March 2018 - Shutter Muse

Using a Trail Camera to Research Wildlife Photography Locations

September 15, 2023March 26, 2018 by Dan Carr

Above: A lynx captured at night with my first trail camera, in the Yukon Wildlife photography can be a waiting game, but one trick that you can use to elevate your odds is researching your locations using relatively low cost trail cameras. A trail camera is a small, remotely triggered camera that can either be set to take photos or video when it senses movement. All modern trail cameras also have the ability to use infra red lights at nighttime, and many of them get far better results than you might be expecting for something that only costs between $100 …

REVIEW: Shiny Prints Metal Print Specialists

April 14, 2022March 16, 2018 by Dan Carr

Have you ever thought about getting a metal print done? I had been wondering about them for a long time, and recently I had the opportunity to test out a metal printing specialist called Shiny Prints. Read on to find out all my thoughts on these interesting products.

These Animations Show 4 Reasons Why You Need a Polarizing Filter!

September 15, 2023March 15, 2018 by Dan Carr

A polarizing filter is an essential part of a photographer’s kit. It produces an effect that cannot be recreated with image editing. Here’s 4 incredible results.

A Roundup of the Best Digital Asset Management Software

April 21, 2022March 11, 2018 by Guest Contributor

Digital Asset Management (DAM) can be defined as highly efficient software that organises and process files whilst advocating collaboration and file sharing of your digital assets. These assets could be documents, photos or videos (amongst many other file types). Whilst it might seem easy at first to create new folders in ‘My Documents’, the more projects you create the harder it is to access and remember where they’re all stored and sorted. This is where DAM can make a huge difference to how you organise your assets to increase work productivity DAM is also important for file safety, security and …

Photographers, You Need to Make Sure Your Website Is Using HTTPS/SSL by July!

April 14, 2022March 4, 2018 by Dan Carr

This topic came to mind as it is something I’ve been dealing with myself at the moment, so I wanted to pass it on to all of you as well. A Google security blog post announced that in July 2018, Google will begin marking all websites that are not encrypted with SSL as “not secure” in the Chrome browser, which currently accounts for about 60% of all web browser usage. What the Heck is SSL? There are many websites out there that can explain the technical details of SSL to you much better than I can, so I’m going to …