Dinesh Chauhan

I lost a Sony A7R IV on a Costa Rica beach shoot in 2019. Salt spray hit the bag during a sudden downpour, and within 48 hours the motherboard corroded beyond repair. That camera cost me $3,200 to replace. The bag I was using? A generic padded sling that I thought was “weather resistant.” Since … Read more

I’ve been shooting storms for almost a decade, and nothing ruins a chase faster than a non-weather-sealed lens fogging up when the rain hits. After losing a non-sealed Sigma to a sudden downpour near the Oklahoma panhandle in 2023, I started tracking every weather sealed lens I could get my hands on. This guide covers … Read more

I spent six weeks testing ten webcams across daily video calls, Twitch streams, and YouTube recordings to find the best webcams worth your money in . The category has changed fast over the past year. AI tracking is now a headline feature, 1/2-inch sensors have trickled down from premium to mid-range, and every serious pick … Read more

Hair that floats, dresses that flow, scarves that catch the light — these are the visual signatures that separate flat snapshots from real fashion imagery. I run a studio that shoots editorial work every week, and I learned quickly that a capable wind machine is just as essential as a softbox. After testing eight of … Read more

I have been testing camera flashes for over a decade, and I can tell you that going wireless is the single biggest upgrade you can make to your lighting setup. The freedom to position a flash anywhere in the room, completely untethered from your camera, changes how you shoot portraits, weddings, and events. The best … Read more

Shooting abandoned interiors is unforgiving. I learned that the hard way crawling through a derelict asylum in Belgium with a slow kit lens that hunted for focus in every dim corridor. The right wide angle lens for abandoned interiors changes everything: it gathers light, holds distortion in check, and survives dust that would destroy a … Read more

Canon DSLR cameras have shaped photography for two decades, and the lineup still covers every kind of shooter in . Canon EOS DSLRs use the proven mirror-and-pentaprism system, pairing an optical viewfinder with one of the largest lens ecosystems ever built. After testing dozens of bodies over the past decade, our team has narrowed down … Read more

I installed my first wireless doorbell without a camera six months ago, and the silence in my Amazon order history says everything. No monthly Ring subscription. No Nest Aware fee. No footage of my neighbors getting scanned and uploaded to the cloud every time they drop off a package. If you’ve been searching for the … Read more

I lost a perfect take on a short film last year because my focus puller couldn’t read my hand signals through a 30-foot dolly track. That day I swore off wired follow focus rigs forever. Six months and dozens of focus pulls later, I’ve tested nearly every wireless follow focus system worth buying, and I … Read more

I still remember the first time I tried shooting portraits with only my speedlight mounted on the camera. Flat light, harsh shadows, and that unmistakable “snapshot” look that ruins an otherwise great pose. The day I bought my first wireless flash trigger, everything changed. Suddenly I could place my flash behind a softbox, behind a … Read more