Browsing all articles by James Brandon.

Short On Time? Learn To Post To Google+, Your Blog, Facebook, and Twitter Simultaneously

Not all of us have hours on end to spend on social media (myself included). Most photographers make their money by bringing in clients whether it’s families, brides, small businesses, whatever it may be. So any excess time spent on social media is time that could be spent sourcing clients. Now, social media can actually [...]

ThinkTank Shape Shifter Review

I’ve come to a grim realization recently and that is: There is no perfect camera backpack out there. And while that sounds like a bad way to start off a review, let me follow up my last statement with this one: The Shape Shifter is as close as I have been able to come to [...]

Lessons Learned From My Trip To Italy

Back in September I was fortunate enough to go and shoot a wedding in Italy for a long time client and now friend. I brought my wife along with me and made a nice little extended vacation out of the trip and it was incredible. I’ve picked up quite a few travel tips over the [...]

5 Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Google+

Are you a DPS reader on Google+? I am! Be sure to add me to one of your circles (add Darren too here)! I started a thread to gather up all the readers from DPS and put them into one big circle so I can share stuff here and there just with you guys. Just [...]

The Problem With The Focus-Recompose Method

This post was written as a follow up to my last article on using Single Point AF. In the comment section of that article there was a bit of debate over which focus point to use and when. One camp was stating that there was really no point in using anything other than the center [...]

Food Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots (Book Review)

Hi, my name is James and I am not a food photographer. However, I love food and could be considered a foodie to some extent. I also wouldn’t mind perusing food photography in the future and incorporating it into my business here and there. I think because of these facts, I fall right into one of the [...]

Focusing Quick Tip: Single Point AF Methods

One of the biggest leaps towards tack sharp images you can take is using single point auto focus to hone in on your subject and nail the shot. Using the automatic grid focus system can sometimes be like throwing a handful of darts and hoping to hit the bullseye, especially when shooting at an extremely [...]

Why Photographers Should Love Google+

A short while ago, I wrote an article titled “Why Photographers Should Love Twitter” detailing the reasons why I love Twitter for interacting with other photographers and how great the community is there. Twitter is still great but everything has changed with the introduction of Google+. I’ve just started looking into Google+ and I’m already [...]

Black Rapid RS-7 Camera Strap Review

I recently got my hands on what I think is the most incredible camera strap on the market today; the RS7 from the good folks over at Black Rapid. I’ve searched far and wide for a good camera strap and I definitely found it! In this review I’ll go over the pro’s and con’s of [...]

Announcing the Winner of the Perfect Photo Suite Giveaway from onOne Software

Congratulations to Ramona P; you won the drawing for the onOne Perfect Photo Suite including the brand new Perfect Layers 1.0! Your details will be passed on to the folks over at onOne and they will get you set up with a license key. Thanks to everyone who commented and always sorry that everyone can’t [...]

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