Tips Archive

  • How to Model – the Simple Truth

    How to Model – the Simple Truth

    There are times in a man’s life when he must face the camera. No doubt there are even more time’s...
  • What’s Wrong With This Picture?

    What’s Wrong With This Picture?

    Welcome to the intergalactic nether world of Critico, where everyone is convinced they are an expert. Truth is all Critizens...
  • A 7D, a Monopod, and a Cheap Trick

    A 7D, a Monopod, and a Cheap Trick

    Those who follow this blog will be familiar with my dilemmas in stabilising video DLSRs. In this post, I will...
  • Thoughts on Buying Lenses

    Thoughts on Buying Lenses

    Buying lenses deserves serious contemplation. It can be complicated and this overview is merely the tip of the iceberg. Advice...
  • How To Get Amazing Surfing Shots

    How To Get Amazing Surfing Shots

    Amazing surfing images can be shot if you get yourself in the water. And it’s easier than you might imagine....
  • Thoughts on Buying New Camera Gear

    Thoughts on Buying New Camera Gear

    When it comes to buying, some cameras would have me on the rocks after the fashion of the fictional mermaid...
  • Taking Care of Your Underwater Equipment

    Taking Care of Your Underwater Equipment

    1.   Make sure your O ring is intact The O ring is what guarantees no water will enter your camera. Check...
  • The Wide View

    The Wide View

    Have you ever bought a lens, tried it, then had next to no further use for it? This seems to...
  • Club Cameraderriere

    Club Cameraderriere

    I do believe that activity clubs have their reasons for being. For the sick at heart and lonely, clubs of...
  • A Photographic Studio at Home

    A Photographic Studio at Home

    The idea of taking photos whenever one pleases means one of two things: (1) absolute control over the elements, or ...
  • Say Hello to My Little Friend: Fill Flash

    Say Hello to My Little Friend: Fill Flash

    Scenario: you are photographing a subject in broad daylight. The camera sees a bright scene and adjusts its exposure accordingly. Result:...
  • What Really Matters in Photography

    What Really Matters in Photography

    Many may disagree but when it comes to photographic equipment, the thing that matters above all else is the quality...
  • Is Photography Expensive?

    Is Photography Expensive?

    Why is photography so expensive? I hear it all the time… When you think of photography as a creative outlet; as...
  • 2009 – It’s a Wrap

    2009 – It’s a Wrap

    Merry Christmas everyone! It sounds cliché but man this year has gone by fast. On top of the catching up with...
  • A Photographer’s Journey into Filming

    A Photographer’s Journey into Filming

    THIS QUICK VIDEO I’m posting is a demonstration of the movie mode in the new Canon EOS 7D. As a photographer,...