Almost thirty years ago a friend and I decided to roadtrip to Haines, Alaska. I was living in Alaska at the time, living the dream of being in the high north photographing Denali climbers, northern lights and incredible wildlife. We loaded up my beat up old Toyota truck, drove through the Yukon at -20F being Read More
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Fall Impressions Nikon
I hope everyone is getting some great autumn photography right now. The mountains in Colorado are going past peak, but the lower elevations still have great color. Interested in some tips for creating stunning fall images? Nikon just published another article I did for them titled Fall Impressions. This story gives tips and techniques to Read More
Bear Essentials for Nikon
Nikon just posted an article I did for them on bear photography. Titled “The Bear Essentials“, this story provides tips and techniques for bear photography. Writing the story and working on images was like going back in time for me. My first photo workshops were guiding bear trips to Kodiak and Katmai over 25 years Read More
Z9 Firmware update with dedicated bird tracking
Nikon has done an admirable job with updating features in the Z9 through firmware updates. Not just little tweaks, but completely new shooting modes and much better performance. Just about a day ago Nikon announced firmware 4.10 with a dedicated bird tracking mode, and after testing it today, I’d say one thing; it works! The Read More
Simple BW conversion
As I mentioned in my last post, I shot my entire trip to France in BW. I set my Picture Mode to monochrome so all my camera previews were BW in the field, but when I opened the same RAW files in Photoshop they were in color. When shooting in RAW with monochrome selected you Read More
Improve Creativity; Shooting in BW
I just returned from eight marvelous days photographing in France teaching a photo workshop for Strabo Tours. Cree lived in France and speaks fluent French, so this trip was very special for her. For me it was visiting a city and region rich with art and photography history. Who doesn’t want to roam the streets Read More
20 % Sale Singh-Ray Filters
Just a quick note. Today is the last day of the 20 percent off sale at Singh-Ray filters. This sale is on all filters, and a great chance to pick up a few filters for your fall photography. I use polarizers, 10 and 15 stop Mor-Slo filters, and graduated ND filters. Here is a recent Read More
Take better photos, optimize the light.
Just in from ten days in Alaska working on an assignment and just enjoying being up north. You never know what kind of weather you are going to get there, some summers are sunny all the time, and other summers it just rains and rains. During our trip we got rain, so much so that Read More
Active D Lighting does affect exposure
As photographers have been setting up their Nikon Z8 and Z9s some questions have come up about a few specific settings. One of those is Active D lighting, found in the shooting menu. The big distinction with in-camera settings is those that affect RAW files and those that only affect JPEGS. We always encourage photographers Read More
ISO Invariance; Does it matter?
A topic that is picking up a lot of traffic right now is ISO invariance. I’ve had a lot of questions come up on it, and photographers are wondering what my recommendation is about it. Should I change my shooting habits? Does it really affect my images? Can’t new cameras just get it right without Read More
Bump focus assist
Just back from another great workshop. We spent a week in the Ecuadorian cloud forest photographing hummingbirds, tanagers, toucans…over 30 species of hummingbirds alone! Anytime you photograph in the jungle the light can be low, especially with cloudy skies and sometimes rain. Our group focused on photographing from established blinds and feeding stations, so it Read More
Best Autofocus Mode for Hummingbirds
Just spent a week photographing hummingbirds in Madera Canyon in Arizona. I’ve been birding and photographing in this canyon for 40 years, the first place that really got me interested in birds…hard to believe it has been that long. We had a great group, and lots of hummingbirds. We spent almost 8 hours a day Read More