Here it is–my recommendation list for the best cameras, printers, photo gadgets and gifts for the holidays!
Some reminders about buying cameras online–BE CAREFUL. If a price looks too low, there’s a reason. It may be a gray market product (made for non US markets with lower standards and no warranty) or a refurbished item.
Also be suspicious [...]

Okay, so the requests for information and ideas for Christmas just keep coming.
I already told you about my camera options (see post below.) And the best printer.  And where to get prints.
So here’s some other ideas. I love custom photo ornaments and get them all the time. I find some of them to be great for my [...]

Boy, do I get lots of requests for recommendations for everything from cameras to printers to Photoshop books to labs. I created a category on this blog for this so you can easily come back and reference the equipment and sites I find the most safe and useful.
Before I get carried away, I’ll cut to [...]

My new lens for my Canon came in today. I got a very fast f1.8 standard 50mm because I wanted to play with low light work as well as narrow depth of field. My usual lens, the typical portrait workhorse–a 28-135mm zoom–is a little slow, with a max of f3.5 zoomed out and 5.6 zoomed [...]

Yes, Mama is new-camera shutter-happy. If you get annoyed with parents endlessly showing pictures of their darlings, skip this blog!!!
First, we visited Emily at school for lunch–mmmm, pancakes!

Then we were off to Fry’s for–of course–spare battery and card for the new toy! Eliza got her pick of the little candy and toy quarter machines as [...]

Ah, my new Canon Digital Elph 550 came in last night. I got her all charged up and have been running around terrorizing my children with unending flashes.
The camera is tiny, about the size of a deck of cards. I did the important stuff first, you know, set the “turn on” sound to a bird [...]

Hooray! The first ACC Community Ed class I am teaching is DONE!!!! I have to teach it again, like 6 more times, but it’ll get easier now that I’ve done it once. I see some changes I need to make, get more hands-on things going on (the whole class got to take my silhouette image [...]