The Pixels in Pete's World

Happy New Year everyone. I started the new year with a new addition to my lighting toolkit–the next generation radio controlled Canon Speedlite–the 600EX-RT and its companion transmitter ST-E3-RT. The price tag is pretty hefty, $890, the 600 EX-RT costing $570 and the ST-E3-RT $320. Compare that to the price of a top-of-the-line Radio Popper [...]

Buying gifts for a photographer is no easy task, just ask my family or rather my wife. Our toys tend to be very specific, expensive and downright confusing even for fellow photographers, that’s why. So start with a budget. Let’s say you have $100 to blow, then you might dig around their camera bag or [...]

The last time I saw the inside of a bank vault, I was dreaming. I pictured shiny metallic walls. Never mind, I must have seen that in the countless movies I’ve watched. So, when I was asked to photograph UCR professors Yingbo Hua and Ping Liang and with their research assistants I was a little [...]

If you’ve been reading this blog a while, you might know I am pretty frugal when it comes to equipment purchases. I usually don’t compromise when I need a piece of gear but I know from years of experience how to get around a lack of gear. Things are a lot easier these days thanks [...]