I recently returned from Easter Island. Cree and I were leading a photo workshop there, and the photography was incredible. Easter Island is hard to get to, but the experience is magical. Thankfully the island had not changed much after my first visit more than ten years earlier. We photographed a lot of ocean sunsets Read More
Gear Talk
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
Avoiding Steel-eye with bird flash photography
I just returned from an incredible bird photography trip to Ecuador. Cree and I were putting the finishing touches on our future Ecuador workshops…if you like to photograph birds, you will want to go on this workshop. We stayed at a hotel high in the cloud forest, and literally had hundreds of hummingbirds at the Read More
Nikon 600mm F4 Z with 1.4x review
With all the incredible new camera gear hitting the market, you hear words like game changer, revolutionary, innovative and ‘dreamy’ a lot. I know I have used a number of them. Well, the new Nikon 600mm F4 Z with built-in 1.4x is worthy of them all. I’ve owned a number of Nikon 600mm F4 lenses Read More
Warmest Photography Gloves 2022
A few years back I did a post on the warmest photography gloves available. I’ll admit ever since being a mountaineering guide I have been obsessed with gear. In mountaineering circles, your life could depend on a simple piece of gear like gloves. Nowadays, it is more about comfort. Although when your car won’t start Read More
LensCoat revisited
Four years ago I wrote on this blog about LensCoat. LensCoat are custom designed neoprene camo covers for your lenses. Many people continue to ask us on workshops why we use them, and do we recommend them. We think they work well…there is only one time we may take them off. First, what do they Read More
Around the world in 21 days
Okay, I know I have been absent from blogging recently. I just returned from circling the globe teaching workshops for the last month, and what a trip it was. Starting in Alaska, then off to Norway, down to New Zealand via Singapore…and finally back to Colorado. I have lots to report on this blog, including Read More
AirTag keeps track of luggage
Have you seen the piles of luggage at London’s Heathrow Airport? It is just incredible…piles and piles of luggage and angry customers wondering when, or if, they will ever see their luggage again. I have had luggage arrive a few days late before, but the stories now are about travelers never seeing their luggage again. Read More
Nikon 400mm F2.8 Z with 2x converter
I’ve never been a fan of 2x converters. While 1.4x works great with many lenses, 2x just seems to loose a lot of acuity. But we photograph in a new world now; the sharpness of new mirrorless lenses way surpasses older versions. I have been very happy using the new Z 1.4x on my 100-400mm Read More