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
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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
Lens Coat Lens Sack
Here is another stocking stuffer under $30…a Lens Coat Lens Sack. This is a simple version of a bean bag support. You fill it up with rice, beans or similar, hang it over your car window opening or the bar of your safari vehicle, and you are ready to go. There are fancier versions for Read More
Lightroom Masking Options Update
LR had a recent update that added a few useful features, Select Sky and Select Subject. If you are working in Photoshop, you are already familiar with these two options…great to have them available in LR now. A few screens have been changed as well. Here is how this works: First, when you open your Read More
Landscapes/ Two Minutes of Transformational Light
What makes a great landscape image? We probably all know many compositional rules and graphic design qualities to look for in our images. But how are you going to distinguish yourself from the other landscape photographers standing right beside you photographing the same scene? What is interesting to me is how many photographers get so Read More
Nikon 20mm F1.8 Z review
The 20mm F1.8 has been one of my go-to lenses for landscape photography. Just a little wider than a 24mm, but not over the top like a 16mm…it just looks good to me when I frame up my landscape images. I knew this was a lens I wanted for my Nikon Z system, and I Read More
Cropping versus using a teleconverter
Recently I had someone send me a note and ask why I even bother bringing a long telephoto lens for wildlife when you can just crop down from the original file. And wouldn’t the image look better if they cropped down instead of using a teleconverter to produce the same subject size. This photographer had Read More
Goal Zero Portable Power
I have received some great emails from photographers asking about suggestions on road trip destinations this summer. So great to see people out traveling again and enjoying the national parks and seashores. One photographer is car camping, and asked about how I power my camera gear on the road or in the backcountry. Great question! Read More