Shooting Tips

We’re getting ready for three wildlife trips coming up, including one to Africa.  We’ll be bringing all the latest gear and technology with us, so naturally we will get the shot…right?  We hear this question a lot…how can I improve my wildlife photography?  Or just photography in general.  As good as animal/people eye detect is, Read More

Just returned from two weeks teaching workshops in Tucson, Capital Reef and Bryce NPs.  Great folks and great photography all the way!  Landscape photography was a focus of these trips, and we had some wild weather and clouds to make some interesting skies. One question came up during our classes; how do you create something Read More

One obvious advancement with modern cameras is the ability to customize the camera to your shooting habits.  Anyone remember the venerable Nikon F4?  Not a lot to change on that flagship camera, just load it up with Fuji Velvia and start shooting.  Nowadays photographers are holding a computer in the their hands, with a lens Read More

This year is unique in the amount of rain the west has seen.  And with this abundant rain comes superblooms of wildflowers.  Arizona is already seeing incredible poppy blooms, and the cactus should follow.  California should have a record year for flowers.  And for photographers, that means some great spring macro photography opportunities. You have Read More

I recently spoke to a photo club via zoom on various topics in photography, including stressing a lot about light and emotion.  In my opinion, you need both for a great image.  Obviously we need light in a photograph because the medium requires light to exist….’drawing or painting with light’.  But what about emotion? Let’s Read More

As part of our workshops we always do image reviews.  Sometimes these occur during the workshop, and other times this happens after the trip.  We just returned from leading a Patagonia workshop, and we were so busy shooting and traveling we didn’t have time or a classroom to do a formal image review.   Instead, Read More

Just in from Africa, had an incredible trip!  35,000 images, just so easy to hit the shutter on the Z9 and let it rip!  We traveled to many different parks, and one of my favorite areas is the Okavango Delta.  This area has plentiful water, and huge concentrations of wildlife.  And it seems about every Read More

For all those Z9 shooters with the latest firmware 3.0,,,,this post is for you.  Nikon added a lot of features in the latest update, some are harder to find than others.  But for anyone shooting 20FPS and scrolling through thousands of images, there is a new menu area, Series Playback, that you will want to Read More

I just returned from Acadia NP, and the colors were spectacular this year.  Cree and I went out early to scout, and one day following a stream I found a fantastic image…but only if I had the right filter, and could imagine the outcome.  What am I talking about? If you have ever rafted or Read More