Welcome to Michael’s blog. Michael Andrew, (aka Michael The Maven) is a freelance
producer, photography instructor, tech innovator, and when needed, disaster aid
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Due to the widespread protests in Baltimore, MD the Orioles game yesterday was closed to the public. In the strangely quiet occurrence all you can hear are the shutter clicks of the many photojournalists in attendance. Check it out below.
Daniel Peters of Fotoblog Hamburg has created this super handy printable “cheat sheet” to help beginners remember the ‘exposure triangle’. The three things that make up the ‘exposure triangle’ and determine a proper exposure are aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Now, you can print this handy little guide to stick in your camera bag.
Download your copy HERE. 
Update My Nikon D7200 Crash Course Tutorial Training Video is now available for download:
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Nikon D7200 Crash Course DVD + Download
Been getting a lot of questions about a possible Nikon D7200 Tutorial Training video and I am happy to announce that it is nearly complete. We expect it to be available for direct download within the next few days and the DVD should be available a couple weeks after. The course is really designed to help beginning and intermediate photographers get to know their camera inside and out and start shooting on a very advanced level in just a few hours. It will be one of the best education investments you can make, guaranteed!
This is the cover we decided to go with, which is a macro shot of a giant leaf I photographed on Kauai:
Was able to get my hands on one of the first Canon Rebel T6i (750D), which for the most part is basically identical to the Canon Rebel T6s aside from a control wheel and a few very minor features.
Long story short, I am LOVING this little camera, excellent optical and tracking focus (for face detection, not as well for non-facial features). Very good ISO performance, excellent buffer depth with JPEG images and most importantly, the image quality coming out of the camera is very, very good. Much better than what I am used to coming out of the T5i.
This is the first hands on review I have done in a couple years (5D3 was my last one), Ill get better at these. Our crash course training tutorial video for the T6s and T6i should be available for download in about 2-3 weeks, which can be found for purchase on:
More great videos coming soon!
A few days ago Adobe released improvements to Lightroom CC. In the video below commercial photographer David Marx shares his choice for ‘The Top 5 New Features’.
The Top 5 New Features in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC (Lightroom 6) 720p from David Marx on Vimeo.
