Gear Review | Nikon Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 D

Written by Beckie Today’s review is about Nikon’s AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 D. (I do apologize to all of you Canon-folk for my not being able to do a Canon gear review for you) This is a very nice portrait lens! Though a tad on the heavy side, it’s fast and sharp, and can help […]

Gear Review | Lensbaby Composer

Written by Beckie I want to talk about a totally fun little lens! It’s called the Lensbaby Composer! This lens has a unique feature…it can bend it’s focus allowing you to control the depth of field in a very unique way! Lensbaby offers a variety of interchangeable optics (what they call their Optic-Swap System) to […]

Camera Wrist Straps That Have Personality

GIVEAWAY IS OVER Congratulations to Anita, who was comment #143, the number drawn by Random.org. When my niece Delanie was critically injured in a car accident May 2nd, I was up at the hospital continually. For weeks I took my D700 up there, in case there were pictures I would want to capture. Well, after […]

Camera Batteries – Helpful Tips and Tricks

Whether you have a point and shoot or a DSLR, you have at least one, hopefully two or more, camera batteries. They are vital to you being able to use your camera, and they can get expensive to keep replacing. Good care and management can help your batteries have a long life and keep you […]