Tech Tips

It is amazing how much photographers rely on their phones.  Not only as a way to share their work, communicate and take photos, but as a way to help get better images.  I have written stories for photography magazines on the best apps for photographers, but they change so often there is always something better. Read More

I have always used Mac computers since day one.  Love these machines, have gone through so many models I can’t remember them all.  And I have never had a problem….ever.  But that changed this week, and I think I would call this one user error.  But for all the Mac users out there, I wanted Read More

Topaz continues to roll out some great new software using AI technology for stunning results.  I have already been using both AI Gigapixel to enlarge images, and Denoise AI to reduce noise in images.  Both of these programs are excellent, and render stunning results.  With that in mind, I thought I might try out Topaz Read More

Since my return from spending a month in South America, mainly Patagonia, I’ve had a chance to really look at some of my bird images.  I was shooting Nikon D850s and both Z mirrorless cameras while I was there.  I have been experimenting with the Z system and still learning what it can do in Read More

Sensor cleaning has been a necessary part of shooting digital.  When we are on big assignments we clean sensors every night.  But let’s review a few things before I talk about sensor cleaning.  First, never say this “I don’t want to change lenses because I’m afraid of getting dust on my sensor.”  When you need Read More

A great thing about the new mirrorless Nikon Z cameras is they get regular updates to improve performance.  One aspect many photographers have been interested in seeing with the Z cameras was improved autofocus in low light.  With a recent update Nikon added eye auto focus, which automatically keeps the autofocus point on the human Read More

This topic is coming up a lot on workshops these days, so I thought I would explain some of the choices.  Historically we have had two color spaces to choose from in-camera, Adobe RGB and sRGB.  Adobe RGB has a wider color gamut than sRGB, meaning you can get a wider range of colors when Read More

As megapixel counts have risen in cameras, enlarging files hasn’t been as big a priority for many photographers.  But let’s face it, there are still times you photograph distant wildlife, crop down to the subject, and then want to enlarge the image.  Enlarging RAW files right out of the RAW editor gives fairly decent results. Read More

Focus stacking has been around for awhile, but now it is easier than ever to produce the images for the stack.  Cameras like the D850 have automated the entire capture process; you just have to seam the shots together in the computer. Why focus stack?  For starters, it allows you to maximize your depth of Read More

If you are like me, you probably have a ton of passwords for various websites.  One for your bank, one for your credit card, one for Amazon, one for accounting software…and the list just keeps getting longer and longer.  Yes, I was one of those people that wrote down all my passwords and had a Read More