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No prepper who has spent any amount of time focused on improving their personal readiness to face disasters needs to be told that a big part of being prepared is having the right supplies, the right equipment and enough provision to make it through. The myth of the one, lone survivor who knows absolutely everything, and therefore doesn’t have to carry anything with him is exactly that; pretty much a myth. Chances are you are not this singular and legendary figure, and I know I am not either, so for us material preparation is a virtue. Assuming this is not...

The post 7 Essential Tips for Photographing Business Events and Conferences appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by James Maher. Photographing business events is a lesson in extremes. One day you might be photographing a fascinating gala with incredible lighting and a lot of alcohol and energy. Then another day, you might be forcing yourself to pay attention while capturing an insurance industry conference in a dimly lit hotel ballroom, waiting for one person to make a single joke so people will laugh or smile during a talk on offshore tax havens. In both cases, you have...

Summer is here and school is ending. What are you doing this summer? Should you take the summer off or continue school through the fall? These are questions every homeschool mom asks. After working so hard all year, you might want to just kick back and relax. On the other hand, you don’t want your children to suffer from the infamous “summer slide.” Summer homeschool has many advantages and options. Let’s look at the pros, cons, and opportunities of homeschooling through summer. Homeschooling During the Summer If you are wrestling with deciding if you should do summer school or not,...

Today Leica released new firmware update for the SL2 mirrorless camera. Version 2.0 includes a new Multishot feature that creates 187MP high-resolution photos. In Multishot mode, you get one regular 47MP feature and one 187MP high-resolution file. Leica Store Amsterdam posted a video on the new firmware update: The test images done by Rahi Rezvani (both the 47MP and 187MP files) can be downloaded here. The new firmware can be downloaded here. Here is the full list of improvements and bugfixes in firmware update 2.0: Improvements Multishot With Multishot the user can create photos with a resolution up to 187MP. One photo will...

As budget-priced retro hardware goes, you could do much worse than the Evercade. [credit: Evercade ] Gamers of a certain age will always have a special place in their hearts for the humble video game cartridge. There's something about sliding a thick piece of plastic into a slot before playing that evokes the simple joy of gaming as it was when we were kids. Optical discs, flash-based cards, and game downloads may have won the technological battle in the end, but the nostalgic appeal of cartridges has never faded for some. That appeal seems to be central to the idea...