Category Archives: gear

Holiday 2013 Camera Recommendations!

Are you looking to purchase a camera this holiday season?  Here are my recommendations! I’m a canon guy so I’m only recommending canon.  But other brands of cameras work well too.  Click here to see Amazon’s top selling cameras.   The canon sx280 is selling for around $200.   It’s 12 megapixels, it’s lens’ wide […]

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Using Off Camera Flash and What Gear To Buy

Someone facebook messaged me recently and asked for some help with adding an off camera flash to their set up. So here’s a blog post about what off camera flash can do and what gear I use and would recommend.  Using off camera flash is a little advanced, but  if you’re up for it keep reading […]

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The One Photography Accessory You DON’T Need!

Mike Shoemaker | Ellicott City, MD I recently did the tourist thing with our first visitor here in Hawaii.  I saw a lot of cameras during this time. Here is ONE accessory that you don’t need. Can you guess what it is? Your LENS CAP!* But… it protects my lens! Buy a good uv filter and keep that […]

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3 Online Resources To Use When Camera Shopping

My first digital SLR, my 20d served me VERY well for a long time  I regularly get asked by people, “what kind of camera should I buy?”  I addressed some questions that you might want to ask yourself in this post.  –>  3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Buying a Camera Here’s 3 more good resources to […]

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The number 1 resource for beginner photographers (imo)

Me with my copy of Scott Kelby’s book in 2008 during my photography school.   I just recommended one of Scott Kelby’s book to someone that is starting out in photography.  I also wanted to recommend these books to you as well.  When I looked it up on Amazon I saw that there is now a 4th book […]

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