If you liked our review of the Sun Sniper Camera Strap and you thought you’d like one of your own, now’s your chance to get one for free.  We are giving away one such strap to a lucky US resident for free – you don’t even have to pay any shipping or anything.  To find [...]

Our friend, Ari (who you may know as CuriousIllusion) just got a new Camera bag:  a ‘Lola’ by Epiphanie.  For those interested, she posted a review of the bag on her site.  Normally, we don’t link to reviews on other people’s websites, but this bag is unique and deserves some attention.  The thing looks like [...]

As we will be publishing some more product reviews in the next few weeks, I thought that this would be a good time to share with you a quick thought about Ratings.  Our philosophy has changed a little over the past two years.  Our audience and readership comes from a vast range of experience and [...]

The Kata DR-466I, which we reviewed a few weeks ago, is starting to appear in stores.  As of this writing, I now see it on Amazon.com for about $80, USD.  We have updated our post accordingly.
Kata KT-DR-466I-BB Digital Rucksack Black

There’s been an awful lot of discussion lately on twitter about shooting in full manual mode and using your in-camera meter.  I thought I’d take a moment to reiterate some past articles that we’ve done which are closely related to the topic.  If you’re learning how to shoot in manual mode, or if you just [...]

Andre Gunther wrote an interesting article, How to Develop Your Own Style of Photography, mapping out some tips and tactics one can use to develop their photographic style.  Your photographic style is something that we like to discuss a lot here at Shutter Photo, so I thought it was an appropriate article to bring to [...]

I’ve just happened upon a very well-written article over at Black Star Rising written by John Sevigny.  The article, Some F-Stops Are More Equal Than Others, discusses the natural flaws in lenses (flaws being unavoidable) and about how even the best lenses will have f-stops that aren’t as clean or clear as others.  This is [...]

Okay…so when Chuck Wendig shares his wisdom with the world, it’s predominantly from the perspective of a writer.  After all, that’s what he is and that’s what pays his bills.  But the boundaries between art forms are blurry.  What Chuck speaks about in his latest post, Breakfast of Verbal Champions, can apply to any creative [...]

Since we’re talking a lot these days about New Years Projects, including the ever popular Photo 365 Projects, I thought it was appropriate to share an article from Dawnstar Australis:  Hints & Tips For Doing a 365 Day Photo Project.  I for one welcome such tips (and feel free to add any that were missed).  [...]

Guy Tal, a well known nature and landscape photographer, has made some interesting observations on Print Size as it relates to high-res scans of film/prints vs. digital.  Warning, this is not a debate of film vs. digital…but merely his observations of the process involved and what works (from his subjective opinion) and what doesn’t.  Whether [...]

I have twice before written articles mentioning how autofocus could be a pitfall for focusing blunders (Read: Avoid Focusing Pitfalls in Photography and Proper Manual Focusing Technique)  Alistair Scott seems to be in the same camp as I when it comes to autofocus.  In his article, 10 Reasons to Turn Off Your Autofocus (Digital Photography [...]

Lifehacker is one of those sites you stumble upon every once in a while.  It doesn’t always relate to something that’s interesting to you, but occasionally they pull through.  In celebration of the end of the year, Lifehacker has a number of great re-caps in a number of categories.  But since photography is our thing, [...]

I just got wind of a great course being offered by BetterPhoto.com:  Better Exposure:  How to Meter Light.  The course is being taught by Sean Arbabi.  If you remember, we reviewed his book, BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure, back in March.  It’s a open-structured online course (Lessons via E-mail) with full access to Sean during the [...]

Chase Jarvis, always one to set the record straight and keep us on the correct path, has a very short but powerful post as an argument against those who believe that things shouldn’t be photoshopped.  While photoshop hasn’t existing for long, as compared to the history of photography, photo manipulation is possible even on film.  [...]

More of a shameless plug:  I started a new Photo Blog, No Words, as a conduit to share some of my more obscure photos taken on a regular basis.  I will be updating the site regularly, so feel free to visit regularly (or follow the feed) to see what I hope are some inspirational photos [...]