I’m selling the following items from my Canon DSLR kit. Prices are in Canadian Dollars and gear is located in Canada, although I will ship the US as well. If you are interested in anything, use the contact form to send me an email. All gear is in excellent condition and lenses come with...
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I was curious as to what kind of temperatures might present a problem for the Camtraptions PIR Motion Sensor that is used for wildlife camera trapping. Can they survive and function in the arctic winters of the Yukon?
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I’ve rounded up all the best photography deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday right here!
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1/1000, f/7.1, ISO250 Gear used for this shot Canon 5D Mark IVCanon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 L IS IIMindShift Backlight Elite 45L backpackProGrade Digital SD CardsPeak Design Slide Lite StrapLensCoat Lenscover The key to this shot was preparation and pre-visualization of the final image. I was driving...
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Regular readers of the site will probably remember the annual 5DayDeal complete Photography Bundle from years past. Every year, the best photography educators in the world get together for a crazy 5-day sale where they pool resources, offer an incredible deal and give 10% of the proceeds to some...
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MindShift Gear just expanded their backpack line with the addition of a cool new side access bag called the PhotoCross 13.
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I have always been a fan of InReach satellite messaging devices, and Garmin has finally integrated this technology into one of their handheld GPS units. Take a look and see how I use it for my photography!
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Peak Design’s new Travel Tripod just raised over $12million on Kickstarter. Now I have a pre-production version in my hands.
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For this Behind the Shot post I wanted to discuss a recent situation that I think everyone needs to be prepared for. Autofocus performance varies from brand to brand, but even the best – at this time that is certainly any Sony camera with their Real Time Eye AF system – can get caught...
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The Kickstarter campaign for the Peak Design Travel Tripod has just two days left. If you want to secure this record-breaking tripod at a large discount over the eventual retail price, you must act now! Incredibly, at the time of writing this post the campaign has raised just shy of 10 million...
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Save 15% on the entire range of MindShift Gear Backlight photo backpacks. While stocks last.
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In 2018 Canon launched an updated EF 400mm f/2.8 that shaved 26% off the weight of the previous version, bringing it down to a relatively svelte 2840g. Ok, that’s still quite heavy, but it’s 1KG lighter than the 400mm f/2.8 L IS II, and 2.5KG lighter than the original 400mm f/2.8 L IS....
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The Digital Holster range from Think Tank Photo has been around for some time, but now they have expanded it with the addition of the Digital Holster 150. This new larger size comes in response to customer demand for a holster that can fit the growing number of 150-600mm sized lenses on the...
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Hey folks! I have always maintained a gear list of my own personal gear so that I can quickly point people to it when they ask what camera/lens/bag/tripod etc. I’m currently using. This week I gave the page a pretty big spring clean and made it far easy to digest, as well as making sure it...
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I had a great time on the CBC Airplay show talking about photography with Mark Kelly, Alistair Maitland and Dave White. You can find it in all the usual podcast directories by searching for my name and “Airplay” or head here for iTunes and here for Google. You can also play it directly...
Read More Peak Design have launched a new travel tripod on Kickstarter and based on their past successes with the crowd funding platform, it should come as no surprise that they blew past the $2million funding mark in a single day. Smashing their $500,000 goal with 57 days still to go. “During my travels in...
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Is it a sin? Is it sensible? Have you ever done it yourself? Today we’re going to have a quick chat about hand holding filters instead of using a filter holder.
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On a recent wildlife scouting trip further North in the Yukon I found a beautiful lynx, but there was a problem that needed to be overcome to get a great shot…
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The BackLight Elite pack from MindShift Gear has a few unique features that I’ve never seen on photo packs before.
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Let’s take a close look at the three different ways to carry a tripod on the BackLight Elite photo pack.
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