A few months before leaving for Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falklands I bought a new Panasonic Lumix GH4 and an accompanying Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 Aspherical Lens. My stalwart video rig has been comprised of Canon 5D Mark III’s (previously the 5D Mark II’s). The Canon DSLRs have been my go to cameras for a few… Read more →
Recently I purchased a Jobu Design Jr. 3 Deluxe Gimbal head. I’d spent quite some time searching for a gimbal head. There are quite a few well known brands out there, Wimberley, Really Right Stuff, Manfrotto, Kirk, Benro, Induro just to name a few. I wanted something light, I hate hiking long distances carrying heavy gear and I’ve already got… Read more →
Would you like to walk a mile in my shoes? Well walking a mile in my shoes is something you wouldn’t really have wanted to do at the end of my Iceland trip. Sadly my Kathmandu Tiger NGX boots bit the dust literally!!! After a good period of service I destroyed the stitching due to scuffing on rocks, shale, volcanic… Read more →
The Et Cetera cases are the latest in a line of a innovative storage products from Gura Gear. Late last year I purchased a number of these cases to solve my organisation woes. The Et Cetera cases are designed to provide organization options for, what we as photographers all seem to amass, the collection of cables, batteries, flashes, triggers, widgets etc. And… Read more →
When I think about this question I visualize a Shakespearean Actor on stage posing the question in olde English to the audience with questioning hand extended ‘Doth the camera maketh the image?’ In all seriousness though, does the camera make the image? Well that question can be answered from a few different perspectives namely with regards to how one… Read more →
After returning from my trip to the Arctic I had a chance to go out shooting with my good friend and colleague Joshua Holko at a local wetlands. I must say first and foremost, I am not a birder. I grew up breeding and keeping birds, a pastime of my fathers that we shared, but I was never one to… Read more →
Choosing the right boots for your next photography expedition can be a tough thing. There are hundreds of brands on the market and many different properties of a boot to consider when picking a pair of boots. The main properties of boots you should consider when making your selection are : – comfort – durability – support – weight – thermal insulation – water proofing/resistance –… Read more →
Adobe has released a public beta for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5. It was only around 12-14 months ago that Lightroom 4 was released and now Adobe has unleashed a Lightroom 5 beta to the masses. The main new features for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 are touted by Adobe as: Advanced Healing Brush – Easily remove objects and fix defects—even those… Read more →
One of the most frustrating things about photographing in cold climates is funnily enough the cold. Well not really the cold, rather the problems that arise during cold photography expeditions. <br><br> First and foremost we always look after keeping ourselves warm. That’s something we can do quite easily by donning layer upon layer of clothing with an outer layer of… Read more →
The Digital Negative – Raw Image Processing in Lightroom, Camera Raw and Photoshop by Jeff Schewe is the latest book to grace to my bedside table. Having recently completed reading the book I thought I would share my thoughts with The Digital Negative Book Review. I must admit that in the past I was a book collecting nut! I bought every photography… Read more →
Below is a hands on review of the Canon 200-400 F4 L IS with 1.4x extender Prototype by Joshua Holko
Canon 200-400 Pre-Production Sample Lens Review from Joshua Holko on Vimeo.
Pre Production prototype review of the new Canon 200-400mm F4L IS Telephoto Lens with inbuilt 1.4 teleconverter on the Canon 1DX camera with Landscape Nature and Wilderness Photographer Joshua Holko – www.photographyexpeditions.com
Late last year my good mate Joshua Holko and I were in a nearby nature reserve. Whilst we were waiting for the light to improve we decided to shoot a short video of the differences between the original Gura Gear Kiboko and the new Bataflae 32L camera bag. Given that between the two of us there was the original Kiboko and the new Bataflae 32L and with lighting conditions not what we were looking for it was time to switch the Canon 5D Mk III into video mode and sho0t a couple of short videos.
This is the first video in a series of camera bag review, comparison and use for the new Gura Gear Bataflae 32L.
As you can tell by the audio, I hadn’t packed an external mic with a windscreen which I will remember to leave in my kit in future I promise.
Jump over to Joshua’s blog to read Joshua’s thoughts on the bag and the video.
Here is a direct link to the camera bag review and comparison video.