The Role of Wedding Flowers

One of my favorite quotes is “the earth laughs in flowers,” written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Flowers are indeed a gift from nature and they have had a significant role in weddings for centuries, dating back to the ancient Greeks. Hundreds of years ago, bouquets and crowns of herbs and blooms were given to the [...]

Social Networking and Small Businesses Understanding how to use it effectively.

“New Marketing is about the relationships, not the medium.” – Ben Grossman, founder and chief strategist for BiGMarK Uttering the phrase “social media” usually makes folks in my grandparent’s generation scramble for cover, as they fear the onslaught of some crazy radical new thing that’s now “in” and which they feel they’ll never understand. For [...]

Should Videography Be Incorporated Into A Wedding Photographer’s Repertoire?

Every couple wants all aspects of their special day to be forever immortalized. For this reason, the wedding photographer is a vital member of the wedding. Often, one of the first dilemmas facing a couple is finding the right photographer for them, be it traditional, photo journalistic, artsy, etc. After deciding on the type of [...]

Nikon D3 vs Canon 5D – High ISO Competition

I have been a 5D shooter since almost the day it came out. I simply love the full frame, and never looked back at the 20D, XT and 300D I had before that. I always preferred Nikon bodies though, and was hoping someone would release a D200 body with a 5D sensor in it. Well, [...]

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens Review

The Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens has an excellent focal length range that includes the longest focal length found in a Canon zoom lens. This long focal length and focal length range combine with very good image and build quality to make the 100-400 one of the most popular serious wildlife and [...]

Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM Lens Review

The Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM Lens is a mid-grade long telephoto zoom lens. Introduced in 1990, the Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM Lens is built reasonably well. The finish does not appear modern, but the build quality is decent. A metal lens mount shows that the 100-300 is not a bottom-of-the-line lens. AF is [...]

Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM Lens Review

The Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM Lens is a relatively small, very light and very cheap lens for this focal length range. The Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM Lens is really cheap. Usually you get what you pay for – unfortunately this is the case with the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM [...]

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM Lens Review

The Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM Lens is an ultra-compact and very well built telephoto zoom lens with excellent image stabilization. I was immediately impressed by the solid build quality of the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM Lens. It is not a light lens (1.6 lb / 720g) for its size [...]

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens Review

With the introduction of the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens, Canon has replaced one of its most popular lenses and its first image stabilized lens – the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IS. The 75-300mm IS lens was popular because of its useful focal length range, small size, light weight, midrange price and Image [...]

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Lens Review

The Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Lens is my favorite and most-used lens. Combining a very popular and very useful focal length range with excellent image quality, professional build quality, superb autofocus performance, a fast aperture and one of my favorite features – Canon’s valuable 3-stop Image Stabilization – makes the 70-200 IS [...]