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Just a few weeks ago, I ordered a 16x24 metal print from Artbeat Studios. I ordered the print as part of an upcoming under-$100 metal print shootout that will compare multiple metal prints in a head-to-head format.  Full disclosure: I’ve ordered metal prints from Artbeat Studios before. Those prints were...

Photo by Mario Calvo on Unsplash Both the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV are old. The former dropped in 2012 and the latter dropped in 2009 and I’ve heard people say that because of their age, they should no longer be taken seriously as good options for your everyday camera...

Bay Photo Metal Print Getting high-quality prints online requires that you work with a reputable photo lab. For many folks, Bay Photo is a prime choice.  In doing some research for an upcoming $100 metal print shootout, I Googled “metal prints” and saw that Bay Photo Lab was among the top results. I’ve...

Bay Photo Metal Print Bay Photo is a well-known printing operation that many people rely on for all sorts of prints, metal included. Last year, I ordered a Bay Photo metal print for the 2020 edition of our $100 metal print shootout. I wanted to give Bay Photo another go this year, so I've included them in our 2021...

I have always preferred for most of my camera equipment to be leather. It’s not that I haven’t used camera equipment that wasn’t leather before, but leather simply lasts longest and looks good while doing so.  That’s why I recently went on a shopping spree to try and replace my old camera wrist strap. It...

Photo by Pablo Guerrero on Unsplash If you, like me, are going crazy sitting at home then maybe it’s time to take up a new hobby. And if you, like me, love photography then maybe you need a new camera to help you start practicing that new hobby.  Thankfully, it’s 2021, which means there are...

Last year, I did a secret shopper canvas print shootout to see which of the three companies I tested offered the best product. The results of that $100 comparison review revealed that CanvasHQ stood head and shoulders above the rest. For the competition to see who's the best canvas print company of 2020, though, I...

If you Google "best canvas print services in 2021," you'll find a variety of articles from a number of different websites that list the best canvas prints. There's just one problem... Many of the reviewers touting the best canvas print services do so without ever having the canvas prints from the companies they...

Photo by Andras Vas on Unsplash  Best Laptop for Photo Editing Finding a quality laptop is one of the many challenges photographers have when starting or learning to maintain a photography business. They change so rapidly, and it can be difficult to keep up with information on the brand-new best...

Photo by Garrett Morrow from Pexels There are so many beginner photography lenses, and all in vastly different price ranges. Are the best lenses really the most expensive ones? Do you need the best lenses in order to learn as much as possible about photography?  All of these questions may leave...