I have been getting some great questions about bird photography, and the latest one was about using flash with bird photography. Does flash make a better picture? Will available light be okay on a cloudy day with no flash? What birds look good with flash? All excellent questions! And with most things in photography, there Read More
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Nikon 14-24mm 2.8 Z for $1625
Just a quick note. This week Nikon is putting its refurbished gear on sale…some items for 35% off. Nikon Z9s were selling for $4100, the 85mm 1.2 Z lens is $1820…and the incredible Z 14-24mm F2.8 is selling for $1625. These prices are literally more than a thousand dollars off. Items going quick, get them Read More
Speed up your workflow
We get this question a lot…how do you download images so quickly? On wildlife trips we might shoot 8000 images in one day….after a week in Africa we might have 60,000 images. Workflow involves a lot of elements from downloading, culling, labeling, and finally backup to storage systems. The first part is downloading your images, Read More
Shooting eye level using your LCD
I’m packing up for a bear photography trip next week, and I can’t wait. Alaska is still home to Cree and I, we spend months each year photographing this amazing state. We’re bringing a Z8 with us, so stay tuned for more field impressions of that camera soon. Wildlife photographers know that often the best Read More
Nikon Z9: 1 year, 350,000 images later…
Good things are happening at Nikon right now. They continue to bring innovative, game changing photography equipment to the market. Just take a look at my blog posts from the last year highlighting the lenses and cameras they have introduced. Two new wildlife/sports lenses, the 400mm F2.8 and 600mm F4 Z with built in teleconverters, Read More
Best Safari Clothes
Cree and I lead photo workshops each year to Africa, and this year we are headed to Tanzania. Africa has a way of growing on you…you just always keep coming back. And similar to other destinations we photograph, safaris have some specific clothes that will make your trip more enjoyable. My first rule of fashion Read More
Z9 autofocus patterns for birds
A week ago I was in 6-8 foot swells photographing five species of albatross in New Zealand. I was at the end of a month of travel teaching workshops around the globe, and this was an amazing last shoot. It would have been nice if the seas were flat, and my stomach would have felt Read More
Can you photograph Northern Lights in nautical twilight?
It’s that time of the year….the skies up north in Alaska are starting to get dark at night. And that means the Aurora photography season is soon upon us! I don’t know what it is, but aurora photography is addictive and a ton of fun…I can’t wait. I’m off to Iceland soon, and checking the Read More
Travel during Covid
Cree and I just returned from two weeks in Sicily, and I can’t tell you how great it felt to be traveling to Europe again. We have been teaching workshops, both domestic and international, for months now. And we hear from a lot of our travelers wanting to know how it is traveling during covid. Read More
My Z9 Settings
I have had so many questions on Z9 settings that I decided to do a blog post on it. The Z9 menu system is the most extensive on any Nikon camera, so there are a ton of options. Also, because you can customize so many buttons and modes there are lots of ways of setting Read More