Photography, Electronics and Photography-travel Related Amazon Deals Today is Amazon Prime Day, the internet's global garage sale of "stuff" that our favorite online retailer wants us to buy. To help you find interesting items to consider, I'll be posting items I find...

Boris FX, a company that builds software for the entertainment industry has recently released a version of its software aimed at Photographers. Its a bit pricy, $9.00/mo or $99/year, but for those wanting to add more zing to their images, or need to do complicated...

HoustonPhotowalks manages events and RSVPs through the Meetup.com platform.  This means that members have the ability to submit complaints to Meetup.com about groups or the group organizer (or both).  A recent complaint was submitted about how HoustonPhotowalks...

Last week we had a fun zoom webinar with Jonathan in Barcelona.  He's a street photographer and photography tour guide that's using is lockdown time to teach phone photography techniques.  You can check out his classes on AirBnB, the price is extremely reasonable and...

As we continue to communicate virtually rather than in-person, some members are still a little confused about emails and notifications.  Our only way to communicate with members is via meetup's online email system, so organizers have to rely on members to allow...

Today, Canon officially announced the new EOS R5 and EOS R6 Mirrorless cameras, and they are already available for preorder. Canon EOS R5 Body ($3,899) Adorama or Amazon Canon EOS R5 + RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM ($4,999) Adorama or Amazon Canon EOS R6 Body ($2,499)...

The good folks at Anthropics Software have supported HoustonPhotowalks with discounts and giveaways several times over the years. I'm really excited to announce that for the next month, until August 2nd, 2020, they are offering HoustonPhotowalks.com another great...

It looks like Zoom and GoToMeeting events are going to be around a while for many of us. And more than one person has asked me about my zoom backgrounds. First off, I suggest using your own photography. I mean, we are a photography club. 🙂 But at the same time, some...

HoustonPhotowalks rely quite heavily on email notifications to make sure you have the best possible experience when you attend our events. To help you not miss important notices, we’ve created this handy How-To, to help make sure you don’t miss anything important.

One of our long time sponsors, Skylum (formally MacPhun) is running a special for their partner websites. You can find their ad on our Member Perks web page, and our discount is usually $10 or $20 (depending on what you buy). But for today (Tuesday, June 16th, 2020),...

Yesterday I had an amazing time teaching another Workflow class with the HoustonPhotowalks.com club.  In this class, we discussed security, file storage options, and backups.  I updated some key parts of the presentation for 2020, as well as updated the class...

Want to capture incredible photographs? Some of the best locations that can provide you with that prized shot are often located within remote parts of the world. Understandably, it can be very difficult to not only get to these places but haul all your equipment to...

I get weekly updates from various companies about "deals" for photographers. It's usually sales on new Photoshop Actions or Lightroom Presets, or a new gadget for your camera bag. Today, the folks at PhotoWhoa posted an interesting product that I wanted to pass along...

Hey folks!It's Amazon Prime Day, the day that Amazon checks it's shelves, wipes off some dust and sells at hourly-expiring discounts. While I'm going through the list, looking for stuff I need (want), I'm posting interesting things to share.If you also see something...

Security and Passwords are extremely important to the Photographer's Workflow How can you prevent being a victim?  Or worse yet, having your friends, family and photography followers victimized by emails that they think came from you?  Use hard to guess passwords and...

Hello Everyone! Thank you for coming out last weekend, I had a blast and I hope you did too. We had several winners in our door prizes, listed below. HUGE thanks to Betty for grabbing these images for us. In-person winners:Lee Filters Protective Field Pouch - Sabina...

10 Years of Fun, Photography and a Positive Impact Although "photography" is the subject we all have in common, it is the friendships and social aspect of HPW that binds us.   On May 18th, 2019, we will celebrate 10 years of photography, friendship, and fun with a...

Karen Butts Master of Photography Certified Professional Photographer http://www.naturalimagesbykaren.com PPA Five time MEDALIST - PPAWe are very honored to have Karen Butts of Natural Images By Karen Photography as our speaker. She will be doing a presentation based...

HPW Welcomes Insta360! Good News everyone, the makers of the Insta360 Nano, that little camera you guys see me using to take 360-degree images, has joined the Member Perks and Sponsorship program! You can now get the Insta360 Nano S, the upgraded version of what I...