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7 Reason You Should Upgrade Your Camera Strap
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jun 03, 2022

If you are using the shoulder strap that came with your mirrorless or DSLR camera, you’re wearing a billboard for the manufacturer. At best it attracts unneeded attention. At worst it alerts snatch artists and other miscreants. Time to switch!

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7 Reasons You Should Use a Handheld Light Meter
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  May 20, 2022

Modern cameras have excellent AE (Automatic Exposure) features, so users can get great shots without thinking much about what’s happening under the hood. The light meter, of course, is built-in and somewhat autocratic—and therein lies the rub.

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7 Reasons You Should Use a Tripod
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  May 27, 2022

If you never use a tripod, there are a few photographic techniques you’re not using. Why miss big chunks of the fun?

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7 Stocking Stuffers Guaranteed to Put a Smile on Any Photographer’s Face
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Dec 13, 2015

Here are seven affordable photo gifts that are fun to give or receive. Prices range from $25 to $99 and all can be ordered from the comfort of your keyboard. Happy holidays!

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7 Things You Didn't Know You Need to Take on Your Next Photo Vacation
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  May 24, 2018

Here are seven things you didn’t know you need to take on your photo vacation, plus some photo travel tips from an experienced road warrior.

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7 Things You’ll Love About the Think Tank Modular Belt System V3.0 for Photographers
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  May 03, 2018

Ardent photographers all have at least one thing in common: we all need a way to carry our gear. Think Tank Photo offers a very wide variety of carry solutions, including one category you may have overlooked.

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7 Tips on How To Photograph Spring Flowers
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Apr 21, 2016

It’s spring! And after many, many weeks of trudging through a gray and lifeless winter, Nature has opened her bodice of modesty and presented us with all of the colors the snow had denied. It’s time to photograph flowers. No matter what level of flower photography you pursue, here are some tips that will deliver a few more blossoms. 

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7 Vacation Travel Tips for Photographers
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Apr 20, 2017

Vacation season is approaching fast! Like millions of other Americans, you may be planning to travel to a destination where you can do a few of the things you really enjoy—including some inspired photography. Whether you’re headed to Tokyo, Toronto or Terre Haute, Indiana, here are a few tips that will help you enjoy your adventure.

Pssst! Hey – yeah, you. Share this story with your significant other and maybe they’ll take the hint that this year you both need a photo-perfect vacation.

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7 Ways to Beat the Bad Weather Doldrums with Your Photography
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Feb 12, 2016

I get ’em. You probably get ’em too. Those feelings of photographic futility when the sky and the ground and your car and your imagination are all the same dim shade of dirty, dingy gray, and there’s really no point to stepping outside to take photographs. How do you beat the bad weather doldrums? Here are a few ideas. 

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7 Ways to Cover Your Assets
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Mar 09, 2017

Hacking, wiretapping, malware downloads and televisions that watch us instead of the other way around—they’re all in the news and it sounds like they’re here to stay. We don’t want to give up our Amazon Prime memberships or Pandora tunes, but neither do we want to be plagued by viruses, Trojans and ransomware. There’s no magic pill, but it is possible to keep the bad stuff locked outside. Here are seven ways to protect your assets in an extremely connected world. 

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