Just a quick note. Today is the last day of the 20 percent off sale at Singh-Ray filters. This sale is on all filters, and a great chance to pick up a few filters for your fall photography. I use polarizers, 10 and 15 stop Mor-Slo filters, and graduated ND filters. Here is a recent Read More
Gear Talk
Dealing with pesky bugs on photo shoots
I just returned from Africa, and head out in a few days to Alaska. Beautiful locations…and also spots that have lots of pesky insects. Dealing with bugs is a fact of life on many outdoor photo shoots… Not all mosquitos are equal. Some are huge, like the Alaskan variety, and others are smaller but carry Read More
Z9 versus Z8
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the new Z8. Is it the right camera? How does it compare to the Z9? Should I buy one? There is a ton of online content out there on the specs of the Z8. But to sum up, the Z8 is a smaller, lighter version of the Read More
Singh-Ray 20% Off SALE
Hope everyone has big shooting plans for the weekend! Cree and I are in search of migrating spring birds tomorrow. Singh-Ray has a terrific sale going on right now, 20% off your total purchase on their website. I have used SR filters for years, they allow me to capture images I would not get without Read More
A special Singh-Ray Filter for sunsets/sunrises.
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
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