Category: Photojournalism

Throughout the week, I’m writing a series of posts about buying gear. As we near the end of the semester with graduations and holidays approaching, the number of questions I get from students about putting together a kit skyrockets. It is the bane of almost every young photographer and many seasoned ones – what to do with the dark. With...

Throughout the week, I’m writing a series of posts about buying gear. As we near the end of the semester with graduations and holidays approaching, the number of questions I get from students about putting together a kit skyrockets. Just a few more posts to get through this week – strobes will be tomorrow and random accessories on Saturday. But...

Throughout the week, I’m writing a series of posts about buying gear. As we near the end of the semester with graduations and holidays approaching, the number of questions I get from students about putting together a kit skyrockets. I have always held that you put your money into glass. In the film era, there were two ways to improve...

Throughout the week, I’m writing a series of posts about buying gear. As we near the end of the semester with graduations and holidays approaching, the number of questions I get from students about putting together a kit skyrockets. When it comes to professional-class cameras, there are two distinct options within each of the major manufacturers lines: full frame or...

Throughout the week, I’m going to write a series of posts about buying gear. As we near the end of the semester with graduations and holidays approaching, the number of questions I get from students about putting together a kit skyrockets. I am, by nature and nurture, cheap. Or, as we would say in my native New England, frugal. Or,...