The Photo Video Guy

PEBKAC means “problem exists between keyboard and chair” Also known as human error. I am regularly surprised by the vitriol exhibited about faulty software and poor testing and dumb corporations when it comes to computer use.
I was the Chief Technology Officer for a multi-national billion dollar software company for over ten years. I’ve got a background that may provide some insight....

What I see in many camera stores
Help me understand something. Retailers are complaining that retail revenue is down. This is a fact, phoney sales notwithstanding. On hand inventory in brick and mortar stores is at an all time low. Many B&M retailers are moving to, or have moved...

I awoke today to find over 100 emails in my inbox advertising Black Friday. This goes with the over 100 I have received over the course of the week preceding the day. I deleted most all of them without opening them, and had a look at a couple, which...

Whether or not you want to do them, at some point you’ll be the person with the “good” camera and be called upon to shoot some portraits for family and friends.  This doesn’t mean it has to be hard or expensive.  To do a decent job you need a hotshoe...