Images, thoughts, and crib notes from near and far.
Posted in Gear That Works, Tools and Techniques on Aug 7th, 2011
Tired of having to use a third part image viewer for a quick look at your NEF files outside of Lightroom or Bridge? Microsoft has come to the rescue with a new codec for most Nikon cameras. Just download and install the appropriate codec (32 or 64 bit) and you can see the NEF images [...]
Posted in Africa, Gear That Works, Tools and Techniques, Travel on Mar 12th, 2011
In the first post, I introduced my AMOD GPS tracking device followed by the various settings I used in the second post of this series. In this post, we will pull all of this together and see everything in action. First off, download and install Google Earth – something everyone should have if you are [...]
Posted in Gear That Works, Photo Gear and Reviews, Tools and Techniques, Travel on Dec 27th, 2010
For the past several years, I have always carried a GPS logging device with me on all of my safaris. This small device records a track and waypoints for my entire trip. Once home, this becomes a record of the adventure that I can overlay using Google Earth. My choice device is the AMOD AGL3080 [...]
Posted in Gear That Works, Photo Gear and Reviews, Tools and Techniques on Jun 14th, 2010
As noted in my previous posting, I had an opportunity last Friday to participate in a Nik Software webinar previewing their new HDR solution. Nik representatives were also on hand at the Glazers Camera Shore Street Fair (Seattle) this past weekend, so I have plenty of time to pick the brains of the Nik folks. What did [...]
Posted in Gear That Works, Photo Gear and Reviews, Photography information, Tools and Techniques, Travel on Apr 19th, 2010
Not very often does one run across an application that makes your life simple when it comes to taking photographs. In this case TPE is free, available for Mac, PC, was well as the the iPhone. While there are many applications for the computer and iPhone which annotate sunrise and sunset for a given location, [...]
Posted in Gear That Works, Tools and Techniques on Oct 10th, 2009
I am frequently ask, ‘how do you manage your images while on safari’? Although we have power at our camps in the bush, I always make incremental backups of my cards while actually out on the game drives during the day. Unlike most safaris which offer only morning and afternoon game drives, we are out [...]
Posted in Gear That Works, Photo Gear and Reviews on Aug 16th, 2009
Maytag vs. Hoodman Compact Flash Card I have read numerous times about the success of washing your Compact Flash cards and up until last weekend, I always called BS on being able to use a CF card after washing. Last weekend I left a Hoodman CF card in my jeans pocket after shooting in the [...]
Posted in Africa, Gear That Works, Photo Gear and Reviews, Safari on Feb 13th, 2009
This weekend I leave for Tanzania leading another photo safari and man I can’t wait to get there. These crazy gray Seattle skies are killing me. So what is in the bag? For this trip I will be taking two carry ons. One Gura Gear back pack (shown here, and one over the shoulder lens [...]
Posted in Gear That Works, Photo Gear and Reviews, Travel on Jan 22nd, 2009
Every now and then, I come across products that just make my life so much better. When I travel to Africa to lead one of my safaris, I am very hard on my equipment and so is the environment. So you can image my thrill when I discovered (thanks to a safari traveler that will [...]