by Donald Giannatti | May 28, 2010 | LE News and Info
I made some gear changes recently. One is a well-known, very popular company and the other is a small startup company with one employee. Standbagger is the the small company I refer to, and of course you cn see from the cover shot that I have gone with Profoto Compact...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 8, 2009 | LE News and Info
I get a lot of questions about gear at the workshops and by email. I have lots to say about gear, but I am not a gear-head. I love gear that helps make my work easier, and couldn’t care less about cost or prestige. If something works well I like it. And if it...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 17, 2009 | Going Pro
We all know about checklists for our photography gear. Making sure we don’t get 50 miles out in the desert and find we forgot our tripod mount, or sync cord, or stands or worse. Much worse. I have a checklist that I go through, and I also have started to keep...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 17, 2009 | LE News and Info
Tilt-shift lenses provide the small camera shooter with the functionality of a view camera. At least some of the functionality of a view camera. The front half anyway. The ability of the camera to change the relationship between lens placement and film or sensor...