I just walked in the door from photographing bears for two solid weeks. 16,000 images of bears doing about everything you can imagine. Honestly, we had some of the best weather I have ever seen in Alaska in this area (I was there in June and it rained multiple days). And we also got lucky Read More
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Tagging image in camera
I recently read some interesting blog posts from photographers photographing the Olympics. This photography is rough…..hours on the floor photographing, then back to your workstation to download, edit and upload select images to service bureaus and clients. The instant nature of news, social media and advertising has totally transformed turnaround times on images. Things have Read More
Topaz Bundle on Sale
One program I use all the time is Topaz Denoise. It just works, and consistently gives me amazing results. I may spend an entire morning photographing birds at ISO 6400, and I will run them all through Denoise. I don’t use Gigapixel or Sharpen as much, but I do use them from time to time. Read More
Cropping versus using a teleconverter
Recently I had someone send me a note and ask why I even bother bringing a long telephoto lens for wildlife when you can just crop down from the original file. And wouldn’t the image look better if they cropped down instead of using a teleconverter to produce the same subject size. This photographer had Read More
MacBook Air 13″ 2021 M1 chip
A few weeks ago I was backing up over 10,000 images on a big commercial shoot in Alaska. I had my 11″ MacBook Air to process images and backup flashcards to external drives. I loved this laptop, it was so light it felt like an iPad, I didn’t even know it as in my pack. Read More
Use the Nikon ‘I’ menu
If you use Nikon cameras, you may have noticed a few years back the introduction of the ‘I’ menu. If you are like me, you probably acknowledged its presence, but didn’t really use this menu button. But with each new camera, Nikon kept adding more selectable options to use in this menu. With mirrorless, this Read More
Nikon Learn and Explore Improve Creativity
I just finished an article for Nikon, and they have published it at Nikon Learn and Explore, a fantastic resource for all things photography. If you have not visited this website (doesn’t matter what brand of camera you use), you should check out the volumes to tips, techniques and creative ideas at this site…hundreds of Read More
What is ghosting?
If you use flash in your photography, you might have heard of the term ghosting. What is it, and is it bad? I just got back from two weeks of photographing hummingbirds using flash, and ghosting showed up a few times. Let’s look at what it is, and is it bad? When you photograph in Read More
Polar opposite techniques
Here is a simple tip. Every time you are photographing a scene, make sure to photograph it completely opposite of how you are shooting it. If you are shooting from a high angle, then shoot from a low angle. If you are shooting horizontal, how about creating a vertical version. If you are shooting at Read More
Blow out the highlights
Sometimes I think technology makes us forget mood and emotion in photography. Every new camera that comes out boasts about the amazing dynamic range capabilities of the sensor. At the rate we’re going, HDR photography won’t be necessary, the sensor will be able to capture it all! But is that a good thing? Yes, I Read More
The tilted beer shoot
How is that for a title? Every year Cree and I photograph for tourism bureaus and travels stories, and one thing remains consistent on these shoots; diversity of subject matter. Take last week in Alaska for example. The morning started with photographing moose at first light..wildlife check. Next was a stunning landscape image of glaciers Read More
Another multiple exposure technique
One aspect I really enjoy about photography is problem solving. Many times on assignments things don’t go as planned, and you need to come up with plan B, C and D. On a recent shoot to photograph hummingbirds in Arizona, I encountered a different kind of problem. We were photographing hummingbirds on white backgrounds using Read More