Is the Surface Pro 4 the perfect lightweight “laptop” I was looking for to carry around during my travels? I have to admit, my back is a mess. I carry too much stuff, with all my camera gear, tripod, laptop, hard drives,. My old laptop was too bulky, heavy and had the bad habit of overheating thanks to an accident involving chocolate stuck in the air vent (don’t ask). I searched for the perfect travel device for a while. I even thought of replacing my laptop with my Android tablet to do my online work and editing on the road, but it just didn’t work well. Typing on a screen is horrible ..read more

Thanks to the invention of Internet and social platforms, photographers don’t really need agents anymore to represent their work and they have the ability to share their work to millions of viewers and increase their reach exponentially. However, it’s also very common that all the relevant information attached to the image, such as the author and copyright information, get lost during the process. (Which is also why I insist that we should all play our part and not support only curators, but also artists). But fear not! Thanks to Lightroom, we have the ability to embed all our copyr ..read more

One of the most important skills of photography is Patience: Waiting for the right moment, and snapping that photo when all the elements work together. But it’s not always possible due to various reasons, such as time, permissions, accessibility, etc.. Luckily, there are instances where you can fix or enhance your image during post-processing to make it look the way you want it. Keep in mind that I am not advocating the “I’ll shoot and fix later in Photoshop” mentality. Try your best to take the image you want, but if it’s not possible, use post-processing software to enhance it. It’s you ..read more