Canon EOS R5 8K ProRes RAW Atomos Ninja V+ HEVC 10 Bit Compression Nvidia NVENC Tutorial
This video was shot in ProRes RAW with a Canon EOS R5 using an Atomos Ninja V+ external recorder. Edited on an M1 Macbook Pro,...
Canon EOS R5 8K DCI RAW Processing Considerations, Issues, and Workaround DaVinci Resolve / FCPX 8K
This video was edited on a PC using an i7 8700k processor, 1080 ti, and 64 GB of RAM using DaVinci Resolve. I edited...
How to Edit 8K DCI RAW from the Canon EOS R5 in DaVinci Resolve 16 with Good Performance
In this video, I share my workflow on how to edit the RAW footage from the EOS R5. If you have any suggestions on...
Switching to a self hosted WordPress blog on DigitalOcean
Up until yesterday, my blog was hosted over at WordPress.com. WordPress.com offers a premiere WordPress experience. For $300/year, they have unlimited space for your...
Don’t Take Your Battery Out While Recording on your GH5 or GH5S
Today was an important day at the Karate school that I attend. Super Dan, a martial art legend, was coming to the dojo to...
Selling on Amazon and the A to Z Guarantee Scam
I’ve been selling my used photography gear on Amazon for a few years now. It’s been good, but it’s also been horrible! First, let’s...
OBS 20.1.3 Setup Tutorial with Webcam Audio Delay Fix
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is the de facto standard for streaming and recording tutorials for the web. It’s free, it’s powerful, and it’s a...
Can you use your Leica M camera and lenses in the rain and near the beach?
This question is one that I’ve been pondering as we enter the rainy season here in the Puget Sound and as I plan for...
How to fix your iPhone charging port and headphone port
My iPhone would intermittently start and stop charging and so I went to the Apple Store to have my iPhone fixed or replaced under...
Preventing entitlement in children
We were experiencing some entitlement issues the with our children the other night (taking an upcoming vacation for granted). Thus, we decided it was...
Canon 5DS and 5D Mark IV Micro Focus Adjustments
A vlog entry about micro focus adjustments with lens recipes. These settings may or may not help you, but these are the numbers I...
Terrible Customer Service Problems we’ve all had, and solutions (Comcast, Verizon, Amazon, etc.)
Problem #1 — English as a secondary language. As an American, I expect customer service representatives of American companies to communicate the same way I do....
How to easily organize your wife’s / husband’s photos
This article has been written with Vanessa’s permission. If you’re like me, then your photos are neatly organized and backed up. Here’s how I...
Photo workflow as of 12–30–2015
I’m always looking for an easy and fast way to get the colors, contrast, cropping, and toning to look just right for any particular...
Fake Followers
I blog for a few different reasons: Fun. Share what I’ve learned Show off my photography and to become a better photographer. To get...
I don’t use UV filters.
With regards to UV filters, it’s a long debated issue. Here are three pro viewpoints on the issue. 1. Matt Granger: 2. Here’s The...
Getting cool music for your amateur video projects is tough — assuming you want to keep things…
Getting cool music for your amateur video projects is tough — assuming you want to keep things legal. Recently, I did a video for the karate...
There’s nothing wrong with shooting JPEGs.
Far too often on photography forums, websites, tutorials, and articles, photographers downplay and even make fun of shooting JPEGs. It’s become a badge of...
Cut the cable! DVRs are a scam! I miss my VCR!
Cut the cable! DVRs are a scam! I miss my VCR! Back in my day we could record any TV program that we wanted...
“The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You” — Chase Jarvis
What a great quote! The other night, our three year old Anya was taking her bath. I was hanging out in the bathroom to make...