Tech Tips

I just returned from Miami teaching a lighting class with Dave Tejada for the Mentor Series. We had a blast; South Beach is always a fun place to photograph people. This class focused on using speedlights, and using flash off-camera. One way to shoot flash off-camera is using a SU800 transmitter. Another way is turning Read More

You can put a GoPro everywhere…literally. GoPro has a variety of harnesses, brackets, clamps and tripod attachments that give you incredible creativity in using the GoPro, which is a big reason to own one. One of my favorites is the dog harness. It is pretty entertaining to see the world from a dog’s perspective. We Read More

I’m in Bosque on a workshop right now and the birds are here in force. Every morning some 13,000 snow geese, 10,000 ducks and 4,000 cranes fly from pond to pond against beautiful desert light. The shooting here is about lots of frames for a few good shots. I have even managed to fill up Read More

One area of technology that has quietly become available to many photographers are remote triggers. Back in the day this was big news; you could set up your camera aimed at a bald eagle nest and fire away from your blind. Or set up cameras at the horse race track at ground level for stunning Read More

I have always liked converting images to black and white, but the trick has been figuring out what method to get good results. While there are lots of ways in LR and Photoshop to convert an image to black and white, I’ve always been a advocate of third party conversion software as long as it Read More

I just returned from Tucson co-teaching a workshop for the Mentor Series with Tamara Lackey. We had an amazing few days photographing a wide variety of subjects, and our group was fantastic. Thanks to Tamara for the great energy and fun in teaching, and to Michelle for yet again putting together a learning packed workshop. Read More

Workflow is a topic that is taught and mentioned on every workshop I teach. You can find volumes of information online about numerous photographer’s workflows, and a general trend emerges. Everyone’s workflow is slightly different, and is based on their particular situation. You might shoot 1000 images in a month, or an hour. You might Read More

In Iceland last week we saw northern lights on multiple occasions. These magical curtains of light are stunning, and create a great photograph. But how to photograph the lights? Simply put, start with F2.8, 15 seconds and ISO 800. This should put you in the neighborhood of a correct exposure. If the display is really Read More

On a recent trip to Glacier National Park I experienced incredible wind and storms. While the weather made taking pictures difficult, the conditions and light were stunning. Glacier has a lot of big lakes, so with the wind came large waves. And waves make interesting elements in your photographs, as long as you shoot them Read More

I just returned from an incredible workshop in Glacier National Park with American Nature Photography Workshops. We had three incredible morning sunrises, some the of the best I have seen in years. If I get one nice sunrise I’m pretty excited, but three in a row is amazing. The weather was stormy, more like Patagonia Read More