Meteor Shower You don’t need a telescope or binoculars, just your eyes and your camera ! 1. What is the Perseids? The Perseids is an annual meteor shower that occurs from July 17 to August 24. These meteors, or “shooting stars,” are about the size of a grain of sand and cause the air around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUDeTfRGOo Today we dig into our video archives and bring a very useful tip from our very own Marc Silber. You've seen those breath-taking photos of waterfalls and sunsets overlooking a gorge, and now it's your turn to take a crack at shooting them. But what do you do with all of your camera gear? Follow
Q: I dropped my camera on the ground. Everything seems to be working okay but my shots just don't seem as sharp anymore. Are there any tests I can run to see if the sharpness is still okay? A: The first step is to do some tests. Set your camera back up on your tripod
"Afghan Girl" by Steve McCurry. Credit: National Geographic Over the last 125 years National Geographic has been host to some of the most iconic images ever taken, and now the magazine is honoring its most celebrated shots with an issue devoted entirely to them. The October 2013 issue will feature instantly recognizable
In the latest video from Silber Studios, Marc goes behind the scenes with photographer Bob Holmes at the Hess Collection in Napa Valley. Holmes, a three-time Travel Photographer of the Year, takes Marc on a tour of the incredible gallery while offering tips for lighting, framing, and finding punctuation points in your photographs. "Know
Photographs by Ed Drew courtesy of the Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco War photography has come a long way since the shadowy tintypes of the American Civil War. With modern equipment, photographers can capture details of combat like never before. But for some the painstaking process of working with old mediums has
We recently met back up with Bob Holmes and asked him to show us what's in his bag. He gave us a look inside with some good tips along the way for cleaning dust from your camera's card slots, packing spare equipment and packing a separate bag for use in the field and more--and catch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZMvJ5qFWlc The iPhone 5 has one of the best cameras built in to a phone to date, but how well does it compare to a professional DSLR or medium format camera such as a Hasselblad H2D that sells for over $20,000! Watch this video to see if you could spot the difference between the iPhone
http://youtu.be/P3uvKWG1voQ While filming a documentary on Tiger Sharks in the Bahamas a videographer's camera gear rig was stolen by a Shark, it's not the first time a shark has taken gear but this has been the most expensive at over $15,000. Watch the video to see it all unfold.
http://youtu.be/4kVIUYrOQRU Reuters is responsible for the breathtaking underwater photos that you see from the Olympics and it's truly amazing how they capture those images. Supposedly they use a canon body and wide angle lens but they didn't specify so if anyone knows what exactly they use feel free to share!
