I speak at a lot of events about photography, great getting to meet other photographers and share experiences. I’m often asked when I started shooting professionally and the beginnings of my career. If you want to know what was the defining moment in my decision to be a photographer, pick up the current issue of Read More
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Photoshop CC; Camera Raw Filter
With a subscription plan to Photoshop CC, it is sometimes hard to know what exactly is changing in the program. In addition to supporting new camera RAW formats, what new features can we use to help with processing photos? I’ll tell you one of my new favorites: the camera raw filter. This filter is exactly Read More
Steel Wool Light Painting
I had some questions from my last post, so I thought I would explain in detail. A friend, Steve Dondero, gave me some pointers on the technique, and I have since been experimenting a lot. For starters you need an egg whisk, a 3 foot chain or cord attached to the egg whisk, a lighter Read More
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone has had a great year! We’re looking forward to the new year with many new things in store, stay tuned! We decided to celebrate a little early and do some light painting with burning steel wool spinning above our heads in an egg beater…and enjoy -10 and fresh snow on a perfect Read More
Let it snow…
11 degrees. Blowing snow. Icy roads. Sounds like a perfect day to go shoot fly fishing! Time and again I mention on workshops that bad weather is good weather in terms of photography. Snow adds an atmospheric element creating mood and emotion in an image. We are getting lots of cold and snow in Colorado Read More
Happy Holidays!
Next week many people will have a little extra time off for the holidays and hopefully be enjoying family, friends and some seriously good food. Just remember one thing…take a few photos during the break! Use some of that free time to go to your local park and just photograph what appeals to you. No Read More
Holiday Sales!!!
Tis the season to be shopping! Many companies are offering sales right now, here are just a few to help with your shopping for the holidays! Elinchrom. I use Elinchrom lighting gear all over the globe on shoots, and it performs perfectly. I love the new ELC lights…and they are on sale! KelbyOne. These guys Read More
Bosque Del Apache
On my recent road trip I had a chance to stop by one of my favorite places to photograph birds, Bosque Del Apache. 40,000 Snow and Ross’s Geese, 10,000 Sandhill cranes, and countless waterfowl are currently at the refuge. What makes Bosque so special is in addition to the concentrations of birds, photographers have incredible Read More
Star trails-two long exposure methods
Star trails are just plain cool, and with the incredible noise performance of today’s cameras, all you have to do is point and shoot. One technique involves shooting around ISO 3200, 25 seconds at F4…this should put you close to the correct exposure without any star movement if you are using a wide angle lens. Read More
UV filter; yes or no?
Skyler sending 5.13 Red Rocks I just returned from a 2600 mile road trip with some fantastic photography. I spent most of my time in Red Rocks near Las Vegas photographing rock climbing. I’ve been rock climbing for 35 years, and it is still my favorite sport. Both my wife and I used to guide Read More
Yosemite…and bobcats.
Just returned from a great trip to Yosemite with the Mentor Series. The valley had great fall color, mild weather and no crowds. And I was reminded of a journalism truth…always have your camera ready. I stepped out of my room one day and ran right into a bobcat. Close enough I could have touched Read More
Nikon Group-area Auto Focus
I just returned from photographing eagles in Haines Alaska on a ANPW trip. We saw a variety of conditions and hundreds of eagles. The eagles continually flew by and fought over fish creating some great action images. But the challenge was autofocus, especially on birds flying past. I shot a lot of 9 point dynamic Read More