Gear Lust PSA

Gear lust is a serious problem. It can lead to you not appreciating the gear that you have and overly focusing on getting new gear to fix your problems.

Symptoms Include:

• Impulsively wanting to punch-in in post

• Feeling like you don’t have enough resolution

• Feeling unhappy coloring 8-bit footage in Davinci Resolve

• Feeling uncomfortable with your camera’s compression

• Needing to move your camera around excessively and not having a way to do it buttery smooth

• Impatiently wanting more clients to appreciate the quality of your work

• Problems sleeping

• Dehydration

• Difficulty concentrating on story writing

• Loss of interest in shooting with your old camera

If you or a love one is struggling with Gear Lust, Gear Envy or Gear Accusation Syndrome (GAS) seek help immediately.

Remember 1080p is usually all you need.

Resources:

Healthline : Shopping Addiction

Shopping Addiction Treatment: Know Your Options

If you suffer from gear lust, leave a comment below and share your experience.

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Lamide & Dom :Visual Timeline

Dom’s 35th Surprise Party

Event photography @ Rails Steak House Towaco, NJ

Lamide and Dom both have birthdays that are within a few days of each other. For everyone that knows Lamide, she loves to plan events.

This was one for the books. She rented out the Speakeasy and Rails Steakhouse, which is connected to the Towaco Station off the NJ transit.

I had no idea what I was walking into. My wife said it was “Grown, no sneakers". So I put my nicest floral shirt on and swapped my joggers for regular pants. Then she walks out in a silky gold dress, looking like the first lady. I think that I might have downplayed her expectations.

Secret bookshelf door - Event photography @ Rails Steak House Towaco, NJ

Secret bookshelf door - Event photography @ Rails Steak House Towaco, NJ

We get to the venue and they inform us to take the elevator down to the basement. Waiting for us inside, is someone to guide us through a series of secret doors that enter the speakeasy. This was definitely not the average private room in a restaurant.

We enjoyed 5 courses that night. During cocktail hour, we waited for Lamide and Dom to arrive. It was Lamide’s birthday, but we were also surprising and celebrating Dom's 35th. The hors d'oeuvres were getting pumped out at a rapid concession. I've been to plenty of cocktails, but never have I been offered so much food so quickly.

Dom realizing that the party was actually for him - Event photography @ Rails Steak House Towaco, NJ

After the birthday surprise, we began enjoying our next 4 courses. Lamide lead us with instructions on an ice breaking game for a cash prize, where we are to write the names of people that fit the descriptions on a list.

Table setting in the speakeasy- Event photography @ Rails Steak House Towaco, NJ

The courses were high end. Everything was really well crafted, but I think that's to be expected from such a luxurious establishment. And it also extended to the service as well. If you walked away from your table, they refold your napkin immediately after you leave. They also never let your water cup empty. I'm a heavy duty water chugger, and the aquatic ninjas that they hire is beyond me.

Karaoke around the table - Event photography @ Rails Steak House Towaco, NJ

Which bridges to when I had to use the restroom. Leaving the room was a bit of a challenge. There was a proximity sensor on the door, and I was unaware of this because of how dark it was. Once I was through I almost broke the emergency glass thinking I was in some sort of escape room. I'm glad that I didn't though, as it was real and the gate just simply pushes open. At one point Dom and I had pulled every book on the bookshelf with little success only to find it was a hidden doorbell. The puzzling nature of the place was alot of fun.

The food was phenomenal. I've heard that you can judge a place by it's calamari and it was the second appetizer. It was damn good. I comideering the entire plate from one of Dom's cousins seated next to me, who had a culinary degree. I ended up picking his brain for the better half of the evening.

Lamide had a series of games planned, and the night concluded in some impromptu karaoke. It was a wonderful evening, with wonderful people. I always appreciate when Lamide and Dom invite us to their parties and I wish both of them plenty of good fortune on this next trip around the sun.

Lamide and Dom towards the end of a very successful party - Event photography @ Rails Steak House Towaco, NJ

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Shutter Speed, Whats that?

What is Shutter Speed?

I just took your photo, wanna see me do it again? Wanna see me do it in slow-motion?

Photographer : Danny Graham -Engagement session at Raymond skills falls in PA, using a faster shutter speed to preserve a frozen moment.

Photographer : Danny Graham - Using flash and a relatively fast shutter to preserve the bride’s cousin’s dance moves, at her wedding at Casa Bianca in New Jersey.

The camera’s shutter is a mechanical (sometimes digital) device, that opens and closes for a predetermined amount of time. (There is also an open shutter for long exposure shots.)

Shutter is measured in parts of a second. Examples are 1/10,1/15, 1/30,1/60, 1/120, 1/240, but also in full seconds 1s , 5s ,10s.

Photographer Danny Graham, captures spark using a fast shutter during bride and grooms first dance at Casa Bianca in New Jersey.

The amount of time that the shutter is open or that the sensor is accepting light, determines the exposure of the image. It also determines how much motion blur the image gets or doesn't get.

Photographer : Danny Graham - Model Seana, stands in front of a moving train. Here we’re using a slow enough shutter to capture the motion of the train, but it’s still fast enough to preserve the model’s details.

Before you go cranking your shutter up to 1/8000, keep in mind that there are times when the motion blur from a slower shutter can be desirable. You can show a fast moving object, with a still world to emphasize the contrast of energy.

Photographer : Danny Graham - Entrance sparklers captured with some motion blur.

A fast moving subject can be followed as it passes, producing a clear crisp subject and it can emphasize the motion in a single image. Or you can always use a flash to preserve your subject and blur the background, using a process called Shutter Drag. Common examples are often used in motorcycle photography.

Photographer : Danny Graham - Capturing friends and motion blur on the dance floor. Wedding/Event @ Casa Bianca in Oak Ridge, NJ

Photographer : Danny Graham - Using shutter drag with a flash and a slower shutter speed. Wedding/Event @ Casa Bianca in Oak Ridge, NJ.

Contrast to using motion blur, you can always crank up the shutter and freeze motion. This can be awesome when capturing moments that are typically too quick to appreciate all of the fine details. Like someone or something frozen in mid air, or the spray of water, dirt or dust.

Photographer : Danny Graham - Shooting pigeons in a NYC park. The birds are frozen in time, using a faster shutter speed.

For video : Typically, you double or divide your shutter in half, in order to move up and down full stops of light. For video, it's often advised to follow the 180 rule. This is the perceived cinematic “normal”, in which you are doubling the frame rate to identify the shutter. Using the 180 rule, if you shoot in 24p as a frame rate, than your shutter should be set to 1/48 or 1/50. This is not so much a rule, but more of a guide. I encourage you to experiment with different frame rates and faster shutters, to produce crisper motion with less motion blur.

Photographer : Danny Graham - Captures a drummer playing mid-beat.

Photographer : Danny Graham - Capturing some entrance sparklers, while balancing the exposure and also timing the moment for the Bride and Grooms exit at Crystal Springs Ballyowen Golf Club in Hamburg, NJ.

Hopefully this helps you to better understand shutter speed and how it works. It’s used as a lot more than just a way to control the exposure, so I hope that this knowledge can help your photography grow. Thank you for reading!

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One lens cap to save them all

Losing lens caps is a pain. There are many alternatives like keeping a leash attached to your lens or creating a system of placing the cap in your pocket or bag that you religiously repeat. My method is to make all of my lenses the same filter thread, using step up rings.

Make a list of all of your lenses and their filter sizes and then determine the largest lens you have. The thread is typically determined by a number near the filter thread, that looks like Ø67. It will be a number and this symbol “Ø” If you cannot find the thread size, google your specific lens and you should find the correct size. *For some vintage lenses, I would look them up on Ebay to ensure the lens is the same*

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My largest filter thread is 72mm. Next, I purchase the step up rings for each lens.

I typically make them a little bigger then my largest lens to future proof my filters. Then, I purchase a bunch of lens caps at my specified size and keep a few extra in my bag. 3 Pack Lens caps

This method is also great if you want to only use one filter for all your lenses. Instead of buying multiple, you can focus on getting quality filters.

For details on buying filters click below.

A Guide to Filters for Lenses

Universal lens caps are a great alternative to this practice. Universal Lens Caps

Step Up Rings

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