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Getting Black and White From Color: How To Use Color Filters To Create Monochrome Images
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 10, 2015

Long, long ago in a land far away, photo hobbyists often used yellow filters on their lenses when shooting black-and-white film. Monochrome film was a bit more sensitive to blue light back in those days, and that caused skies and clouds to blend and become an indistinguishable mess. For reasons we’ll see later, green filters were often used for portraits.

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The Bag Man Reviews Newcomer TEKNIQ Photo's Modular 3-in-1 Camera Bag
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 06, 2015

They are an American success story. TEKNIQ Photo launched its first camera bag in April of this year on Kickstarter. By June 27th, they had raised $73,874 and had 478 backers. Their product is unique—a modular camera bag that gives you three bags in one.

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Exploring the New Features of Adobe Photoshop Elements 14
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Oct 29, 2015

Adobe has released version 14 of Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements. Both are exciting and easy-to-use, and offer enough editing horsepower for most photo and video enthusiasts. Although Premier 14 is chock full of improvements, including some cool new things you can do with 4K video, I found the enhancements in Photoshop Elements to be more groundbreaking and fun. So that’s what we’ll focus on today. 

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What Is Our Fascination with Drones All About? (Thoughts On UAVs and Lily)
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Oct 29, 2015

I can’t understand the current love affair between photographers and drones. Like all kids I made paper airplanes which I anonymously launched toward unsuspecting substitute homeroom teachers, sure. Sometimes with uncanny accuracy. Is the current drone rage the ultimate technological evolution of the balsawood P-51 Mustang? Or are we channeling our inner Wright brothers? 

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Lensbaby Composer Pro II with Edge 50 Optic Review
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Oct 26, 2015

Sometimes an old fashioned recipe and the latest modern technology don’t mix: zap-blasting your grandmother’s vegetable soup ingredients in a 10,000-watt microwave instead of slowly simmering them for six hours, for example. But other times strange bedfellows bring out the best in each other. Such is the case with Lensbaby optics on modern digital cameras.

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Leica Launches 24MP Full Frame Mirrorless SL Camera; Here's Our Hands-On First Look Review
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Oct 20, 2015

Leica just introduced the heavily rumored new Leica SL (Typ 601) mirrorless camera system, which includes a brand new “Leica L” lens and more dedicated full-frame glass to come in the near future. Leica has designed the SL to take on not just rival mirrorless cameras but to, potentially, lure pro DSLR users to switch to this high-end system, which combines what the company claims to be the fastest autofocus on the market with a speedy 11fps burst rate and 4K video capture.

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The Bag Man Looks at the Lowepro ProTactic Series of Photo Backpacks and Shoulder Bags
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Oct 15, 2015

Last year Lowepro launched the ProTactic Series of gadget bags. They immediately earned high marks in my book because they are durable, highly functional and provide superb protection for the gear inside. Initially just two bags, the lineup has grown to six in total, three backpacks and three shoulder bags. Here’s a quick rundown on what they’re all about. 

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An Interview with Alamby Leung, “That Girl” Formerly with the DigitalRev Photography Show
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Oct 08, 2015

Alamby Leung is known to millions of photo enthusiasts as the girl who used to be a background character on the YouTube channel DigitalRev TV. We caught up with her recently and asked her how life is after leaving that popular show. 

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The Bag Man Reviews the Everyday Messenger Photo Bag from Peak Design
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Oct 01, 2015

What can you say about a camera bag that raised $4,869,472 on Kickstarter and won the hearts of 17,029 backers? Quite a bit, actually, starting with “Wow!”

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Nature Lover: An Interview with Natural History Photographer Michael Turco
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Sep 25, 2015

Michael Turco is a nature and natural history photographer who has done work for some of the biggest names in the business including the National Geographic Society and National Wildlife Federation.

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