For most of my professional photography work, I spend a lot of time working to achieve accurate colors. My goal is normally to produce natural skin tone and “honest” photography, where the photo interest comes from composition, expression, lighting, and other factors. I’m usually not about funky or gimmicky processing. Well, that’s fine and good,...
One of the great things about being a member of the Digital Wedding Forum, is that I have a network of photographer friends all over the world. I’ve been traveling around the country, and everywhere I go there are people to drink beers with, talk shop, assist with shoot, couch surf, and in this case,...
We were in Seattle for a brief visit last weekend. I decided to climb to the top of a parking garage, hoping to get a view of Pike’s Market and the waterfront. Well, the building wasn’t quite high enough! So I took this shot of 1st Avenue. One of the cool effects of the tilt...
A while back a friend from the Digital Wedding Forum sent me a couple flash brackets that can be used to make a 2 flash setup. The brackets are Sonia Flash Brackets for Metz Flashes. But as it turns out they work great to attach your flashes to any lightstand adapter with a 1/4-20 thread....
These new cameras have really amazing low light performance. This shot was hand-held, no tripod required. Nikon d700, ISO6400, 1/30, f/2.8, 14mm.
OK this post has almost nothing to do with my usual photography topics. But many portrait photographers use portable speakers and projectors for presenting images to their clients. And Logitech has been very bad at making these speakers compatible with the latest software releases. After an hour of searching and hacking, I’ve come up with...
So, as you probably can see, I like taking nature photos when I’m wandering around in the local woods around Boulder. It can be challenging to come up with creative ways to take new photos every time, when the surroundings appear to be the same. In the foothills of Boulder, we really don’t have too...
As anyone who knows me knows, I really like the tilt shift. The limitless versatility allowed by changing the angle of the focal plane keeps the latent scientist in me entertained for hours. I’ve been using the 45mm version since way back in my Canon days of last year. When I switched to Nikon, I...
I hired a new employee. His name is Steve. Steves are cool. I was explaining to him how RadioPoppers PXs work, and that I can shoot off-camera flash way over the camera’s synch speed using High Speed Sync. To show my point, I took this shot of him at 1/8000 of a second. Because I...
My buddy Neil Van Niekerk is coming to Denver on August 18th to do a workshop on state-of-the-art flash photography techniques. This is an amazing opportunity and space is limited: head over to Planet Neil for more information about the workshop, dates, and how to sign up. I did a great shoot this past April...
The world of digital photography is an interesting blend of art, classical and contemporary photography techniques, and straight up computer nerdiness. In today’s digital age it is imperative to stay on top of all of the latest software updates to keep one’s photography at the top of the game. For better or worse, I have...
Last year I decided to switch from Canon to Nikon. Switching and upgrading the level of my cameras and lenses was quite expensive, so I made a few decisions to try and cut costs. One of those decisions was to try and shoot a prime lens instead of a zoom in the telephoto range. So...
On my trip back East, there were two distinct parts. The first was family time in PA. The second half was NJ and NY. My grandmother lives a train ride away from the city, so I stayed there and took a trip to NY. I went to Manhattan for a day. I didn’t want to...
I’ve been trying to decide if I need to buy a Nikon macro lens or if I can make due without it. I took the first photo with the macro feature on my Canon G9. The photo below is with the 100mm macro on the 5D. Definitely sharper, and a more telephoto perspective. I like...
