Kate of Edelman sent this a while back and I just got around to posting it (sorry Kate).
Recognizing that some of us just aren’t that organized but also understanding the importance of details, particularly to pro photographers, Microsoft has developed Pro Photo Shoot, an Outlook add-in designed to help photographers keep track of their stuff. [...]

From the entire Syncspeed staff (me), Happy New Years!

The title would be more appropriate if the Spyder2 actually left home.  In actuality, it was buried in the back of my closet in the photography section, right next to my hardly ever used lightbox.  Regardless, I feel like killing the fatted calf and celebrating the discovery. 
Anyone have a fatted calf I can borrow?

During our recent trip to New Hampshire, my family took the boys (and us) to The Butterfly Place. There were plenty of willing subjects to be shot.

Last night I wanted to create a photo of some French soaps in low light with lots of texture. My simple solution was to use a home-made snoot.
This is about the cheapest, quickest, snoot you can use. It’s just a piece of printer paper wrapped around a light source to direct the light like a [...]

If you haven’t already checked out wunderkind Joey Lawrence, do it.  Right now.  I mean it.  Absolutely fantastic work and he’s really pushing the art and what we think can be done with it.  He’s young enough so that he doesn’t follow the same rules and methods we would normally do in certain situations, but [...]

For the last 6 months, my desktop has been telling me it’s time to recalibrate, and for the last 6 months I’ve been ignoring it.  Now that I’m trying to find my screen calibrator, I can’t.  What makes things a little more difficult is that I’ve loaned it to at least a half dozen people [...]

What a fantastic photo.  Love the colors and tones.  Love the subject.