10 Reasons to Buy a Canon 5D Mark II Camera Finally, a Canon Digital SLR that will end the vicious and expensive upgrade cycle that I’ve been doing for years. As a long time Canon shooter the Canon 5d Mark II is the digital camera I’ve been waiting for. Honestly, every time I bought a [...]

The Lowel Background Support System for Photography and Video is a part of the Lowel Lighting System. The SP 93 isn’t a niche product, it is actually just a set of 2 Lowel KS Stands (KS), 2 Lowel Full Poles (KP), and 2 Interlinks (K1-10). You can buy the parts individually, or you could get [...]

I regularly use Lowel Lights in my studio. As I have pointed out elsewhere, occasionally I will overtighten the clamp on a Lowel stand and the collar will fracture. The clamp will still “work” but I am one of those people who simply doesn’t like to have any compromised equipment when i go on a [...]

As you know from articles on the PixelsAndSuch website, I am a Lowel Studio Light user. It was recently brought to my attention that only certain brands of bulbs will fit in Lowel Lights. If you are purchasing replacement lamps for Lowels, DO NOT buy BRAND NAME of EIKO or WIKO for LOWEL LIGHT equipment. [...]

After looking at numerous lights from different manufacturers, I concluded that the Lowels met my needs as far as price for function/performance was concerned. At the Lowel price point, I’m not sure that there are better light kits out there. I needed a kit to shoot specifically – pregnancy, maternity, and baby photography – as [...]

Apple has release Aperture 2.0. I have been a dedicated Adobe Lightroom user for a year or so. And to be honest, I was only a Lightroom user because I was waiting for Apple to upgrade Aperture. I won’t go into why I chose Lightroom over Aperture in the past. I will post a detailed [...]

Overall Impressions: I needed a computer bag to use when I wasn’t carrying any camera gear. The problem with my prior bags was that they were so big that sometimes my computer would bounce off door frames as I walked through them and I didn’t like their huge size. Upon opening the Timbuk2 Original Commute, [...]

I’m a bit of a pack rat. My gear closet is busting with packs for every different occasion from climbing to backpacking to skiing. Like most people, I’ve carried my fair share of camera packs during my photography career. And like most photographers, I’m always searching for the perfect camera backpack. Recently I found myself [...]