with photographing water -- I love how organically it moves, I love all the ...Through the Gadling Lens: photographing the children of the world
I was recently instant-messaging a friend of mine, asking him if he had any suggestions for what we could talk about this week here on Through the Gadling Lens. "Why don't you talk about taking photographs of kids?" he asked. I demurred. "Umm, I really try to keep this ...Through the Gadling Lens: photographing autumn
Here in the United States, Labor Day is now over, and all of the kids are back in school -- sure signs that, despite the actual calendar date, summer is gone and fall is right around the corner. This makes me happy: while spring has those beautiful blue skies, winter is ...Through the Gadling Lens: 5 photography items I'm glad I blew money on
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In my family, I'm definitely the saver, while my husband is definitely the spender. I'm always the one who can "make do" with ...Through the Gadling Lens: 5 photography subjects that are the same and different everywhere
Do you remember those Where the hell is Matt? videos that were taking the internet by storm in recent years? I was thinking about those videos the other day, and wondering why they affected so many people, causing the videos to go so wildly viral. And then it dawned on me: ...Through the Gadling Lens: Photography tips I learned on my summer vacation
I just got back from a long weekend in Oregon. This was the second year that I joined 13 friends in a beautiful coastal town, where we rented this huge rustic beach house, and spent the entire time resting, relaxing, and generally making art. As it happens, all of us make ...
