This week I get a little spiritual with my tripod. Thinking about your Tripod Karma can help you make better use of your tripod and ultimatly give you better shots. More in the video. How do you think your Tripod Karma rates?
My hard drives were a real mess in the past as I would just save stuff anywhere. Usually it would be in folders labeled “New folder x”. Eventually I figured out this wasn’t working well at all. I knew of software that could keep track of it all for me, but I didn’t like the idea [...]
A couple of years ago I was sent out of town to film and photography 3 days of corporate news coverage at an airshow. I would have to bring a DSLR and Camcorder, so I opted to leave the tripod at home. I knew I probably wouldn’t use it much nor was I going to [...]
The first draft of this post was painfully boring. I rambled on about all the different storage types and how they are different, something that I am sure has already been covered numerous times on the interwebs. I coarsely thought to myself “that’s not why I made Starship Monkey; I made it to help people create better travel/adventure photos [...]
You may have thought a great deal about your travel camera, but it’s also important to invest time in selecting the right travel tripod. Most people probably assume the smaller and lighter the better, but that’s not always the case. To understand why, let’s talk about a few different types of tripods. The first one many people [...]
In the past, small cameras that you could mount anywhere were pretty darn expensive. A few years ago however, action cameras started popping up. Still in their early days, these low cost water proof cameras were not very awesome. The standard definition quality was horrid and they suffered from terrible rolling shutter. Fortunately, that was all back [...]
Everyone knows that cameras and water don’t mix, so it’s not surprising that there are a range of ways to waterproof your camera. Here’s a rundown of the most common ways to keep your camera dry and how they work. Protection levels range from a holding off a light sprinkle to tsunami proof cast iron vaults. Its important to [...]
You may have already heard about Rolf Potts around the world with no baggage challenge. But in case you haven’t you can find out about it here. What you may not know about is how he is documenting his adventures. Camera man Justin Glow is tagging a long to capture all those precious memories. True to the [...]
You may already be using Google Earth to plan where your next adventure will be, but did you know it can also be handy to plan when it will be. Google Earth has neat feature which shows where the suns light falls at any given time/date. This feature actually follows the position of the sun meaning that it will [...]
I came across this great video on YouTube of a guy who kayaked 530 km the through French Canals. It was certainly a big achievement to go that far, but I think an even bigger achievement is that he filmed it all by himself. Its always a challenge to make a video when your travelling like [...]