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Google Cloud Vision drives much of the AI photo software we see available today. In this video, I walk through what Google Cloud Vision is doing behind the scenes and how it can impact photography software you can buy and use.

Coloring a black and white photo has never been easier. In fact, now you can colorize a black and white photo in seconds thanks to artificial intelligence. Colourize SG is a simple web app out of Singapore that enables you to upload one image at a time, and it will colorize it for you.

Finding the right lighting and composition for landscapes can be a challenge sometimes, for many photographers. In this short video, I will address that struggle faced by photographers. Landscape photography light is often out of our hands due to the nature of how light works out in a landscape environment. But there is one part of the equation you do control... the time you capture the photograph. For composition, many photographers often use wider lenses, but changing the lens you use can have a great impact on the overall composition in many ways.

The Magmod Magring for Magbox is an alternative method of mounting the Magbox to lights. In fact, unlike my previous video where I mounted the Magbox to my Godox strobes which are a Bowens mount, this Magring is meant for two small strobes. As you'll see, I'm mounting two NIkon SB800 flashes into the Magring.

The Magmod Magbox is one of the coolest designs for a softbox. I mean, it's a softbox, so nothing new there. But the way it mounts, setups and breaks down, is so simple. The way a gel is used is so simple. The way you put on the diffusion screens are brilliant.

B&H Photo Superstore in New York City announced Payboo. It's a credit card backed by Synchrony Bank which offers customers the ability to get back their sales tax by the way of rewards. It means that if your state's sales tax is 6% then your rewards is 6%, if it's 10% then your reward is 10%. The reward is used as statement credit. Know that the APR of the credit card is 29.99%. Instead, I recommend checking out my project Photo Idō which offers photographers the ability to save at local independent camera stores without the need for a credit card.

Adobe has done it again. Adobe renamed Lightroom Again. First Adobe renamed Lightroom to Lightroom Classic CC. Then they released a "light" version of Lightroom and called it Lightroom CC (instead of Lightroom Elements). Now, almost two years later, Adobe is renaming Lightroom Classic CC to Lightroom Classic.

Since switching to the Nikon Z6, and using it in place of a webcam for screencast and desk filmed videos I've noticed two things.