If you have to shoot any event, portrait, etc. a really strong tripod setup can save the day.  You are not lugging the weight of the camera around the entire time and it can free you up to eat candy bars and gulp down Miller Lite while on a professional shoot.  OK, not really.  But you get what I am saying.  A tripod can really make a difference.  So what happens when you take a regular tripod and throw in some really cool improvements to make it even more usable? Read more »

Great, your DSLR shoots video.  Who cares?  I thought you were a photographer?  All of these things ran through my mind the minute I heard that some DSLRs were now equipped with video.  Who would really care about that if they were a serious photographer, right?  Wouldn’t you want to spend your money on something that went more toward improving the camera than adding in something extra like video?  Well, up until a few days ago I was a skeptic, and that is putting it mildly. Read more »