Photographers love acronyms…ACR, DNG, RAW, NEF, IBIS,VR…and ICM. I sometimes find myself teaching a class on workshops speaking in code! What will be the new acronym for 2024? ICM, or intentional camera movement, is a fun, creative camera technique. Moving the camera during exposure transforms the image from everyday to unique. Recently I’ve heard from Read More
Best new editing tool in 2023
There have been monumental changes to Photoshop and Lightroom this year. I was just looking back at online classes we did four years ago on selections, and now with the new masking features in Photoshop those classes are obsolete! Masking has been a hit, and changed the way we make selections and edits on specific Read More
Creativity lessons: No expectations
I have been reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. This books explores creativity in all forms of art. The book has some very though provoking ideas, and also reassurances that all artists like to hear. I really enjoyed the concepts about just opening yourself to creative energy, not being so Read More
VSGO air blower/camera cleaning
I spend a lot of time cleaning cameras. Trips to Africa and Alaska can really load on the dirt, dust and debris. Recently I just returned from White Sands NP, and I noticed many of my lenses had sand on them, as well as my camera bodies. Time for a camera cleaning. I used to Read More
Manual Mode versus Auto ISO Manual Mode
We were recently in Haines, Alaska photographing bald eagles on the Chilkat Bald Eagle Reserve. As expected it was a magical experience, with lots of birds and varied weather. Sun, snow, rain, fog…we saw it all this year. A major question for our workshop groups was what mode to use when shooting eagles. For all Read More
Variable/Flexible ISO
I recently spent two weeks in Haines, Alaska teaching eagle photography workshops. This is my favorite place to photograph eagles, 3000 birds along the Chilkat River feeding on a late season salmon run. And the backdrop snowy peaks are stunning, I honestly could just shoot landscapes along the Haines river with or without eagles, beautiful Read More
2023 Holiday Gift Guide
It’s that time of the year again! Ready to hit the ‘buy now’ button? Cree and I are going to host another online gift guide version as well, contact cree (creetbp@gmail.com) to be added to the list. We have seen a lot of things in the field this last year, gear that worked and made Read More
Einchrom Five Strobe
Elinchrom has been releasing a number of new lights recently, introducing their line of battery Monolights. Battery mononlights are self-contained flashes, meaning no cables or separate battery pack, everything is in the head (or attached). Elinchrom has three versions..the One, Three and Five. The One has 131Ws power at 3.3 pounds, the Three has 261Ws Read More
Nikon 135mm F1.8 Plena
Nikon is really doing some amazing things right now. They have been introducing new lenses left and right; innovative designs, lightweight solutions, and incredible autofocus. I can’t imagine shooting wildlife now without my 600mm F4 with built in 1.4x. I flipped that converter on and off so much in Africa my finger got sore, and Read More
Photographing eagles at Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve
Almost thirty years ago a friend and I decided to roadtrip to Haines, Alaska. I was living in Alaska at the time, living the dream of being in the high north photographing Denali climbers, northern lights and incredible wildlife. We loaded up my beat up old Toyota truck, drove through the Yukon at -20F being Read More