I rarely do individual book reviews but when Uwe Skrzypczak, the author of the book Wildlife Photography, sent me a copy, I quickly found out that this wasn’t just a book with beautiful photos.

Wildlife photography goes beyond the photos and gives detailed practical advice on equipment, techniques and workflow.

The book is divided into 9 chapters and as you can see, the first 5 are all about photography education (over 80 pages!):
1- Equipment
2- Shooting Techniques Continue Reading »

A few months ago, I received diyphotography.net‘s DIY Ring Flash Kit to play with and I finally had some spare time to build it and test it out. Here is my review of the DIY Ring Flash Kit.

What’s in the box

- Ring Flash Bracket (a $9.95 option that’s a must have)
- Inner sliver ring Continue Reading »

Christmas is almost upon us and you’re probably wondering, once again, what to get that special someone who never stops taking photos. So here’s my list of top books that make the perfect gift this holiday season! Many of the books are the same as last year because I just haven’t found any yet that are better.

I’ll be focusing on the most obvious for an educational site like Yanik’s Photo School… photography books, of course! We all love reading them but we also want good ones! There are some lemons out there (I have a few) so let me weed out the bad stuff and make some good old fashion lemonade! The links are to Amazon so you can be  guarantied to get them before Continue Reading »

I know many of you own an iPhone and I often get tweets on how I post process my iPhone photos. First off, I would just like to say that, without exeption, all my iPhone photos are processed within the iPhone. I don’t have the time or desire to process them on my computer.

So let me take this opportunity to go through my top iPhone photo apps. But more importantly, I’ll guide you through the apps and how I personally use them. Last June, I had posted my top iPhone photo apps but things move quickly in the app store and on my iPhone so this update was a long time coming! So let’s get Continue Reading »

Christmas is just around the corner and if you’re still not sure what to get yourself or a passionate photographer loved one, then look no further! I’ve compiled a list of my favorite books just for you. The links are to Amazon so you can be  guarantied to get them before Christmas.

I’ll be focusing on the most obvious for a photography learning site like Yanik’s Photo School… photography books! We all love reading them but we also want good ones! There are some lemons out there (I have a few) so let me weed out the bad stuff and Continue Reading »

Udi over at DIYPhotography.net contacted me while back and asked me to test out a prototype of his Bokeh Masters Kit. It was my pleasure to do so, not only because it was Udi but also because I love new gadgets!

Now that it’s officially announced on DIYPhotography.net, I’d like to give you my impressions of the Bokeh Masters Kit (BMK). Bu tfirst off, I want to commend Udi on his creativeness to Continue Reading »

As you guys know, Yanik’s Photo School is all about photography education through various tutorials, tips and tricks. But once in a while I’ll take the time to review off campus educational materials so that you may make a conscious decision about acquiring certain products.

Today is such a day. I’ll be reviewing the latest DVD tutorial package by famous pro photographer Joey Lawrence. After the success of his Continue Reading »

As promised in myD300s photo samples post a few days back, I’m back with the video footage taken on that same day on the St-Laurence river.

All of the D300s movie clips are unprocessed straight out of the camera filmed in HD. I used my trusty Nikkor 80-400mm VR lens and I spent most of the time between 250-400mm with the VR on.

My first impressions are that the video quality Continue Reading »

As most of you know, I was lucky enough to get one of the first 3 Nikon D300s shipped to California.

I gave it a nice test run a few days back. My friend Martin and I headed out to Montreal’s St-Laurence river to witness a growing trend…. surfing! Yup! You read right. People are now surfing in Montreal. Surfers slide into a “static” wave and basically surf on the spot. Pretty cool!

I took these stills and some video Continue Reading »

The IPhone is great! How’s that to start a post.   I’ve had mine for just 2 months now and it never leaves my side.

For me, one of the best things about the IPhone is the camera. Let’s face it. The image quality sucks. But that doesn’t matter. What’s important, as a photographer, is to always have a camera with you (and use it!) and the IPhone gives me that freedom without having to carry another small P&S camera with me. I don’t have to tell you that to become a better photographer, you need to shoot, shoot, shoot! Use it or loose it.

What’s great about the IPhone is the Continue Reading »