Last week, on June 20, I was one of the lucky few in Japan to receive a phone call to let me know that my Canon EOS 1D X Digital SLR camera was ready to pick up, on the day of its launch. Having spent a lot of time with the camera over the last six days, today we're...
Month: June 2012
Podcast 340 : Texturing Photos with Texture A Photo
Over this last week I've had the pleasure of previewing a new product called Texture A Photo that is being launched today, on June 19, 2012. I've never added textures to my images before, but I had a lot of fun playing with the amazing textures that Bryon Lippincott...
Podcast 339 : An Interview with Frederick Van Johnson
I recently had the great pleasure of interviewing Frederick Van Johnson of TWiP (This Week in Photo) and Media Bytes. We learn how Frederick evolved into a tech savvy super-cool Air Force Photographer,as well as working for some of the biggest names in tech, and take...
Podcast 338 : Interesting Plainness – April 2012 Assignment Winners
Today we take a look at the five winning images from the April 2012 MBP Assignment, on the theme of “Interesting Plainness”. Turnout for this assignment was up again, which is great! Thanks to all of you that got involved and uploaded your images, and even if you...
Canon BG-E11 Battery Grip for EOS 5D Mark III
I picked up my new Canon BG-E11 Battery Grip for my 5D Mark III yesterday, so I thought I've give you a quick run-down on this new piece of gear in photos. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the BG-E11 now loads the two LP-E6 batteries via a magazine. It will take...