Nikon just announced a $500 price drop on the D850. I still think this is the best all around Nikon DSLR ever. It just does everything great. 45mp files that are incredibly sharp with great dynamic range, touch screen focus and a tilting screen, 7FPS or 9FPS with extra grip. There are rumors Nikon will Read More
Nikon Webcam Utility
In March when we started offering our online classes, I decided I might want a nice camera instead of my built-in iMac video camera. So I went to Amazon and others, and everyone was sold out of webcams. So I quickly decided to set up one of my cameras to be a webcam….except you really Read More
Digital Photo Pro/Modern Lighting Solutions
Digital Photo Pro just published a story I wrote in the annual gear guide…check it out here. Lighting and technology is advancing so fast that literally every year there is something exciting to report., This story covers techniques like High Speed Sync, TTL flash in strobe packs, and continuous light sources. One thing I have Read More
Shake and Bake Bird Photography
I’m guessing the title of this post might have caught your attention. What, after all, is shake and bake bird photography? Shooting commercial assignments we were often asked to create motion, energy and dynamic workplace imagery. One very effective method involved using a slow shutter speed combined with flash. If I am photographing a man Read More
Photoshop Sky Replacement
Adobe just updated Photoshop, and wow, there are a lot of new features. I’ll be introducing them in pieces since there are so many. As with earlier updates, it seems like Adobe watches what photographers like in third party apps, and then introduce those into a new version (and it goes the other way too). Read More
Attract birds to your yard
I’ve been hooked on bird watching, and bird photography, since I was in my teens. I drove my parents crazy asking them to buy more bird food, plant bushes the birds would like, and creating brush piles in the backyard where ground birds could hide. But even with 10 feeders hanging all over the yard, Read More
Quick Tip Monday
If you have been reading this blog you may have noticed I do a more in-depth post on Friday, with news and smaller posts during the week. Now each Monday I will be offering a ‘quick tip’, something that will improve your photography or processing, but simple and quick. No twenty layer photoshop tutorials, just Read More
Monopod Photography
We just finished our last Rocky Mnt NP weekend workshop today. And despite fires burning on both sides of the park, the elk didn’t seem bothered, and we even had one clear night for star photography. The elk in Moraine Park in RMNP are often close, so this trip I decided to bring my 300mm Read More
Processing snow images using Dehaze
One of my favorite sliders in PS and LR is the Dehaze slider. In an earlier post I mentioned how great this slider was for adding detail in an image, and improving contrast. The Dehaze slider does what is says it does, reduces haze. Try it on a northern lights image, it transforms these images Read More
Portable Blinds
Right now as I write this blog Cree has been in our backyard bird blind for hours. She is all set in the blind; she reads her Icelandic novel while she waits for birds to land on our feeders. With limited travel this year, backyard bird photography has become a favorite activity for us. Here Read More