As we are all watching the flowers come up this spring, hopefully some of this time at home can be spent on macro photography. Cree and I have daily macro sessions in our yard, and each day new flowers seems to appear. This is a great time to try focus stacking, selective focus and Read More
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Lightroom; Keywords or Collections?
I got a question after my workflow blog post about keyboarding. Or better put, do you ever add keywords? Adding keywords does take a little more time. You have to type in or use a preset of keywords at some point in your workflow. Depending on how specific you get, this could take an extra Read More
Nikon Online Classes free now
If you are like me right now, you are spending a lot of time at home. I’ve been watching some great online photo content, everything from gear reviews to destination guides. Nikon just announced that during the month of April their online classes will be free. Go to this link and start watching today. Many online Read More
Singh-Ray Filters on sale
I use Singh-Ray Filters constantly in my photography. From polarizers to solid ND filters to graduated ND filters, they are in my bag when I go out the door. My favorite filters are the LB Color Combo polarizer, a 10 stop Mor-Slo ND filter and a 2 stop hard edge graduated ND (100x150mm size). Check Read More
Focus stacking for landscapes
Focus stacking (Nikon calls it focus shift) is very popular for macro shots…you can see my earlier post here. If you want to increase your depth of field on macro subjects, this technique does a fantastic job. More and more cameras are now offering this function in their shooting menus. But what about using focus Read More
My fastest workflow
In my last post I talked about a sample workflow using Lightroom. The advantage is you only use one program, from download to culling to developing to database storage. For most photographers, this system works great and you may not want more speed. But what if you do want more speed? Wouldn’t it be great Read More
My workflow in five steps
Workflow is important for every photographer. Designing an efficient system to download, cull, develop and backup images is central to all digital photographers. Everyone’s workflow will be different depending on their situation. As long as it works for you, then that is what matters. Often we can improve our workflow by learning quicker ways to Read More
The results are in: best mitten system for photographers.
I have wrapped up my testing of various mittens and gloves to keep my hands warm during very cold photography sessions. I’ve been trying out different combinations in winter in arctic Alaska, the Colorado backcountry and winter in Japan. Before I get to what I wear in the coldest conditions, here is what I use Read More
Photography at Home
In these turbulent times, many of us are at home looking for things to do. I am finally catching up on some image editing and revising some workshop classes. But I had no idea I would be super busy last week shooting an assignment for Nikon…and here is the best at…at home. I’ve done some Read More
Studio shooting with Nikon Z7; change the D8 setting
I have been using my Nikon mirrorless for a lot of studio shooting (before Covid19). My normal routine photographing indoors is starting with an exposure of 1/1200, F8 at ISO100. In any low light room or studio, this renders the scene totally dark. With a dark room as my starting point, I know only my Read More
Animal Detection AF
Like most of us, I have been staying at home recently. This has given me a lot of time to catch up, and even shoot some assignments (more on this with a later post). One task on my to-do list was updating my Z mirrorless cameras to firmware 3.0. With this update came one shooting Read More
How big of file do you really need?
The megapixel race continues with cameras. I remember getting my D850 and saying wow, this is a huge file and more than I need. Now 50-60MP cameras are being announced, and who knows what is next. But very curiously, you have both Nikon and Canon introducing their latest flagship cameras and keeping the file size Read More