At least once a week on a photography workshop someone will ask me: “How far can I push my ISO?”   I used to answer that it depends. It depends on the camera you have, it depends on what you are going to do with the images, either print or simply use them on social…

So this is a first for me, I usually don’t do gear review, and this is not something I am into (I mean gear). I have been a Canon shooter for the past eight years and haven’t bought any new piece of equipment in three years. My 5D Mark 3, 16-35, 35 and 50mm were…

Maybe because I live in Asia and here there is something around lucky numbers.   The idea came to me a few years ago (took me that long to write this article!) when a student on Hoi An Photo tour told me she was way too confused with all the numbers. You have “fraction strange…

Even the most dedicated photographer has one piece of equipment they are never without a smartphone. All the adverts tell us that these gadgets are now equipped with the latest, greatest lenses – but how good are iPhone images? I fell into iPhoneography about 6 months ago, and I’ve had a lot of fun trying…

Hi everyone, I am going to share some good tips from my friend Oded Wagen about the use of a reflector to lit your subjects when doing travel photography. This is very well explained and you can see the amazing results you can get with this technique. Please note that it is also possible to…

While doing some research to write this post, I went looking for some of my photos on the web. And it was just “Wow!” Using Google reverse image search engine, I could locate where some photos of mine were. I only spent time looking for 3 photos (some that I knew were popular) and I…

I am often asked why do I wear a lens hood on all my lenses. My usual answer is that it makes my lens look bigger, so I do really look like a photographer. Plus I am also wearing a scarf (I have a whole collection), so when people see me in the streets, I…

I was recently reviewing this photo with a friend of mine, discussing composition. I realized I really love this photo, more and more. I should try to have an objective point of view on it, looking at it as if it was someone else’s. But it is hard!     Anyway, I would like to…