Author: Colby Brown

Gear Review
Colby Brown

Camera Awesome for Android Released – The Best Camera App on the Market?

While the Android mobile ecosystem has no shortage of photography related applications (i.e. SnapSeed, Sun Surveyer, Touch Retouch), there is one area that it has always seemed to fall short, camera apps. Now before I upset Android fans, Android does have a handful of well built camera apps such as Camera 360 and Camera Zoom

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Contests/Giveaways
Colby Brown

Fall Photo Contest – Giving Away Two HTC One Mobile Phones

For those of you that follow me on social media or via this blog, you know that fall is easily my favorite time of the year, especially as a photographer. As the summer changes into fall and the weather begins to dip, we are often greeted with an amazing infusion of color across some of

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Business of Photography
Colby Brown

Where Is The Fun In Specializing As a Photographer?

When it comes to professional photography, you commonly find that photographers choose to specialize in a specific genre, such as wedding, landscape or travel photography for example. Some photographers even take this to the next level, labeling themselves as “HDR” photographers or “Black and White Fine Art” photographers. This mindset is certainly not endemic to

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Front Media Photo of the HTC One
Gear Review
Colby Brown

Gear Review: A Photographer’s Take on the HTC One

As technology has increased over the years, the devices that we carry with us have gotten smaller and more powerful. In situations where we might of once reached for our trusty point and shoot cameras, we are now reaching for our smart phones and tablets instead to capture the world around us. The Apple iPhone

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From the Field
Colby Brown

An Adventure Through Tanzania with an IQ260 from Phase One

As many of you know, I enjoy the business side of photography almost as much as the creative hands on time I get with my cameras year after year in some of the most amazing locations on this planet. Through this combined love of what makes photography special and unique to me, I have found

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Photographer AMA
Colby Brown

Photographer AMA (Ask Me Anything) – A Focus on Social Media

As many of you already know, I have been running multiple Photography AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions on Facebook and Google+ over the last few months. These incredibly popular posts were opportunities for photographers from all over the globe to have direct access to me in order to get answers for any questions they might

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Gear Review
Colby Brown

Gear Review: Toshiba’s Ultra Resolution 13″ Kirabook Laptop

In May of 2013 Toshiba announced their new flagship 13″ ultrabook laptop, the Kirabook. Their goal was to create a premium laptop for Windows users that not only competed with Apples Macbook Air, but also their Macbook Pro laptop line. With a retina like touch display (2560×1440), i7 processor, 8GB of ram and a solid

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Gear Review
Colby Brown

Welcome to the New SmugMug – A True Game Changer

As photographers, we are constantly looking for new ways to improve how our images are viewed on the internet. While many photographers have begun to choose to use Facebook, Google+ or 500px as their photo hosting site of choice, nothing beats having your own website. Unlike Facebook, a website is the one piece of the

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Mobile Photography
Colby Brown

Can Photo Spheres Change the Way We Experience The World?

On October 29th, 2012 Google announced the Android Jelly Bean 4.2 operating system as well as a slew of new Android Nexus devices (Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10). One of the key photography focused features in 4.2 that was showcased was called “Photo Sphere“, which effectively allows you to capture immersive 360 degree

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Multiple Android Logo
Mobile Photography
Colby Brown

Twenty Apps Every Android Photographer Should Have Vol 2

If there is one thing that I can say for certain, it is that it is an exciting time for mobile photography. Every year the phones and tablets we use get faster, lighter and more efficient  When it comes to mobile photography, both IOS and Android are continuing to push the boundaries of what we think is possible

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