by Matt K Photography | Feb 12, 2013 | Gear, Photography, Reviews
Last month I got a hold of a Tamron 24-70mm lens to try out. Whenever opportunities to try out gear like that come along I try to jump on them. Mainly because being out in front of audiences throughout the year, I hear so many thoughts/rumors/misnomers and old wives...
by Matt K Photography | Feb 7, 2013 | Gear, Photography, Reviews
A few weeks ago I test drove the Nikon 24mm f/1.4 prime lens on my trip to Death Valley. I ended really liking it and wanted to give you some thoughts about why I did. A Surprise Test Drive It was weird because I had absolutely no interest in using this lens. But our...
by Matt K Photography | Dec 18, 2012 | Gear, Reviews
My good friend Bill Fortney once told me (nearly 8 years ago) that if your tripod doesn’t hurt when you carry it, it’s not a strong enough tripod. I know, it sounds kinda weird. But I’ll tell you what… 8 years (and several tripods) later, I’ve...
by Matt K Photography | Oct 2, 2012 | Photography, Reviews
Last week I got a D800E from LensProToGo.com for my photo trip out west. I wanted to put it up against a Nikon D800 to see if I’d really notice the extra sharpness you get because the 800E doesn’t have the anti-aliasing filter. Now, going into the test I...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 29, 2012 | Reviews
Last week, I wrote a post about the Wacom tablet that I swear by. I get asked a lot about which tablet I use, so I wrote about which one I recommend for photographers. I saw a few questions come up both on the road and in some comments so here’s a little follow...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 24, 2012 | Reviews
I’m gearing up for my Lightroom seminar in Seattle tomorrow, and I was thinking of just skipping the blog post for today because I’m freakin’ beat. I’ve been shooting sunset and sunrise all week, and busy days of driving or meetings in between....
I love teaching and photography... In that order. I feel that enjoying photography, and photo editing can get WAY too complicated. So my personal mission (and favorite thing to do), is to create education that simplifies the process of taking great photos, and how to edit them to get the results you’ve always wanted.