Why do photography review videos and podcasts suck?

Lots of photography sites are adding review videos and podcasts to their content. All too often it’s badly made and wastes visitors time – does it have to be like this?
I’m regularly asked about adding video content and podcasts to the Northlight Images site – why hasn’t it happened?
Well, apart from having a face for radio and [...]

Nik Viveza V2

Nik Software have produced a new version of their Viveza plugin.
I’ve been giving it a good try out and finding out what sorts of image editing I’d use it for.
Review Link: Viveza V2

Dealing with the world – running a site like this :-)

Two emails this morning reminded me of why I keep the site running and what you sometimes have to deal with.
First was an anonymous ticking off I received about the content of some of the Google Ads we have on the site.
I’d have rated it as helpful if the writer had had the good grace [...]

Is your camera good enough?

With all the claim and counterclaim going on over camera performance and the like, it’s good to see that stock photo agency Alamy have a list of cameras that they deem ‘not worthy’
As they say:
“Please check your camera from the list below. We ask that you do NOT submit any images from camera models featured [...]