From the category archives:

Equipment

Let there be light…

July 14, 2010 Equipment

Different types of photography, by their very nature, dictate the need for different accessories and one such necessity for landscape photographers is some type of flashlight.  As with all things in outdoor photography, it is important to evaluate what feature best address our photo requirements.  With respect to landscape photography, we need something that is [...]

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Horology

June 28, 2010 Equipment

If you came here thinking this post’s title “Horology” was a XXX lesson, shame on you!  Horology refers to the art and science of timekeeping.  Now, there are a number of things that you need for landscape photography in addition to the obvious camera, lens and tripod – if nothing else, this may be good [...]

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Dressed to kill…

June 24, 2010 Equipment

It’s hard to be creative when your freezing as you think of nothing other than how you’re feeling.  Landscape photography is by it’s very nature you against the environment and what works for home and the office doesn’t work outside. You need to completely revamp your wardrobe. Begin by eliminating cotton – down to your [...]

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Improving on the lens cleaning cloth

July 21, 2009 Equipment

It’s perfecting the little things, down to the last detail, that sometimes makes a difference in how productive, efficient and enjoyable an endeavor can be. For example, take the lowly lens cleaning cloth. One of the problems in using these “micro-fiber” wonders is that it’s often too easy to slip off the material and end [...]

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Bags

July 12, 2009 Equipment

I have to admit it, I’m a bag freak. The problem of course, is that if I change anything with my photo equipment, than the bag that used to work, no longer does. Being the minimalist that I am by nature, the bag needs to be small and un-obtrusive – but it also has to [...]

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Lens Hoods

July 12, 2009 Equipment

Nothing could be more mundane yet important than lens hoods – they reduce flare, protect the lens if dropped and make the front of the lens look really refined. Yet nothing is more frustrating and even comical than taking the hood on and off while adjusting your polarizer filter. To make matters worse, it’s impossible [...]

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The Standard “77″

July 12, 2009 Equipment

Most of the professions lens from both Canon and Nikon are endowed with a 77mm filter size. There are of course exceptions, such as long primes and wide angles like Nikon’s 14-24 2.8, but generally speaking, 77mm is the standard. This fact should not be underestimated. Efficiency in landscape photography, as well as any other [...]

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