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 [...]

For the past 15 years, I have used two online internet companies, B&H Photo Video and Adorama, to purchase digital cameras, video cameras, lenses, large format printers, light kits, basically everything I’ve needed for my business. When I teach university classes and workshops, I tell my students to either buy locally or order exclusively [...]

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 [...]

If you ever take one of my classes or workshops, the first thing I will tell you is that it really doesn’t matter what brand of camera you have.
I currently shoot Canon Digital SLR cameras and have since the days of film cameras. I have a significant holding in Canon L Series lenses and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

After nearly six months Canon has finally given us a 10.5 Leopard Driver for the ipf ImageProGraph Printers. In true Canon IPF Support fashion, this driver is also broken. I have been on the phone with tech support and invested nearly 10 more hours trying to figure this out. I have [...]

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 [...]