The rivers are running in Colorado right now, but it is going to be a short season with little snow left to melt in the mountains. I was working with my main kayaking ‘model’ yesterday, Patrick, as he looped in a play spot on the Poudre river. The D800 did a great job of catching Read More
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Watch the red channel
I’m back from teaching a workshop in Bryce and Zion, and a question came up that happens a lot…clipping a specific channel. Many folks use a cumulative histogram when checking exposure, meaning the histogram uses red, blue and green channels to come up with an average result. This works…most of the time. But when a Read More
Check out that RV on the road
Okay, I have seen my family aka ‘models’ on about everything through the years as a photographer. My wife and son have been on magazine covers, in books, on brochures, hangtags, instore displays, mouse pads, bill boards…when you are shooting for stock, your images show up a lot of places. Yesterday I was driving through Read More
D800 as a travel camera
I’m in Ireland right now, I have been teaching a workshop for Strabo Tours. We have toured the green Irish countryside, sampled pub life, and even had a day of horse racing. I decided to make the D800 my primary travel camera and put it through the paces..slow hand held shooting, high ISO indoor shooting, Read More
Nikon D800
I have one thing to say about the D800…incredible! I have been shooting one for 10 days, and I’m impressed. Why? 36MP and very good noise performance at 1600, generally about as high as I shoot. But what I have really enjoyed is using one lens, my 24-120mm, and cropping down images if needed to Read More
Elinchrom iPhone App
Recently I had the chance to see a new iPhone app in action, and knew I needed to get it. Elinchrom makes an app for both the iPhone and iPad that can control Elinchrom Quadras and other RX heads from the device. The cool part of this is you use the Elinchrom wifi transmitter to Read More
Combat Photography
A good friend of mine, Stacy Pearsall, has just finished her book, SHOOTER, and this is one everyone should check out. Stacy spent many years as a combat photographer in the army serving in Iraq and other areas, capturing sobering images of this war. She was wounded twice, and her story shows in detail Read More
Star trails, iPhones and Death Valley
Camera technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Just look at Nikon’s latest releases, one camera that can focus almost in the dark and shoot 10FPS(D4), and another camera that is 36MP (D800). Not to mention their incredible video abilities. I was reminded of this on a recent Read More
Shoot The West
Just back from 3800 miles on the road in two weeks, love the freedom to get in the car and go. I spent half the time working, and half the time on spring break with my family. I started by teaching at Shoot the West, a fantastic workshop held in Winnemucca, NV. Each year this Read More
Macbook Air
I’m on the road a lot, and packing for a trip turns into an exercise in keeping my weight to a minimum. I think of it as packing for a backpacking trip, every ounce counts even though I won’t be carrying it all on my back. I’ll run down my camera gear in another post, Read More
Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert is one of the driest deserts in the world…except right now. We are experiencing some of the most rain they have seen in years, which is providing some amazing shooting situations. I was lucky enough to catch some lightning shooting a passing storm in the Valley of the Moon. With all the Read More
Easter Island
I’m on a photo workshop right now with Photo Quest Adventures exploring Easter Island. The Moai statues are magical and great subjects for photography. Topaz Adjust 5 is working well with adding some snap to many of the images. We are also using Alien Skin Exposure 3 to add some great effects to sunsets…the Velvia Read More