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Barcelona, Hildesheim to Budapest....Pt.2.

Posted by Jason on Mar 15, 2011 in Blog, Travel Photography

On to Hildesheim in Germany. I got to spend the weekend there with my brother and his family....good times and they took me to see the sights...of course I'm scouting, but still…

Barcelona, Hildesheim to Budapest....Pt.3.

Posted by Jason on Mar 15, 2011 in Blog, Travel Photography

On to Budapest, Hungary. We drove in from Vienna and it wasn't terribly impressive, but once there it does have it's charms. I knew there were some nice bridges across the Danube…

Barcelona Marathon

Posted by Jason on Mar 6, 2011 in Blog, Travel Photography

It so happens, purely by coincidence, that the hotel I'm staying at happens to be on the route of the Barcelona Marathon. I crawled out of bed and stumbled into the lobby for a…

Shooting in Amsterdam

Posted by Jason on Mar 5, 2011 in Blog

I'm on a business trip to Europe and visiting a bunch of cities. Some I've been to before, some will be a new experience. first stop is Amsterdam. I'd done some research on what…

The Ultimate Travel Photo Bag System

Posted by Jason on Feb 26, 2011 in Blog, Travel Photography

The quest for the ultimate camera bag is an ongoing quest for most photographers. The compromises between space, size, weight and accessibility are always a battle. Do I go with a…

Opinion: On the use of filters.

Posted by Jason on Jan 29, 2011 in Blog, Opinion

This question comes up in conversation amongst snappers all the time. Do you use filters? Traditionally, filters have had two uses, either to modify the scene in some way, or to…

Opinion: What camera should I buy?

Posted by Jason on Jan 23, 2011 in Blog, Gear Review

This deeply controversial question was posed to me recently and I thought it was worth outlining the process of figuring out what camera someone should buy. The first step is to…

Gear Review: AFS Nikon 24-70mm f2.8G ED

Posted by Jason on Jan 18, 2011 in Blog, Gear Review

My lens reviews are highly subjective and non scientific. In fact, basically they are me waffling on about my opinion about a lens, or any piece of gear for that matter. So, why…

Gear Review: RadioPopper P1 radio flash triggers

Posted by Jason on Dec 31, 2010 in Blog, Gear Review

These things have been around for a while and have been obsoleted by the newer Radiopopper Px and JrX systems, but are still available in the original form. Some of my criticisms…

Review: Nikon 20mm f2.8D

Posted by Jason on Dec 23, 2010 in Blog, Gear Review

This is a lens I've owned for a long time. There are lots of reviews of it from different authors such as Mir.com and Thom Hogan, two sources I respect, so why am I rattling on…